I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. My research focuses on international politics of technology and innovation policy, digital currencies and Fintech, digital sovereignty and industrial strategies. I teach courses on international relations, international political economy, and international monetary and financial relations. My research interests also include ideologies and identities in world politics and international order contestation. My work has been published in International Organization, Review of International Political Economy, Competition & Change, Finance & Space, and Policy Options, as well as by the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

I was previously a Faculty Lecturer at McGill University, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo where I was also affiliated with the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and a Niehaus Fellow at Princeton University. During my doctoral research I was also a Junior Visiting Fellow at the Graduate Institute of Geneva. I hold a PhD in Government from Cornell University, an MA in political science from McGill University, and a BA from the University of British Columbia.

Technology and Monetary Sovereignty

Understanding motivations for central bank digital currencies

Competition and Change, 2024

Podcasts as Data

Mapping the Canadian podcast ecosystem and its economic and housing debates – with Scott Robert Patterson and Aengus Bridgman

Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2026

Could stablecoins create financial instability?

Centre for International Governance Innovation, 8 July 2025