(MENAFN- The Conversation) Lecturer in International Security, University of Leeds Profile Articles Activity

I joined POLIS as a Lecturer in International Security in September 2024. Prior to this, I held positions as a Lecturer in Strategy and Intelligence at Aberystwyth University (2022-24) and as Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Exeter (2021-22). My PhD was awarded in 2022 from the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. I am currently the Principal Investigator (PI) of 'Theories of Change and Nuclear Disarmament', an interdisciplinary network-building project under the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study (NETIAS)'s Constructive Advanced Thinking (CAT) programme.

Research interests

I am interested in the politics of imagining alternative nuclear and post-nuclear futures. In particular, I research the processes by which future imaginaries of nuclear disarmament are generated and foreclosed, and the implications of imaginative boundaries on future global nuclear weapons policy. I also research the politics of nuclear weapons and energy in Africa, with a specific focus on South Africa. In addition, my interdisciplinary research on the 'Theories of Change and Nuclear Disarmament' project examines how concepts of 'change' from outside of IR might help us to imagine new pathways towards nuclear-free futures, and how other globally transformative processes such as climate change may intersect with future nuclear politics. I also maintain an interest in pedagogy, thinking about how university educators can effectively teach nuclear weapons, global futures, and existential threats in an age of global disruption.

Experience

• –present Lecturer in International Security, University of Leeds

Education

• 2022 Aberystwyth University, PhD International Politics

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