About

Hi! I am the International Security Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation.

My research focuses on an idea underlying much of modern governance: that we can harness science and technology to address social and political issues, including hard and protracted problems such as war. Drawing on Hans Morgenthau’s classic realist critique of scientific rationalism, my book project examines how war became understood as a problem that can be controlled, managed, and even prevented, with the help of modern science and technology.

My current work investigates the role of AI and machine learning in conflict prevention as an example of the hope that science and algorithms might help us to prevent wars better, faster, and at a cheaper price point. To do so, I bring together International Relations (IR) theory, insights from the History of Science, as well as Science and Technology Studies. Beyond war and conflict prevention, I also work on research ethics and how to improve IR as a profession in collaborative projects with colleagues from around the world.

Previously, I was a Global Innovation Program Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House in Philadelphia. I received my PhD in June 2022 from the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. I also hold an MA in Political Science and a BA in International Development from the University of Vienna, Austria. My work has been published or is forthcoming in the European Journal of International Relations, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Global Studies Quarterly, and International Studies Perspectives, among other outlets. I am also an editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies vol 48.1 and 48.2.