I am a Teaching Fellow at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. I work on comparative authoritarianism, political communication, and elite behaviour with a regional focus on Russia and former Soviet states.

Before joining UCD, I worked as a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University, where I also completed my PhD. In my dissertation, I employ text-as-data methods to study the determinants of elite rhetoric and policymaking in Russia based on a wide range of unique data on public speeches and social media activity. My articles have been published or accepted for publication in American Journal of Political Science, Post-Soviet Affairs, Europe-Asia Studies and Cross-Cultural Research. 

I am currently on the job market, applying for Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral positions.