About

I lead the research group "Transformation and Sustainability Governance in South American Bioeconomies" (SABio) at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Münster in Germany. My research interests include the politics of sustainable development and sustainability transitions, global environmental politics, natural resource governance in the global political economy, regionalism, and Latin America. I received my PhD in Politics from the University of Glasgow in the UK. Before moving to the University of Münster I was a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Other previous work experience includes lecturing at Edinburgh Napier University where I led courses on global environmental politics, qualitative research methods and British politics in Edinburgh and Hong Kong in cooperation with Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education as well as two years in Brussels working with the European Commission and the consultancy Bernard Brunhes International and a year in Quito, Ecuador where I worked as an English teacher at the Centro de Educación Continua de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional.

Research Interests

Democracy, Development, Environmental Policy, International Relations, Latin America, Political Economy, Regionalism, Developing World Politics, Climate Change

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Environmental Politics
• Latin American Politics
• Food Policy and Governance
• Political Networks
• Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance
• International Relations