Researcher and writer exploring the social and political significance of feelings and emotions.
I am currently an MSc student in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science researching affect and subjectivity. I am interested in how people orientate themselves towards an uncertain future amidst the breakdown of the promises of neoliberal capitalism and what kinds of subjectivities arise in these conditions.
As part of my dissertation research, I have developed a creative methodology using guided meditation as part of qualitative interviewing to enrich embodied awareness and reflection. I recently presented this as at the Mess and Resilience in Creative Research Methods symposium at the University of Southampton.
Alongside my academic work, I facilitate Feel Tank workshops, work at Kairos Counter-Club and recently started a Substack called Public Ambivalence.
I am drawn to the question of how to find meaning in a world marked by social and ecological crises, and have found that Buddhism offers an ethical and spiritual framework from which to approach this. I’m particularly interested in non-dualistic conceptions of 'inner' and 'outer' work and was involved in setting up the "Transforming Self and World" group at the London Buddhist Centre which applies Buddhist teachings to current social and political issues in the UK. I’ve also lived in Buddhist communities and organised meditation and ecology retreats.
I am interested in digital culture and ways in which discourses of optimisation and efficiency are mobilised to justify high-risk technological developments. I have recently written about the dangers of transitioning to a digital cashless economy for the LSE student newspaper. I am also currently writing a list of AI ethical guidelines for Buddhist communities.
I am passionate about accessible, participatory and non-hierarchical forms of learning. I work at Kairos Counter-Club, an event space for talks and workshops exploring radical ideas for social change, and am on the organising committee for AntiUniversity, an autonomous and self-organised experiment in radical learning.
I’ve spent time working as a campaigner for disability justice, ran a series of internal workshops on understanding disability through an intersectional lens at the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and recently co-designed an immersive digital accessibility workshop for staff and academics at the LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement.
I am drawn to communal, utopian forms of living and have volunteered at various intentional communities, co-housing projects, and eco-villages in the UK and Europe. The use of non-violent communication in communities is a particular interest.