I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Hertfordshire, specialising in the political economy of uneven development, industrial strategy, and regional inequality. My research investigates the structural forces that reproduce spatial inequalities across different geographical scales and the policy levers capable of overcoming them.

I hold an MSc and PhD in Economics from SOAS, University of London, and previously held academic appointments at Kingston University and the University of East London.

uneven development | industrial policy | late-industrialisation | industrial decline | regional inequality | green discontent

My research investigates the drivers of uneven development across multiple geographical scales and explores how industrial policy can be harnessed to counteract these disparities. I am particularly interested in the structural and institutional dynamics that reproduce spatial inequalities and the policy mechanisms capable of fostering more inclusive and territorially balanced development.

At the global scale, my work has focused on demand-led industrialisation in the Global South. Drawing on empirical research in Nigeria, my research investigated the extent to which growing markets provide incentives for firms to develop productive capabilities rapidly, particularly when early movers can capture initially high profit margins.

At the regional scale, my research examines development traps in peripheralised regions that have undergone industrial decline. Drawing on the East German case, I analyse persistent core–periphery dependencies linking them to the dismantling of regional anchor firms during the post-reunification privatisation process. My research investigates the extent to which entrenched structural hierarchies can be addressed by strategically restoring anchor functions within local production ecosystems through place-based industrial policies.

My current work investigates the societal acceptance and financing of green transitions at the local level, with particular attention to the drivers of green discontent in left-behind places and the financial and capacity constraints faced by local governments in delivering just transitions.

Theoretically, my work synthesises insights from post-Keynesian macroeconomics, post-Marxist industrial geography, and structuralist, evolutionary, and institutionalist economic thought.

Marcoeconomics, Development Economics, Industrial Organisation, Contemporary Issues