Curious about rules.
Attentive to people.

I am interested in the points where personal conviction meets shared rules: how values become law, how communities respond to disagreement, and how people make decisions when no option satisfies everyone.

My work across philosophy, legal practice, public service, games and research gives me different ways to observe the same underlying problem — how boundaries are drawn, challenged and negotiated.

Academic direction

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