My research focuses on the political, legal, and institutional history of the Greek city-states during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. I am particularly interested in the intersection of institutions, political systems, and the history of ideas and values in the Greek world.

My first book, Divided Power in Ancient Greece: Decision-Making and Institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic Polis (Oxford University Press, 2024), explores how political sovereignty was divided in the institutionalization of Greek decree-making procedures. By engaging with models from Historical Institutionalism and legal theory, the book challenges the monolithic concept of sovereignty located in a single institution. Instead, it introduces the concept of divided power. I argue that Greek decree-making in Athens, Sparta, and other Hellenistic case studies was the result of a multi-layered system of delegation and judicial control over deliberation. This system shaped the collective behavior of citizens, who acted as decision-makers in various institutions, each reflecting distinct ideological concerns embedded within those institutions.

My interest in Athenian law and Greek institutions from a New Institutionalism perspective has led to a series of articles on various aspects of Greek law and politics. More recently, I co-edited a volume with Edward M. Harris on the close relationship between legal institutions and rhetoric in Athenian forensic oratory (Edinburgh University Press, 2025). I have also co-edited a volume with Matteo Barbato and Mirko Canevaro, which applies different strands of New Institutionalism to the study of Ancient Greek politics (Edinburgh University Press 2025). 

My next major research project aims to trace the history of Ancient Greek political offices (archai/timai), including their institutional design, prerogatives, intellectual conceptualizations, and symbolic power. I seek to explore how these offices shaped Greek political culture in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, their implications for a shared Greek 'republican culture,' and their intellectual legacy.