I joined the University of Manchester in March 2020 as Research Associate.

I completed my PhD at the University of Birmingham, investigating the Industrial Relations Act 1971 as a failed attempt at depoliticised governing. Before joining Manchester, I was an Associate Lecturer at the University of York having previously worked at the University of Birmingham as a Teaching Fellow. I have taught across a range of British politics, political economy and public policy modules.

My research to date is at the intersection between British politics, public policy and political economy. My current role is as Research Officer for a Nuffield Foundation funded project 'Public Expenditure Planning and Control in Complex Times:  A Study of Whitehall Departments’ Relationship to the Treasury (1993-Present)' working with Dave Richards (Manchester), Diane Coyle (Cambridge) and Martin Smith (York). The project investigates a tension that has emerged in the British system of government between highly centralised mechanisms of financial control and an increasingly fragmented system of governance, aiming to better understand Treasury adaptability to this new landscape.

I have published articles in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, British Politics and The Political Quarterly. My first monograph, Who Governs Britain?, is due to be published by Manchester University Press in April 2023. 

My research to date is at the intersection between British politics, public policy and political economy. In addition to my role as Research Officer, I am working on an article on the framing of fiscal credibility through fiscal rules and the Office for Budgetary Responsibility. 

Title of Project: Public Expenditure Planning and Control in Complex Times:  A Study of Whitehall Departments’ Relationship to the Treasury (1993-Present)

 Awarding Body: Nuffield Foundation

People Involved: P.I. David Richards, Co-Is Diand Coyle [Cambridge] and Martin Smith [York] and R.O. Sam Warner [Manchester]. 

Duration: March 2020-April 2023

Total Award: £324,488