I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Illinois. My research interests lie in international political economy and international development, particularly focusing on the tension between global capitalism and domestic politics. Foreign investment disputes and their non-peaceful resolution may deter foreign investors from investing in host states involved in these disputes, leading those states to become skeptical of the benefits of globalization and contributing to an unstable liberal international order. 

My dissertation project examines the conditions under which investment disputes are resolved through settlement rather than prolonged legal battles, focusing on government partisanship and the types of government actions that led to the filing of these disputes. 

I also work on projects, including foreign aid policy and foreign investment protection, as well as the effects of military coups on foreign direct investment across different FDI sectors.  I focus on global financial flows, such as FDI, as these flows may promote the economic development of less developed economies. Driven by my interest in international development, I contributed the chapter on "Development Policy" to The Oxford Handbook of International Political Economy (2021, Oxford University Press).

Before coming to Illinois, I received an M.Sc. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.