I am an anthropologist and historian of the built environment, with a particular interest in (post-)Soviet cityscapes. I hold a DPhil in Russian from the University of Oxford and an MA in Material and Visual Culture from University College London. My work is cross-disciplinary, drawing predominantly from anthropology, urban history, heritage and cultural studies.

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My research looks at the interaction between urban space and local identity in Moldova and Russia, the legacies of centralised urban planning and the marketisation of the post-socialist city. I am also interested in interdisciplinarity and the use of alternative methodological approaches to the study and critique of history, culture and society. 

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My teaching interests are quite broad covering a range of topics in 20th- and 21st-century Soviet and post-Soviet society and culture. I have taught at the University of Nottingham and have previously taught at Liverpool John Moores University, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London and have worked on module development for the University of Plymouth.

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My research has been funded by AHRC-CEELBAS, a Scatcherd European Scholarship and a University College Oxford Senior Scholarship. I was awarded the 2022 Society of Historians of Eastern European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA) Emerging Scholar Prize for my research on the St Petersburg built environment and the phenomenon of mansardisation.. In their report, the jury praised both my 'methodological scope' and my 'historical range'.

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Outside of my academic work, I am interested in analogue photography. All the photos on this site are original works.