I work on various topics in political philosophy, including territorial authority, state and citizen obligations, and political legitimacy. My dissertation focused on the relationship between territorial authority and political legitimacy. In continuing my work on territory, I am interested in how disaggregating state power may be a more legitimate method of dealing with global issues such as climate change and migration. My work with Liberalism Rekindled will take up two different threads. First, I’m interested in exploring the role of children in a liberal democracy. When ought children be included in democratic deliberation? How ought we teach liberalism to future citizens while not undermining it? Who should represent the interests of children to the state prior to the age of maturity? Second, following my interests in political legitimacy, I'm interested in exploring various aspects of non-state political arrangements that may in fact preserve political legitimacy better than the state while maintaining liberal values.