My research investigates digital borders as sites of identity production. This novel agenda advances academic knowledge in government studies, border studies, and digital studies by demonstrating that digital borders need to be investigated as means of identity governance, and not only as tools of migration control.

This agenda emerged from my doctoral research, which investigated EU citizenship in the UK. It was later developed into a collaborative project exploring the digital reform of British borders after Brexit that won a £415k grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). I served as co-investigator on that project and continue to translate its findings into high-profile research articles and book chapters. I also reached policy and public audiences through reports, blogs, and podcasts. My work has received recognition from academics, with invitations to deliver research presentations at British, Italian, and Canadian universities, and to join research advisory boards. It also made impact beyond academia, from invitations to share findings with the UK and EU civil servants to regular citations of my research in the media, including Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, BBC Radio 4, Computer Weekly, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, and The LBC.

I currently work on a new project investigating policy mobility and technology diffusion in the context of border control and identity verification. Before I became a full-time academic I worked in the voluntary sector on migrant rights and social justice projects, and in the private sector on enhanced due diligence investigations.