I joined York St John as a Lecturer in International Relations in 2019 having previously worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton. I was awarded my PhD in 2018 by the University of Sheffield for a thesis examining the theoretical foundations of common humanity and its motivational influence on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle. I also hold an MA and BA (Hons) in International Relations, both from the University of Leeds. My research works at the intersection between the disciplines of International Relations and Political Theory in order to interrogate and assess the normative and practical issues surrounding global collective action in response to insecurities caused by mass atrocity crimes, climate change, and global pandemics. My previous research has included working as part of a British Academy funded project to explore the UK's role and reputation as a permanent member of the UN Security Council after the decision to leave the European Union. The project built on an interdisciplinary approach to explore how the UK’s status and diplomacy as a permanent member is perceived by other members of the UN Security Council. This research fed into broader debates concerning the UK’s role in peacekeeping, international development and international security, following the decision to leave the EU. For my latest research, I am exploring the UN Security Council's response to new and emerging security threats linked to climate change and global pandemics. I examine in particular, the rise of informal practices to specifically address these new security challenges in order to spotlight both the current limitations and constraints of the Security Council’s formal rules and practices, whilst also highlighting the creative ways in which states have already begun to adapt practices in more informal settings to try and alleviate these constraints.