So what are you working on right now?

I have this disparate set of things I'm calling 'doing politics'.  I've become fascinated by what politics and policy making look like in practice, on the ground, as a set of human actions and interactions.  What do we actually do in order to do politics, make...

Why ‘Social Science and Public Policy’?

Because it's what I do, and because it helps to remind me what I'm supposed to be doing.  Things drift off and fall away and sometimes drop off the edges, so I need that.  But then it also begs questions, helps to interrogate exactly what social science and public...

Isn’t policy boring?

Why do you think so?  I'm always surprised by this question.  Then again, isn't this what's interesting about it?  What have we done such that world-making, which is really what government is, has become boring?  Part of the problem, I think, is in treating policy as...

What topics do you accept for postgraduate supervision?

Anything, or perhaps everything that isn't very clearly for anybody else.  But I'd rather refuse the question.  At least, if that's your question I probably can't help. Look, I'm never going to be able to give you the detail you'd need to understand any specific topic...

Why these faqs?

The short answer is because I thought you'd read them.  I originally wanted to write something like an artist's statement, but that's a really difficult thing to do (and even most artists do it badly).  And it would probably look really pretentious, anyway. But I...

Can I ask a question?

Sure, go ahead - use my email address at the bottom of the page.  I'll get back to you.