About me

I am a political scientist specializing in the conceptual history of democracy, with a focus on the circulation, contestation, and institutionalization of political ideas across France and the United Kingdom. My research combines qualitative and digital methods to explore how political concepts evolve and shape public discourse.

 

I completed my PhD in Political Science at Université Paris 8 and UQAM in 2020. Since then, I have held postdoctoral positions at the University of Jyväskylä and Queen Mary University of London, contributing to comparative projects on political representation and the genealogy of the concept of liberal democracy. I am current Hannah Arendt Fellow at the University of Göttingen. 

 

In my forthcoming book, The Creation of ‘Liberal Democracy’ in France and Britain, 1919–2001 with Palgrave's Studies in Political History, I argue that 'liberal democracy', now taken as a stable normative ideal is, in fact, a historically contingent and politically constructed notion. By analyzing its rhetorical deployment in political discourse—particularly in parliaments, academic literature, and intellectual debates—I show how 'liberal democracy' became a legitimating label for increasingly technocratic and elitist forms of governance.

 

Beyond research, I have taught courses in intellectual and conceptual history, political theory, and digital methods at universities in Finland, France, and Canada. I have authored a number of popularizing pieces in outlets such as Liberté, Revue Projet, and Canadian Dimension.

 

When I'm not working, I'm usually busy climbing or learning the harmonica.