Biography
I am a MRes researcher funded for four years by the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship (Cambridge Trust). I trained as a social anthropologist at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 2023. Before that I worked for five years at various NGOs, latterly managing a project providing emergency accommodation and support to trafficked people. Through this work I developed an understanding of the intricacies of massive bureaucracies, their capacities for self-transformation, and the tensions that exist within and between them.
Research
I try to understand how organisations change through the use of 'continuous improvement' or 'quality improvement' methods. These are methods which aim to transform forms (rules, norms, processes, practices, etc.) within an organisation to align with certain 'desirable' values. I'm particularly interested in the tensions and congruences that emerge through the deliberate attempt to change forms.
Research interests: form and forms, materiality, knowledge, continuous improvement, self-help, ethics, bureaucracy, regularity, agency.
