I am an Assistant Professor of Taxation at University College Dublin. My research investigates how fiscal legislation shapes economic behaviour, investment incentives and distributional outcomes, with particular emphasis on windfall taxation, energy levies, SME policy and institutional reform. By integrating doctrinal tax analysis with empirical evaluation using administrative data, econometrics and machine learning, I advance a research agenda centred on the institutional design and real-economy consequences of fiscal intervention.

My work has been published in specialist and international journals including British Tax Review, European Taxation, Small Business Economics and International Small Business Journal. Across 20+ papers (15+ ABS3) in peer-reviewed journals, alongside conference presentations, policy reports and public engagement, I have developed a sustained body of research bridging legal design and quantitative analysis. This work engages core debates on fiscal capacity, investment certainty and the governance of economic transition, and has informed parliamentary scrutiny and government discussion, including citation in UK Parliament Research Briefings and engagement with tax authorities and public bodies.

I have secured competitive external funding as Principal Investigator from the UK Economic and Social Research Council and have led projects involving secure administrative data partnerships with government statistical agencies, contributing to interdisciplinary research on fiscal policy and data-driven public governance.

I serve as Director and Board Member of the Tax Research Network and as a Geary Fellow at the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy. Prior to joining UCD, I held academic appointments at Queen’s University Belfast and Manchester Metropolitan University and worked at HM Revenue & Customs.