I am a Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, where I research and teach on the global expansion of authoritarian rule, geographically focusing on North Africa.

Currently, I serve as an academic expert on a £100,000 SALIENT-funded project on transnational repression (ACT-UK), executed in collaboration with the UK Parliament and the University of Bristol.

My research and teaching draw on my in-depth expertise of North Africa, where I lived and worked for over five years on democratic diffusion and authoritarian resilience, including for international NGOs and the civil service.

At Oxford, I co-founded the Authoritarian Politics Network, which organizes speaker series on the surge and resilience of non-democratic governance globally, convenes reading groups, workshops and events.
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I am also a book review editor of Perspectives on Politics.
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Previously, I was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Girton College, University of Cambridge.

I teach a graduate course on global authoritarian politics for Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations. I have also designed and delivered a module on varieties of governance in the Middle East and North Africa for the Faculty of Oriental Studies.

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I have acted as a seminar leader for the Blavatnik School of Governance's Politics of Policymaking module, which tackles a range of geopolitics and International Relations themes, such as the role of imperialism in resource and territorial control in the Global South.

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Previously, I provided tutorials on North African politics and international relations for the Human, Social and Political Sciences BA.

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​​In addition, I act as a supervisor for graduate and undergraduate students. Please get in touch if you have a supervision enquiry.

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Student feedback on my teaching method and philosophy:​

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'Anne is a fantastic instructor. She comes to every class extremely well prepared, asks challenging questions that stimulate discussion, and provides thoughtful guidance on presentations and essays that deepened my understanding of the course. Her enthusiasm for the material is infectious and motivated me to prepare more for class. The presentations she gave were also helpful in further solidifying themes. I loved every second of this course, and Anne is by far the best instructor I have ever had in my degree. In addition, she went above and beyond what is expected for the course. Her exam prep sessions were extremely helpful, and she wrote far more sample exam questions than were expected' (Authoritarian Politics, May 2025)

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'I loved the course, one of my favorite seminars. Very interesting discussions and presentations. I appreciate that we could change the essay questions and approach the topics from different angles, I also like that they included multiple countries. I also appreciate the flexibility with topics, it allowed me to write better essays and do some research. I like that we chose our presentations as well so that we can focus on what's related to our research. I like Anne's approach and how she welcomed all suggestions and topics, also essay comments were very thorough and helpful. Thanks a lot for the interesting course!' (Authoritarian Politics, March 2025)

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'Anne was a great seminar leader. She created a welcoming environment. Not only did we learn but we shared a lot of laughs together. I really appreciated her powerpoints which helped to solidify concepts from the lecture. She also brought a breadth of knowledge from her own research that was added value to our discussions' (Politics of Policymaking, March 2025)

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'Genuinely really enjoyed the seminar. Anne created a safe space where everyone felt like they could contribute while ensuring that we stayed on track to cover concepts. It was a place of discussion, learning, and unlearning with people that you felt like you could learn with/from. Thank you, Anne. I'd definitely do the seminars again' (Politics of Policymaking, March 2025)

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'Thank you for a wonderful course this term. It truly was one of my favourite courses I've ever taken. Thank you so much!' (Authoritarian Politics, 2023)