I work as a Research Data Manager in the Open Research team at Lancaster University Library. I am involved in a diverse range of initiatives and projects relating to digital scholarship, data management, the digital humanities and digital preservation.
I am also an historian of fourteenth-century Europe. My research explores the concepts of loyalty, rebellion and authority in Scotland in the fourteenth century. My PhD explored the allegiance of Scottish bishops in the Second War of Independence between 1332 and 1357. My interests include the impact of warfare and violence on non-combatant communities, political allegiance and identity, pre-modern understandings of the nation, and medieval ritual.
Deputy Theme Lead for Data Engineering in the Data Science Institute.
Co-convenor of the Medieval Loyalty Reading Group, which is part of the Loyalty in the Medieval World research network organised by Dr Hannah Boston and Dr Chris Lewis.
Committee member for CoSMoS - the Community of Scholars of Medieval and Early Modern Scotland.
Other memberships:
- The Centre for War and Diplomacy (Lancaster)
- Scottish History Society
- Society for Scottish Medievalists
- Ecclesiastical History Society
- Royal Historical Society
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- The Pipe Roll Society
