Welcome!

I am a Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk.

My research focuses on automated, quantitative methods of processing large amounts of textual and other forms of unstructured data – mainly political texts and social media – and the methodology of text mining. My research is driven by my fascination with all kinds of data (big/small, text/number/images) and how it can help us better understand ourselves and our society. I am also interested in how data can be used to improve resilience, maximise accountability and trust and reduce inequalities.

Projects I work on leverage current technologies in machine learning, natural language processing and experimental behavioral study to describe the mechanisms for digital transformation in communities, businesses and the public sector and how data can be used as an enabler of a fairer, more transparent and accountable society.

I am a member of the Natural Language and Information Processing Research Group, and an editor at the Journal for Open Source Software (JOSS).

You can read more about my research, papers and teaching courses from the menu above .