I am a researcher specialising in cross-border economic and financial dimensions of transnationalism. My work explores how individuals, businesses, and institutions facilitate transnational financial flows, engage in economic integration, and influence labour mobility within an increasingly interconnected global market.

My PhD research focused on cross-border economies, particularly on formal and predominantly informal trade networks, the role of kinship in economic transactions, and the financial strategies employed by migrants and non-migrants in the Brazil-Paraguay border region. My multi-sited ethnographic study highlighted how investment patterns, economic adaptation, and financial decision-making among transnational communities living in close proximity to or within a border region are shaped by economic conditions in two or more countries simultaneously. As part of a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Advanced StudyLink opens in a new window (IAS), I later produced the award-winning ethnographic film Brasiguaios: Transnational Lives and Identities, offering insights into the everyday practices of transnational living within the Brazil-Paraguay border region and unveiling both formal and informal transnational financial practices.

While at the University of Warwick, I was involved with various departments, including the library, the International Office (previously known as), the Residential Life Team (RLT), the Department of Sociology, and the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS), until I eventually joined the IAS in 2017. Beyond academia, I have worked in or collaborated with charity organisations, grassroots groups, academia, international organisations, businesses, and diplomats.

Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal

In 2017, after I was awarded an Early Career Fellowship in the Institute of Advanced Study, I assumed the role of editor at the IAS' Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research JournalLink opens in a new window.

Exchanges achieved a significant milestone by publishing its twenty-sixth issue in 2024. This special edition delved into reflections on the past ten years, including diverse topics such as AI in academic publishing. The current issue (Vol 12.1), just published, has our regular collection of articles from across the disciplinary spectrum from scholars at Warwick and worldwide.

In light of ongoing developments in ChatGPT, Exchanges is introducing a new policy relating to artificial intelligence tools and manuscripts submitted for the journal’s consideration. If you want to submit your paper, visit the journal’s website: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window