Biography

My PhD explored the relationship between ideas about risk and the development of social welfare policies in Germany, Britain and Italy from the 1880s to the early 1920s by focusing on a case study of workplace accidents. By examining the topic from comparative and transnational perspectives, I sought to investigate how domestic and transnational discussions about national welfare policy related to changing conceptions of national identity and national strength. With my dissertation, I also sought to contribute to current debates about social welfare reform.