In 1989 I undertook a BA (MA) in PPE from Oriel College, Oxford, before moving to Birkbeck College, London, to do my MPhil in 1991. After that I stayed at Birkbeck to do my PhD and then went to Oxford University 1994-96 to become a junior lecturer. Between 1996 and 2000 I was a fellow and tutor in Philosophy at Merton College Oxford, before coming to York in 2000 to take up a post as a lecturer here. In 2004 I became a Reader in Philosophy and in 2006 I took up the post of Head of Department, until 2014. I was made Professor of Philosophy in 2008 and in 2015, after stepping down as Head of Department, I took up a post as Dean of the Graduate Research School. In 2020 I again became Head of Department.