She holds the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

[3] She graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics, politics and public policy in 2001.

[3][4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Europe in question: the role of political information in referendums on European integration".

[4] In 2009, she became an associated member of Nuffield College, Oxford, and an honorary professor in political science at the University of Southern Denmark.

[4][7] Since 2012, she has held the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics.