Julian is a PhD researcher in the Resource Politics and Environmental Change Cluster. His PhD research explores infrastructure development and its role in shaping sociopolitical and economic orders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Adopting a governmentality perspective, his work critically examines how contemporary infrastructure projects become sites where various governable orders intersect, and challenges the notion that infrastructure inherently produces state order.

Beyond his doctoral research, Julian has worked on various projects as a research assistant and research officer. During his PhD, Julian has undertook visiting fellowships at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. His broader interests lie at the intersection of development practice, political economy, and governance in conflict-affected regions.

Julian holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics from the University of Hohenheim. Julian is supervised by Jeremy Allouche and Shilpi Srivastava.