My research interests fall into three categories but they all share a common theme: ontology. Generally this term refers to the study of the nature of reality or what is real, but I use it to refer to the more narrow question of the nature or flavour of individual and collective human states of being. Broadly speaking I use Buddhist concepts – such as duality, impermanence, and compassion – to describe the various states of being that individuals experience as individuals and in relation to each other. These questions intersect with law insofar as the state and its policies influence individual and social ontologies.
