Adam began his journey into planning by studying geography at the University of Cambridge. He engaged with topics such as critical environmental justice and legal geographies before undertaking the law conversion. For his master’s thesis, Adam researched the implementation of the Aarhus Convention. He critically investigated the Environmental Costs Protection Regime and the approach of the courts in England and Wales to Wednesbury unreasonableness in planning and environmental judicial review. Adam’s experience includes internship placements at the Financial Times and as a sustainability consultant working on building the circular economy. He has worked with NGOs in Calais and has researched the legal pluralism of European human rights mechanisms. Adam has also conducted a courtroom ethnography of the Royal Courts of Justice, investigating the materiality of court spaces and how this can shape legal outcomes.