• Co-produced research methods and ethics
• Community researchers and community researcher training
• Community-engaged pedagogy and service-learning
• Interdisciplinarity
• Higher education pedagogy and practice
• Mature students
• Widening particpation
• Third sector delivery of public services and funding
• Parenting programmes
• Parenting culture 
• Community-based parenting support

Projects 

• Bridge Project Phase 1: Reimagining the Industrial PhD (academic lead for training). With Professor Harry Mellor (APVC for PGR), and Bristol Doctoral College. 2025-2027
• Developing the PGR Policy Environment for Mature and Parent PGRs (PI), Research England, Enhancing Research Culture funded. With GW4 and UALL. 2025-26
• Co-creating an Open Research Co-Production Policy for the University of Bristol (Co-I), Research England, Enhancing Research Culture funded. With Brigstow Institute. 2025-26
• Enhancing The Research Experience For Mature PGRs: Methods For Curating Empowerment, Collaboration, And A Culture Of Valuing Diverse Experience (PI). Research England, Enhancing Research Culture funded. 2024-25.
• Returning to Research: Enabling Mature PGRs to Thrive in Environmental Research Careers (PI). Research England, Enhancing Research Culture funded. 2023-24.
• Testing The Toolkit: Exploring The ‘Research Team Culture Toolkit’ With Environmental PGR Communities. (Co-I). Research England, Enhancing Research Culture funded. 2023-25.
• Interdisciplinary Supervision: Building Cross-Disciplinary Expertise In Future Environmental Research Leaders (PI). 2023.
• Co-developing environmental and sustainability pedagogy. How can co-producing pedagogy engage, empower, and inspire diverse student bodies as collaborative environmental change makers? (PI). with The Young Foundation and a team of student community 'peer' researchers. 2022-23.
• Qualitative insights into the Connected Network (PI). 2023.
• From PGR to Professor: Re-Imagining a Culture of Belonging in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences (PI). Research England, Enhancing Research Culture-funded. 2022-23.
• Building Inclusive Culture in Environmental Research: A Case Study of the Cabot Master’s by Research in Global Environmental Challenges (MScR) (Co-PI). Research England, Enhancing Research Culture-funded. 2021-2022.
• Co-producing new inter-disciplinary solutions: coming together to tackle climate impacts, health, and wellbeing (PI), NERC-funded. Partner: Praxis Research. 2021-2022.
• Advanced Research Methods Training:  Co-Production and Community Research (PI). ESRC-funded. Delivered to academic and public audiences through National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) in 2021.
• Accrediting Community Engagement: A Bristol Approach to Service-Learning (PI). 2018-2019, Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching (BILT).
• Productive Margins: Regulating for Engagement (Senior Research Associate). 2013 - 2018, ESRC/AHRC. 
• Community-Based Researchers - Making Co-production Happen (PI). 2017-2018, CC Catalyst Fund 
• Girls Making History.(Project Lead). 2014 - 2015, EPSRC. (High Commendation from University of Bristol Engage Awards 2014/15)
• Gender Based Violence and Displacement. (methodological consultant). 2017 - 2019, ESRC/AHRC. 
• Third sector organisations delivering parenting programmes: A case study of community-based delivery of the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities programme. 2014 - 2024 (PhD research), ESRC, UoB Law School.