I am a Sociologist and Policy Analyst with expertise in the study of care, conducting empirical research into social and cultural constructions of care. My work spans different domains of expertise, including sandwich care – where individuals simultaneously provide multiple types of care, typically child and elderly care, care regime models, and community-organised care provision. My research significance lies in recognising that understanding the multiplicity of care (people’s multi-dimensional engagements with care) is crucial for policy interventions to build a sustainable and equitable social care arrangement. My work on sandwich care was instrumental for policy-makers, carers and community organisations in establishing evidence to lead policy changes in Japan.

My key research includes an international collaborative project on ‘Dual Responsibility of Care in East Asia’. The team consisted of scholars from Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. I was Co-I (with Prof. Naoko Soma) and this project was funded by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (2016-19, 2012-2015 and 2016-2019).  I have also co-led a project team of care professionals, local authorities, sandwich carers and scholars in South Korea and Japan (Toyota International Grant, 2017, and 2023-25). These collaborations have engaged with key stakeholders effectively, influenced policy, improved practices and gained extensive media coverage.

I also successfully completed a project 'Experiments in Collective Care’ funded by Brigstow Institute in 2019 (with Dr. Maud Perrier, SPAIS and Alice Tatton-Brown, artist). This was an interdisciplinary project, a collaboration with a local artist, bringing together art, archival research and public engagement through a public exhibition on collective care

A commitment to decentring Euro-Atlantic biases to knowledge production informs both my theoretical and empirical work. As a co-founder of the East Asian Social Research Policy Network and co-editor of East Asian Gender Studies, I contribute to the critical analysis of Euro-Atlantic-centred knowledge production, and my teaching is unique as it reflects my research.