I have been a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester since September 2020. My research is based on participatory approaches and radical care. I explore how community-based critical pedagogies can support social change. I use critical participatory action research and creative methods including photography, short story writing, and archival work. My work explores the politics of policymaking. I am currently leading on an ESRC New Investigator project collaborating with community organisations in Manchester and Thessaloniki to develop a participatory approach to learn about radical care. 

I completed my PhD at the University of Manchester in January 2019. After completing my PhD, I was a Digital Engagement Fellow with the Sociological Review Foundation and then an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Local Government Studies at the University of Birmimgham. Before starting my PhD, I worked for over ten years in the voluntary and community sector across the North West of England. 

I currently teach on the following modules:

POLI71202:  Photovoice Methodology

POLI70381: The European Union: Politics and Policy Making