School of Social and Political Science

Research interests

My research focuses on how power, institutions, and social policies affect health inequalities, using mixed methods. I take a critical feminist stance, engaging with theories such as intersectionality and Reproductive Justice. My work has been published in high-impact journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Socio-Economic Review, Demography, Health Policy & Planning, and BMJ Global Health.

*** PHD SUPERVISION *** I am particularly interested in supervising PhD students taking a critical, feminist or anti-racist approach to studying social policy, international development/global health policy, or health outcomes, using *quantitative* or mixed methods, in the Global North or the Global South.

As a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, I am leading a project titled: “Policing Reproduction via Migration and Family Policies: Stress, Stigma & Health”. Through this research, I am exploring how migration and family policies in Europe affect parents’ rights to have children and to parent with dignity, and how this affects their health, formulating a quantitative approach to Reproductive Justice. In 2025, I will be transitioning to a Chancellor's Fellow role with the University of Edinburgh.

I have previously published on topics such as: collective bargaining and health inequalities; modelling the indirect mortality effects of epidemics; how health service environments and health facility rules affect maternal health inequalities; how interviewers affect the likelihood of reporting an abortion; researching intersectionality using quantitative and mixed methods.