I work across the disciplines of social anthropology and sociology, using mostly qualitative and ethnographic research methods. My research explores care, work, volunteering, community, gender, class, feminism, social reproduction and the state. I’m especially engaged with feminist scholarship on the undervaluing of caring work (waged and unwaged) within health and social care systems.

I’m currently a co-researcher on a large research project exploring the impact of community-led organisations on health in deprived areas of the UK, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Recently, I completed a British Academy funded study on caring at home during the pandemic, which compared the experiences of home care workers, carers and volunteers linked to community support and mutual aid networks in southern England. My earlier ethnographic and qualitative research has been undertaken in the Czech Republic and the UK, funded by the UK Research Council, the British Academy and non-profit sector organisations.

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