School of Social and Political Science

Background

I work interdisciplinary on the relationship between people, nature, and technology. In particular I research the role of other species, particularly plants, the role of place, and the diverse knowledges drawn upon that shape ideas of sustain-ability, responsibility and progress ...and critically the development trajectories they open-up or close-down as a result.

I joined the University of Edinburgh in 2025 as a research fellow working alongside Professor Jane Calvert on an interdisciplinary collaborative exploration of Pollinator Pathmaker Living Artworks to re-imagine gardens, and what and who they are for? 

Broad research specialisms:

• Plant politics and agrarian futures.
• Gardens, Pollinators and multispecies communities.
• De/anti-colonial, feminist Science & Technology Studies (STS).
• Global bioeconomy, genetic engineering & synthetic biology.
• UN biodiversity governance.
• Political ecology and agroecology.
• Corporate Social Responsibility / Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI).
• Multi-sited ethnography and creative interdisciplinary methods.

Qualifications

PhD Interdisciplinary Social Science (2021) University of Bristol 
MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (2016) University of Bristol
BA (hons) International Development (2012) University of Sussex

Foundation Degree in Art & Design (2007) Falmouth University