I am a sociologist researching how legal, political, social, cultural and economic contexts shape the safety, health and rights of marginalised groups and communities, particularly people who sell sex. My primary expertise is in qualitative methods but I also work in collaboration with colleagues across diverse disciplines to carry out mixed methods research. I'm committed to critical, feminist, participatory approaches which value the knowledge and expertise of communities, and which challenge the boundaries between the 'academy' and the 'community'.
Affiliations
Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Centres
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
Teaching
I co-organize, lecture and chair panel discussions on the Sexual Health MSc module at LSHTM, in conjunction with Mitzy Gafos. In previous years, I have led seminars on the Principles of Social Research module, which forms part of the MSc in Public Health.
I tutor, supervise and advise masters students studying Public Health. I supervise and advise research degree (PhD and DrPH) students who use qualitative and/or mixed methods to explore issues of sex work, gender, sexuality, HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and social justice. I currently have availability to accept new PhD and DrPH students in these fields.
I tutor, supervise and advise masters students studying Public Health. I supervise and advise research degree (PhD and DrPH) students who use qualitative and/or mixed methods to explore issues of sex work, gender, sexuality, HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and social justice. I currently have availability to accept new PhD and DrPH students in these fields.
Selected Publications
2024
Scientific reports
2024
Papers from the British Criminology Conference
2023
Sociology of health & illness
2023
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
2023
Vaccine
2022
Critical Public Health
2022
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
2022
Women's Health
2021
Sexually Transmitted Infections
2021
Left out in the cold: the extreme unmet health and support needs of street sex workers in Newham, East London