Biography
I am a Lecturer in Sociology within the School of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University. Prior to this I worked as a Research Assistant in the Employment Research Institute at Edinburgh Napier University.
My research focuses primarily on the interconnections between culture, economy and nature. My current research has focused on plants - particularly related to crofting, gardening and kitchens. I have abiding interests in the role of bureaucracy within society, digital labour, cultural studies and 'conjunctural analysis'.
I have a degree in Management, a Masters by Research in Social Research and a PhD, all from Heriot-Watt University. My PhD examined the conflict between artistic freedom and the commercial pressures of work within the recorded music industry.
I have worked as an investigator on a variety of projects. Most recently on a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant researching the work of producing sustainability in restaurant work. Prior to this, I worked on an ESRC-funded project investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers and refugees during the Covid-19 outbreak, and have previously worked on projects funded by the EPSRC, Carnegie and other funding bodies.