I work in the field of education and international development and am a member of the Centre for Education and International Development (CEID). My research is concerned with understanding the inequalities in relation to education, primarily in low-income contexts. I have particular interests in literacy, adult learning, women's empowerment and migration, with a focus on understanding processes of (im)mobility, and the ways in which ideas, policies and practices move and are interpreted between and across different contexts. I co-coordinate CEID's research stream on Education, Migration and (Im)mobility, together with Dr Elaine Chase.

Some of my current and recent research projects include: a critical study of the wider benefits of postgraduate programmes in international development; an exploration of the literacy and learning practices and experiences of migrant domestic workers in London; research on teacher education and gender equality in Nigeria; and a study of the enactment of global goals on gender, education and poverty reduction in Kenya and South Africa.