My research interests are in the role of records management in effective information policy compliance and in the development of the English archival profession, which is the subject of my PhD and a monograph published by Ashgate (Archives and Archivists in Twentieth Century England, 2009).

I am interested in supervising research into all areas of archives and records management, in particular, the development and history of the profession, archival education, the management of digital records, records management issues in particular countries or sectors, appraisal, management skills for records professionals and the development and application of policies, standards and frameworks for the archives and records management discipline.

I was instrumental in establishing the International Centre for Archives and Records Management Research and User Studies, ICARUS, in 2005 in recognition of the need to develop a significant body of research which seeks to identify, understand and meet the rapid technological and intellectual changes sweeping through the archives and records management discipline. To this end ICARUS seeks to develop knowledge and enhance understanding of the creation, management and use of records and their role in society; and map, monitor and evaluate significant changes in the archives and records domain using robust evidence-based methods.