My research is at the intersection of Sociology, Education and Politics, with a focus on the pedagogical and prefigurative practices of social and ecological movements. I have conducted funded research with self-managed sustainable communities including housing co-operatives and eco-villages; with grassroots disaster relief movements including Occupy Sandy and COVID-19 Mutual Aid UK; and with organisations using automation technology in experimental and artisanal ways (including an automotive manufacturer, a worker co-operative and a hackspace). I have also conducted historical and theoretical research on feminist consciousness-raising, utopian literature and communities, critical pedagogy and critical cartography. She is the author of three books: Utopian Politics (Routledge, 2012); Coronavirus, Class and Mutual Aid in the UK (Palgrave, 2020); and Disaster Anarchy (Pluto, forthcoming 2022) alongside several articles and book chapters.