Overview

I am a freelance researcher, writer and educator available to support your project.

From securing funding and conducting investigations to creating compelling content and managing digital communications, I offer impact-focused research services. Listed below are specific services I offer, followed by a brief overview of my CV. If you wish to get in contact, please reach out via the Contact Form.

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Skills & Services

Research:

Qualitative Research & Analysis: I have extensive experience in archival research, qualitative methods (interviews, focus groups, observations), and policy analysis. My work spans global humanitarian effectiveness studies to British historical investigations.

Subject expertise: 1) Humanitarian studies – history of the international humanitarian system; 2) refugee policy and protection in India, especially for Rohingya refugees; 3) British housing history and policy. These specialist subjects are connected through their emphasis on social justice, marginalisation and displacement.

Research skills coaching: I have taught, coached and mentored undergraduate and masters students, PhD students, school students and non-academics. I offer coaching on community-based research, history methods, and sociological field studies. I also offer workshop facilitation, public speaking, and educational programme development.

Writing & editing:

Writing & Content Creation: My track record includes trade book writing, academic writing and editing, policy briefs, ghostwriting and blog content creation – navigate my website tabs for recent publications. I’ve written for diverse audiences from academic peers and policymakers to general readers.

Grant-writing: I have a proven track record of securing substantial funding. I have been actively involved in successful grant applications totalling over £5 million. My experience includes leading and writing successful proposals, coordinating teams of grant applicants, peer reviewing grant applications, and understanding funder requirements across different sectors. See my CV overview below for my grant record highlights.

Editing and writing skills coaching: I provide specialised academic editing, research skills coaching, and manuscript development services. My experience editing books, mentoring academic and non-academic researchers, and editing for academic and generalised publications positions me well for writing support services.

Digital Communication: I offer digital communication skills including website development, blog editing, and social media marketing. My role as Global Communications Lead for the UCL-based GRRIPP project (£4.7m 2018-2024) demonstrates my global digital communication experience.

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CV highlights

Professional

07/2021 – Present: Researcher, Editor & Digital Communications: Project-based work for academic institutes, non-profits, and independent. Employers/clients have included University of Manchester, University College London, the University of York, and the Social Change Initiative.

06/20 – 01/21: Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies, University College London. Lecturing Global Humanitarian History; Steering Committee to establish the BSc in Global Humanitarian Studies; Connected Learning Lead (digital education).

09/19–06/20: Lecturer in Global Challenges, Brunel University London: Pathway Lead for Social Cohesion; Teaching Qual & Creative Methods

01/17–09/19: Associate Professor, International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, India: Lecturing International Relations Since 1945 and Refugee Studies.

12/14–11/16: Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, Save the Children & Uni. Of Manchester: Research on humanitarian effectiveness: Philippines and Middle East.

01/13–11/14: Social Policy Researcher, External Affairs, Scottish Government: Policy research on intl. development for independence.

Voluntary

05/2025-present: Trustee and Committee Member, Tring Local History Museum & Society.

07/2022-present: Newsletter Editor & Education Coordinator, Tring History Museum & Society: Newsletter Editor; Research and writing skills coach for A-Level History students, Tring School.

10/17–present: Historian Researcher & Web Editor, Save Our Homes LS26. Campaign to prevent my parents’ community’s eviction and demolition of their historic post-war prefab estate. Research and campaign blogging: saveourhomesLS26.org

01/22 – 08/23: Witness Service Volunteer, Citizens Advice Bureau, Luton Crown Court

Grants & Prizes 

2024: Grant: Individual, Awarded Society of Authors K Blundell Trust grant for my book Eviction: A Social History of Rent. Awarded to authors seeking to increase social awareness.

2023: Grant: Writer, Re-ordering Ethics and Knowledge Production in Conflict- and Disaster-Affected Contexts. British Academy. (£200,000), May 2023 – May 2025.

2022: Prize: the Dawn Foster Memorial Essay Prize, for ‘Fighting for Cardboard City’, Red Pepper Magazine and HCI Skills Gateway. £1,500 award judged by author Lynsey Hanley. 

2019-2024: Grant: Co-Investigator, ‘Gender Responsive Resilience and Intersectionality in Policy and Practice (GRRIPP)’. Global Challenges Research Fund, (£4.7 million). 2019 –2024.

2018-2020: Grant: Co-Investigator, ‘Rohingya Journeys of Violence and Resilience in Bangladesh and its Neighbours’, British Academy. (£300,000). Sept 2018-Dec 2020. 

2018-2019: Grant: Principal Investigator, ‘Examining the NRC in Assam’, O.P. JGU. (£5,500). 2018-2019. 

2017: Grant: Principal Investigator, ‘Refugee (self-)support in Delhi’, IIED, (£27,499).