I am a sociologist researching how legal, political, social, cultural and economic contexts shape the safety, health and rights of marginalised groups and communities, particularly people who sell sex. My primary expertise is in qualitative methods but I also work in collaboration with colleagues across diverse disciplines to carry out mixed methods research. I'm committed to critical, feminist, participatory approaches which value the knowledge and expertise of communities, and which challenge the boundaries between the 'academy' and the 'community'.