I am a social scientist and focus on conducting qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research.  I am particularly interested in methodological research related to mixed methods, participatory approaches, and the design and evaluation of complex interventions. I am passionate about theory driven evaluation and promote the co-design of Theories of Change as part of intervention design and evaluation.

My research interests include HIV prevention, mental health and wellbeing, alcohol and other substance use including the sexualised use of drugs, and gender based violence. Nowadays, I tend to focus on prevention research, and structural or combination interventions. We have made great progress in expanding the HIV prevention options available over the last 20 years and I am passionate about implementation research that focuses on embedding what we know works, into policy and practice. This includes programme science approaches that can embed an evaluation approach into health programmes to improve and enhance delivery to meet the needs of end users.

Most of my research tends for focus on the needs of vulnerable and key populations and spans high, medium and low income settings.

In collaboration with the Centre for Evaluation, I am increasingly interested in the use of AI technologies to enhance evaluations, particularly in the context of participatory approaches to evaluation.