I am a Senior Lecturer in Geography and Planning at Macquarie University. My work focuses on how urban life could be made more just and caring for people and planet.  I am Deputy Director of the Macquarie University Housing and Urban Research Centre.  I am a member of the Community Economies Institute and Associate Editor for Geographical Research. 

My work makes a contribution to urban studies with a focus on everyday practices of care and justice across a range of empirical foci including planning, community food provisioning initatives, public spaces, housing and commons in cities. My work has been published in leading international journals Antipode, Geoforum, Urban Studies, Geography Compass, Cities and Area. I am a member of the Editorial Board for Geography Compass and am regularly asked to review papers for leading journals. I am experienced in leading research projects with industry partners including a recent pilot project on Vertical Villages with Faith Housing Alliance (formerly Churches Housing, supported by the Salvation Army) and Baptist Care.

I am currently working with on an ARC Linkage with the NSW Government on The Power of Public Spaces  with Prof Donna Houston, Prof Kate Lloyd and A/Prof Justine Lloyd. You can find more about this work on our website which includes stories, webinars and creative content: https://www.powerofpublicspaces.org.au/

I am currently co-authoring a book with A/Prof Emma Power (WSU) on "Cities that care" for the University of Minnesota Press Diverse Economies Liveable Worlds Series.  

I am working on a research project exploring the possibility of care-centric spatial planning with colleagues at Södetörn University, Stockholm, and continue to work on projects pertaining to food insecurity.

I am an experienced educator and speaker and passionate about communicating research to diverse audiences.

My research explores everyday practices of justice and care in the city. My current research focuses around seven main areas:

• Care-full Justice in the city
• A Feminist Ethics of care and the politics and practices of care
• Public Space and urban commons
• Food justice and community food initiatives
• Care, planning and urban governance
• Diverse Economies

I teach into both the undergraduate and postgraduate planning degree programs at Macquarie University accross a range of units.