Biography

I am an organisational ethnographer specialising in the study of occupations and professions, with a particular interest in high-risk work and extreme contexts. My research advances understanding of how individuals navigate the demands of their work roles, adapt to risk, and manage ongoing uncertainty. I typically spend twelve months or more embedded with informants, using immersive ethnographic methods to develop theory around practices and dynamics that are not immediately visible but central to organisational life. My current research explores prison officers, with previous research on pedophile hunters.

PhD, Cambridge University (ESRC scholar)
Finalist: Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award (2024)

Research Interests

Organisational theory, occupations and professions, extreme contexts, studies of processes in organisations, qualitative research methods (especially ethnography and fieldwork), frontline work.