About

I am currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the LSE, where I teach criminology and research methodology courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. My research lies at the intersection of gendered harassment in public, sexual harassment, public attitudes to crime, public criminology and research methods. I have a PhD in Social Research Methodology from the LSE Department of Methodology, which looked at fear of crime and its association with psychological distance from crime and crime construal. My background is in
Criminology and Sociology.
 

My current research focuses on the one hand on gendered harassment in public spaces in the UK and on the other hand on fear of crime and its association with different types of information about crime. The former is a Leverhulme-funded project, entitled “Gendered harassment in public and the potential for a ‘zero-tolerance’ culture”. This project looks at lay experiences of and attitudes to gendered harassment in public spaces in the UK, focusing on socio-cultural and contextual factors. The project seeks to develop a systematic approach to the empirical exploration of gendered
harassment, looking at its multiple manifestations from a gendered perspective, employing a non- binary approach to gender. Conceptualizing harassment as part of a continuum of gendered violence and inequality, the main goal is to produce data that will contribute to a ‘zero-tolerance’ culture to gendered harassment in public spaces.
 

My second research project involves an experimental research project, funded by the LSE STICERD fund, that explores the impact of different types of crime information and crime information processing on public attitudes to crime and justice, and the production of factual and fictional crime narratives. One of the key objectives is to bridge the information gaps between and connect different actors in the public communication of crime (such as the criminal justice system, journalists, politicians, the civil society, artists), and develop avenues for including criminological knowledge in the production of crime information.
 

In addition to my research, I am deeply committed to teaching. I have substantial experience in teaching criminology, research methodology and sociology University courses, with a particular interest in the pedagogical aspect of teaching. I take a research-led approach to help students develop their criminological imagination, methodological literacy and experiential learning. For example, I conduct fieldtrips to provide students with experiential knowledge of the topics that are covered in my courses. To enhance students' engagement, I employ innovative teaching strategies, such as immersive learning and interactive teaching.
 

Since 2018/19, I have been working with the LSE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Office on the development of the School’s policy to prevent and combat sexual violence and harassment. In 2019/20, I became an LSE Safe Contact; the role involves members of LSE staff who have received advanced anti-sexual violence and harassment training and can provide a primary point of contact, information and support for individuals disclosing sexual violence or sexual harassment.
 

One of my main aims as an academic is to constantly disseminate my work in accessible ways, foster constructive debate, and bring together critical and diverse perspectives on the criminological topicsthat I explore.