Employment & Education
  • Oct 2017 - present Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship.
    Urban Studies & Planning, University of Sheffield.
  • Dec 2016 - Oct 2017 Teaching Fellow. 
    Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.
  • Feb 2016 - Nov 2016 Executive Support & Researcher. 
    Higher Education Academy (HEA).
  • Oct 2015 - May 2016 Teaching Assistant.
    Department of Sociology, Newcastle University.
  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2015 ESRC (+3) funded PhD Student.
    Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.
    (Viva passed with no corrections, January 2016).
  • Oct 2013 - May 2015 Teaching Assistant.
    Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.
  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 Teaching Assistant. 
    Department of Sociology, University of York.
  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2012 Masters Student (MA).
    Department of Sociology, University of York. (Merit).
  • Oct 2008 - Oct 2011  Undergraduate Student (BA). 
    Department of Sociology, University of York. (1st class with Honours).
  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2007 A Levels in Psychology, English, History + AS Level in Music. Wood Green School.

Academic Citizenship

I have also taken part in extra-curricular duties as part of academic citizenship within the department. This includes:


- Taking an active role in raising the profile of early career researchers in urban studies at University of Sheffield, including organising the Critical Friends research forum, arranging for the display and design of researcher profiles in the department, and leading a session at the departmental away day 2018.

- Participating in an internal review of mentorship within USP, Sheffield.


- Applying for funding, designing, and organising the Making Space exhibition as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, November 2018.


- Organising and participating in the running of student field trips to Lisbon, Amsterdam, and Belgrade at the University of Warwick.

- Successfully applying for funding and running a 1-day workshop on 'Digital By-Product Data and the Sociological Imagination' University of York, 21st May 2013.

- Volunteering to help run large conferences, including the Deviancy Conference 2011 and the Neoliberalism Conference 2013 (both University of York), as well as recording and editing footage from these events.

- Running a research blog: squattinglondon.wordpress.com

Department of Sociology

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