I am trained as a socio-cultural anthropologist and ethnographer. My academic work is deeply rooted in activism. I completed my PhD at Griffith University in late 2023. My PhD research focused on women in grassroots activist communities in Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, exploring gendered politics, creative strategies of resilience and the role of DIY. My previous research explored the interplay of punk, politics and piety on the Indonesian island of Java.

Beyond grassroots activist communities and punk scenes, my research interests include radical lifestyle politics, feminist and queer studies, social movement studies, care theory, critical debates around ethnographic methods, socio-cultural and socio-political studies in Southeast Asia.

Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Manchester on the CARE (Care Aesthetics Research Exploration) project. More information about the project can be found here. I am a co-director of The Care Lab (UK), based in Manchester. In early 2025, I co-founded the Care Scholars Network, an interdisciplinary platform for ECRs working on care theory. 

• Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University, 2023

• Master of Science, University of Montreal, 2019

• Bachelor of Social Science (Honours), University of Ottawa, 2017

Research centres, networks and affiliations:

• Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives

• Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Languages (CIDRAL) 

• The Care Scholars Network

• The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)

• British Academy Early Career Research Network (BA ECRN)