Robertson’s research focuses on activism, visual culture and changing economies. She has published widely on the topic and is currently finishing her book Tear Gas Epiphanies: New Economies of Protest, Vision and Culture in Canada. More recently, she has turned her attention to the study of wearable technologies, immersive environments and the potential overlap(s) between textiles and technologies. She considers these issues within the framework of globalization, activism, and burgeoning “creative economies.” Robertson’s work can be found in journals such as The Communication Review, Textile, Fuse magazine, n.paradoxa, and Globalisations and books such as Fluid Screens, Expanded Cinema, Extra/Ordinary: Craft Culture and Contemporary Art, and Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations, Collecive Theorization.