Her research interests include events, leisure, sport, tourism and volunteerism. She has published widely in not-for-profit journals and is the author of ‘Managing Volunteers in Tourism’ (Elsevier, 2009) and co-editor of ‘Event volunteering: International perspectives on the event volunteering experience’ (Routledge 2014). Her research has been funded by the Australian Government’s Office of Learning and Teaching, the Australian Research Council and the International Olympic Committee. She is a member of Volunteering Western Australia’s research committee.