As an independent psychosocial specialist, she has worked for a number of NGOs as a practitioner and researcher, focusing on issues including domestic violence, child protection, measurement of psychosocial wellbeing, and community-based psychosocial approaches. She is affiliated with the Institute of Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University (UK) and the Columbia Group for Children in Adversity, and is a member of the Church of Sweden (Act Alliance) psychosocial roster.