She is currently completing her third book, an analysis of the legacy of institutional choices made during the Polish transition after 1989. Before completing her PhD (The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic misperceptions and unanticipated outcomes (Routledge: 2006)) she worked as a current affairs journalist and producer for RTE. She received the Provost’s Teaching Award in 2010 and will be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 'for outstanding services rendered to the promotion of Poland's transition to democracy, for acting as a truthful witness to the situation on the ground during the period of martial law and for accomplishments in (her) journalistic undertakings' on June 4th next.