She is the founder of the Environmental Justice Program (est. 2003) of the Environmental and Social Justice Action Research Group (ACTJUST) at CEU. Her work has involved pioneering case study research on environmental justice in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and articulating a policy and legal oriented framework for promoting environmental justice in CEE. She has also been involved in social movement research on the OCCUPY movement, the anti-fracking movement, Critical Mass, and Climate Justice.