Her research explores many aspects of terrorism and counter-terrorism, but has recently focused on the expansion of the UK Prevent Strategy across the public sector. She has recently completed a Wellcome Trust funded study of counter-radicalisation in the NHS, which was quoted by the Joint Committee of Human Rights (UK Parliament) in support of their call for an independent review of Prevent. She has published two research monographs on the intersection of terrorism and memory, and has published extensively in journals dedicated to International Relations and Critical Security Studies.