She is interested in issues of high-skilled immigration, regional and global governance of migration, and policy-making in OECD countries. Her articles have appeared in Journal of European Public Policy and edited volumes in Oxford University Press and Amsterdam University Press. Lucie has been a lecturer in Politics at Merton and Lincoln colleges in Oxford, as well as a consultant for different international organisations. Her current projects include a study of the state's transformation by the forces of globalisation and regionalisation.