Her background is in Political Science, and in 2012 she earned an MSc in Education (Higher Education) from Oxford University. Since 2004, she has been coordinating workshops and other development activities for beginner teachers in higher education. Currently she serves as the co-convenor of the ECPR standing group Teaching and Learning Politics as well as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Political Science Education. She is the co-editor of Teacher Development in Higher Education. Existing Programs, Program Impact and Future Trends which was published by Routledge in 2012 (with Eszter Simon). In 2013 she became Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (United Kingdom).