Specifically, she is interested in public and expert perceptions of risk and risk communication, and has applied these concepts to several areas.Her current terrorism research follows two key themes: responding to Terrorism; and Violent radicalisation. Her projects include a large-scale Home Office study of public responses to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) terrorist incidents in conjunction with the Institute of Psychiatry (IOP) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA), as well as a number of EU projects in the same area. Additional projects include the training of emergency responders working in hot zones, as well as the development of public information leaflets about CBRN terrorism.