She was an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Groningen, an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Surrey in the UK and a Duncan Norman Research Scholar at the University of Liverpool in the UK. She obtained all her higher education degrees in the United Kingdom, namely a BA (Hons) in Communication, Cultural Studies and Media (First Class) at the University of Leeds, the MA in Social and Political Thought (with Distinction) at the University of Warwick and a PhD in Political Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.