With training in critical social psychology, her research interests are mainly focused on issues in the interface of social psychology and health, the social and ecological environment, children’s health, community health, social justice, and health equity. Both in her research and in her teaching (Health Promotion, Health Inequities and the Social Determinants of Health), she has a special focus on the complex interdependence between social, cultural, economic and political aspects and people’s health-related actions and decisions. Her current funded research projects are on health equity, children’s adverse experiences, and on food security.