At work I develop new methods for reaching and working with marginalised communities, advancing the participatory action research approach to social research

Below are a selection of qualitative and quantitative public research projects I have led throughout my professional career:

For a more comprehensive overview of recent work see Toynbee Hall’s research library.

Co-producing Universal Credit Disability Benefits

A year long Toynbee Hall participatory action research (PAR) project in response to the Universal Credit Bill on how changes to the health element of UC will impact Disabled people, and how these might be mitigated.

Ongoing / Due 2026

Young Disabled People in Temporary Accomodation

A multi-year Disability Rights UK and Toynbee Hall participatory action research (PAR) project on young disabled people’s experiences of temporary accommodation in London and how it can be improved

Ongoing / Due 2026

Freedom: Access to Cash in the UK

A Toynbee Hall PAR project commissioned by Link on preserving access to cash in the UK. Peer researchers from four different UK locations collaborated to review cash usage and recommendations for protecting access of the most vulnerable.

Report / Due 2025

#ReshapeRelease – Experiences of Recall

A Switchback PAR project on the impact the threat (and carrying out) of recall has amongst young male prison-leavers in the probation system, with co-designed solutions for the crisis.

Report / 2025

Emotional Support for Young People

A Toynbee Hall PAR project in partnership with Thrive LDN, commissioned by the Health Foundation looking at the impact of the cost of living crisis on young people’s emotional wellbeing.

Report & Digital Game / 2025

Mental Health and Prison Release

A small-scale participatory project at Switchback with their Experts by Experience board looking at young prison-leavers experience of mental health post-release, with a focus on developing solutions.

Report / 2024

A photo of three people from behind. They are having coffees and enjoying the view over London. Text reads "More than just education; a participatory action research project on adult education in London"

More than just education

A Toynbee Hall PAR project commissioned by the Greater London Authority to inform development of the Skills Roadmap for London and approaches to improving access to adult education for Londoners.

Report / 2022

A cartoon of a person holding a giant mobile phone, through which a debt advisor is leaning out to offer advice. Text reads "We're not on a conveyor belt"

We’re not on a conveyor belt

A Toynbee Hall PAR project commissioned by Debt Free London (now Debt Free Advice) on developing accessible and empowering debt advice services.

Report / 2021

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Tower Hamlets Poverty Review

A Toynbee Hall PAR project commissioned by Tower Hamlets Council to identify the drivers of poverty and solutions for tackling them in Tower Hamlets.

Report / 2021

Text reading 'How we get along' placed next to the logo for the Woolf Institute

How we get along

A Survation multi-level regression and poststratification (MRP) online survey of 11,701 adults in England and Wales, on behalf of the Woolf Institute, University of Cambridge.

MRP Survey / 2020

Four women of colour having a conversation in front of a Scottish flag.

Scottish BAME Poll

A Survation poll of 500+ BAME Scots on their experiences of discrimination commissioned as part of an ongoing project on behalf of Dr Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh.

Survey / 2019

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Faith and Ethnic Minority Panels

Development and management of the Survation Jewish, Muslim, and BAME online and telephone opinion panels, including work for the Jewish Leadership Council, Aziz Foundation, and the Jewish Chronicle.

Survey / 2018-2020