My research sits at the intersection of International Security, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Feminist International Relations. Broadly, I am interested in how states and societies understand, regulate and respond to extremism and insecurity, and in the consequences of these responses for individuals and societies. My work draws particularly on critical and feminist approaches to security and terrorism studies, with regional expertise in Australia, South Korea and the United Kingdom.

My research develops across two interconnected areas.

1) Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the politics of (in)security

My research examines how states understand, categorise and regulate individuals associated with terrorism and political violence, and how categories such as terrorist, citizen, victim and security threat are constructed and contested. Much of this work has focused on state responses to women who travelled to territories formerly controlled by Islamic State (ISIS), including citizenship deprivation, repatriation, prosecution and non-intervention. My current book project comparatively examines the governance of these women in Australia and the United Kingdom through the lens of Feminist Institutionalism.

2) Gender, technology and emerging forms of extremism

An emerging strand of my research examines the intersections between gender, technology and extremism, with particular attention to South Korea. I am interested in how digital platforms and emerging technologies reshape the production, circulation and normalisation of misogynistic ideas and practices, and what these developments mean for conventional understandings of extremism and security. This work develops the concept of 'everyday extremism' to consider how extremist ideas and practices can become embedded within apparently ordinary social practices, digital environments and technologies.