My primary research interest is in how concepts of time are used in social methods of inclusion and exclusion. I am fascinated by the way linear conceptions of time appear to promise a single reality or universal commensurability. I explore the impact of this promise in a variety of different contexts and argue that it is problematically taken up as an implicit guide within community responses to diversity and social action. My approach is interdisciplinary and draws on work in continental philosophy, feminist philosophy, anthropology and sociology.

I am working on a variety of academic projects at the moment that support my general interest in time and community. Building on my PhD work, I am completing a monograph that explores the interconnections between feminism, time and community.

Another key project extends this work to explore how time and community are being transformed in the Anthropocene. This project involves a number of case studies. One of these examines the concepts of time at work within the Transition movement and as part of this I have cofounded the Transition Research Network (www.transitionresearchnetwork.org) which seeks to support mutually beneficial links between transitioners and academics.

Another case study is based on collaborative work with members of the Extinction Studies working group (www.extinctionstudies.org) and draws on work on multi-species communities and the relational nature of space and time to propose new modes of time-keeping in an age of climate change and mass extinctions.

I am currently P.I. on two AHRC-funded Connected Communities projects.

Memories of Mr Seel's Garden (www.mrseelsgarden.org) explores the history of local food in Liverpool, while the Temporal Belongings Research Network (www.temporalbelongings.org) is supporting the development of a HEI and non-HEI research community around the issue of time and community.

I am also Co-I on a further AHRC Connected Communities project: The time of the clock and the time of encounter, where I am analysing creative and political interventions into clock time (www.timeofencounter.org).

Enquiries about my work or related issues are very welcome. You can also follow me on twitter.