I work with organisations navigating tensions between participation, expertise and institutional authority, helping translate participatory ambition into operational practice.

I am a multi-award-winning health researcher and writer, with governance experience at national and international levels. My work examines how institutions structure, legitimise and stratify expertise within health and research systems and has impacted national policy. My creative work has inspired the development of a multi-million-pound funding project.

I am an NIHR-funded Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and an award-winning writer.I focus on institutional design, knowledge politics and participatory practice. My research examines the gap between participatory rhetoric and organisational reality, advising institutions to seek structural coherence rather than symbolic inclusion.

My work has been grounded in health research, including HIV, maternal health and long-term conditions. Across these domains, I analyse how lived expertise is positioned within governance structures and how participatory ambitions translate into institutional practice.