Unspeakable policy & planning problems • To explain high levels of regulatory resistance to marine pollution policy I theorized a new form of wicked policy problem—unspeakable policy problem—characterized by a high level of psychosocial sensitivity and verbal proscription. The successful management of unspeakable policy problems has potentially significant sustainability, social justice and economic impacts. My research explores a wide range of unspeakable policy problems such as unpaid internships, innovation in death-related industries, planning for deathscapes, public acceptance of recycled water, climate change, and Indigenous disadvantage.

Stakeholder engagement & sustainable governance • Sustainable governance represents one of the major challenges of our times. I research stakeholder engagement within sustainability and social justice contexts such as the regulation and management of heterotopic and ludic spaces, the responsibilisation of environmental management, and participatory approaches to disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation.

Just work and responsible management practices • Just work is concerned with the social, economic and cultural inequalities of paid and unpaid employment. I research the equity considerations of and potential for exploitation and exclusion presented by emerging forms of unpaid and unconventional internships and the institutional and policy responses required to safeguard the wellbeing of all workers.

Gender-sensitive infrastructure and social policy • Gender-sensitive infrastructure and social policy has the potential to increase women’s economic empowerment and promote gender equality. I research gendered mobilities, right to the city, and the potential for radical, grassroots and insurgent planning and gender-sensitive infrastructure and social policy responses to enhance community resilience.