I am a social psychologist interested in issues of health and illness, and in particular mental health. I have a particular interest in public understanding. I see knowledge as something which is socially developed, shared, maintained and challenged, and as such draw on theories from sociocultural psychology, including the theory of social representations. Much of my recent work considers the way that mental health problems are understood within wider society and the implications of this, and as part of this have collaborated with colleagues in a variety of fields inclulding history and theatre studies. 

I specialise in qualitative research and have a particular current interest in research methods that move beyond verbal data collection.