I am a mixed-methods social science researcher. My research interests are labour exploitation, forced/unfree labour, human trafficking, labour migration. I am also experienced and in research on sexual healt and HIV. I have a particular interest in research ethics, and sit on the School's Ethics Committee. 

Since 2013, I have been working on a five-year DfID funded evaluation of the ILO Work in Freedom programme, an intervention aimed at reducing vulnerability to labour trafficking in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. I am the lead researcher for the Nepal, leading the multi-methods study throughout the project, and managing the development of tools, training of fieldworkers, overseeing the fieldwork, data cleaning, analysis, and write-up. I am also conducting analysis on labour exploitation among internal migrants in India. 

My PhD explores male Nepali returnee's migrants experiences of stress and coping in relation to their labour migration, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Some of my previous work include the Integra initiative, an evaluation on different models for delivering integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya, Swaziland and Malawi; Camfed Seed Money Scheme evaluation in Zimbabwe and Tanzania; and the Global Burden of Diseases on interpersonal violence.