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I am a Research Associate in Rural Innovation at the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, engaging with our partners to help deliver and evaluate our practical innovation projects with communities and businesses. The projects include topics such as innovation support for rural businesses, innovation in agriculture, net zero transitions, redevelopment of rural buildings and community-led housing. My work involves community and stakeholder engagement, the planning and delivery of events, and primary research through surveys, interviews, observations and workshops.

My main research interests are innovations in food, agriculture and technology, and their social and policy implications. I completed a PhD in Sociology which explored stakeholder views on the future of synthetic biology in UK food and agriculture and how this might affect or be affected by food policy.