My research spans knowledge production and library and information studies while drawing on International Relations discourses and critical theory. My practice-led research focuses on academic library services and evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP), with a focus on evidence and values based decision-making. My doctoral research focuses on open scholarly practices, engaging with concepts of knowledge diplomacy and library diplomacy to consider matters of openness, research translation, and agency in local and global contexts.
Current projects
Open Knowledge Diplomacy: The role of Australian university libraries in open practices for climate scholarship
[PhD research project]
2022 – Current | Curtin University
Supervisors: Professor Lucy Montgomery and Professor Cameron Neylon
Past projects
Users’ experiences in a regional academic library makerspace
2022 | University of Southern Queensland
Co-investigators: Emilia C. Bell and Stephanie Piper
Overview
A qualitative case study of a makerspace in a regional university Library at the University of Southern Queensland. This project explored users’ experiences of participation using a visual research method alongside semi-structured interviews.
The library as soft power actor: Understanding soft power discourse in the National Library of Australia
2021 | Charles Sturt University
Supervised by Adjunct Associate Professor Mary Anne Kennan
Overview
This research sought to understand the relationship of libraries with concepts of soft power, public diplomacy, and cultural diplomacy. It asks how the National Library of Australia engages with soft power in its Annual Report 2019–20 through a critical discourse analysis that applied a discourse-historical approach.