Ethics in research methods

Ethics in workplaces and professional practice

Interpreting and translation ethics

Research methods in interpreting and translation studies

Translation quality

Translation technologies

Transnational organised crime and translation

After research for a PhD on French environmental politics in Paris and Glasgow, alongside professional practice of interpreting and translation, my first academic post was in French History and Politics at Reading University. I took up my first permanent post the following year at Leeds University, where I moved from the French Department to join the new Centre for Translation Studies, leading the MA Applied Translation for over a decade while also teaching at Rouen University in France.

I moved to the University of East Anglia in 2012, becoming Professor of Translation, and taking on the role of Deputy Director of the UKRI CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership on secondment.

I was recruited as Head of Heriot-Watt's Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies (LINCS) in 2022. Following three years in this role, I was appointed as the first Global Head of Department for the School of Social Science's new Department of Research Methods and Practice in 2025, becoming Professor of Ethical Research Methods.

Cross-cultural communication

Human rights

Interpreting

Migration

Professional practice

Research methods

Research ethics

Translation

Translation ethics

Translation quality assessment

Translation technologies