My research focuses primarily on issues concerning party democracy, including political parties, politicians, elections, and voting behaviour. 

My research expertise is the case study of Northern Ireland, on which I have published research on elections, party organisation, political gender equality, power-sharing and the dimensionality of policy space. That research has informed the work of the Northern Ireland Assembly and several interest groups, including the Electoral Reform Society. I have also been involved in the collaborative design and analysis of Voter Advice Applications (VAAs) for several elections in Northern Ireland. 

I was a co-investigator on the ESRC-funded project: Out of touch and out of time? A cross-temporal and cross-level analysis of the social and ideological distance between UK voters and political elites (2018-23). 

I am currently undertaking collaborative research on:

• political commemoration in Northern Ireland
• contemporary unionism
• mythology in British politics
• security and constituency service in the UK.