I’ve always been drawn to the edges: of markets, of systems, of stories often left untold. My work lives in those margins, tracing how people navigate exclusion, mobilize knowledge, organize collectively, and reimagine possibility.

I hold a PhD from the Australian National University, where my research sits at the intersection of institutions, development, and social economy organizations, with a particular focus on refugees and Indigenous women negotiating power and structural constraints. These inquiries have shaped a research agenda grounded as much in lived realities as in theoretical inquiry. 

Over the past decade, I have worked across academia, development practice, and research consulting, collaborating with universities and NGOs in Australia, Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka on projects ranging from rural entrepreneurship and SME development to forced displacement and climate resilience. Underlying these experiences is a commitment to connecting rigorous theory with grounded, actionable insight.

I’ve been fortunate to receive support and recognition from institutions including the European Academy of Management (Belgium), IMD Lausanne (Switzerland), Council for Cultural Relations (India), Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Malaysia), Australian National University and Macquarie University (Australia). I have presented my research at academic events across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. I am a member of the Academy of Management and the European Group for Organizational Studies, and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. 

Off the academic trail, you’ll likely find me under night skies, looking up at stars wherever the dark is clear, or chasing light with a camera in hand, capturing fleeting moments, or slowly wandering unfamiliar roads with a quiet book in my bag and a question in mind. Those quiet pursuits—reading, traveling, stargazing, and photography—are what ground me.