• Transdisciplinary research
• Socio-technical design frameworks in the development setting
• Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber-physical systems
• Data feminism
• Sustainable community energy protocols 
• Participatory research methods
• Minoritised communities engagement and capacity building 

As a transdisciplinary scholar, my work aims to dismantle knowledge silos between different disciplines and across sectorial boundaries to develop new ways of thinking about real-world problems. Central to this approach is the inclusion of non-academic stakeholders as active participants in the research process. By engaging stakeholders as co-producers of knowledge, I acknowledge and value different ways of knowing to produce scientific and societal understanding of an issue, whether it be about religion, energy, or cyber-physical systems.  My hope is the research outcomes will promote greater equality and transparency in decision-making to build the capacity and resilience of communities now and in the future. 

Selected Research Projects

EPSRC EnergyREV

Nuffield Expressions of Self: Race, religion and representation of care-experienced children and young people 

GAP-E: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Researching Key Industry Gaps in AI and Ethics 

EPSRC GCRF Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement (HEED)

AHRC GCRF Minorities on Campus: Discrimination, equality and politics of nationalism in Indian Higher Education  

 Alison is an Assistant Professor (Research) and Impact Lead at the Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling (CSM).

Her research emphasises meaningful participation informed by an ethics of care to give voice to those traditionally excluded from public engagement and positions of authority. As a feminist scholar, her work draws upon intersectionality to identify and address to what extent AI design and practices can reproduce or challenge systems of oppression, discrimination, and structural inequality.