I am a moral philosopher.  I work in normative and applied ethics, philosophy of pregnancy, parenthood and gender, the ethics of driverless cars and other autonomous systems, and philosophy of sex.

Between 2005 and 2015, my main research focused on the moral relevance of the doing/ allowing distinction and other deontological distinctions like the act/omission distinction.

Since then my main research focus has been philosophy of pregnancy, motherhood and parenthood and  with special interests in infant feeding, alcohol use in pregnancy, and inclusive language in perinatal care. This project attempts to improve parental wellbeing by revising the way we think and talk about motherhood and parenthood.  

I try to use my work to improve the wellbeing of pregnant people and new parents.  I have several areas of interest: (1) guilt and shame surrounding infant feeding decisions; (2) inclusive language in perinatal care (with Jules Holroyd and Matthew Cull) (3) work on maternity mentoring and improving practice and policy around parental leave; (4) policy surrounding alcohol use in pregnancy; (4) hyperemesis gravidarum or extreme pregnancy sickness.

I have also published on the ethics of driverless cars  and other issues including the moral significance of numbers, the non-identity problem, and monogamy.  

I have worked at the University of Southampton since 2010.  Before then, I was a temporary lecturer at the University of Sheffield.  I did my PhD at Reading, my MA at St. Andrews, and my BA (in Maths and Philosophy) at Magdalen College Oxford.

A list of, and links to, my publications and works in progress can be found here.

Here are some links to interviews, stand up or talks where I talk about my work:
- interview with 3:am magazine about all aspects of my work, but with a focus on doing and allowing
​- interview for the Imperfect Cognitions Blog on philosophy of early motherhood
​- Bright Club stand up set
- talk about Philosophy of Pregnancy and HG: Stigma surrounding terminations for Hyperemesis