Kate holds the position of Research Officer within the Centre for Criminology and Lecturer in the Department of Sociology.

Broadly speaking, she is a qualitative researcher whose research and teaching interest fall in the areas of criminology, law, sociology of deviance, public health and policy, risk and gender. Cross cutting through these fields is an interest specifically in ‘drug use, supply and risk’ within Asia particularly amongst hidden or marginalized communities.

Her research broaches two streams- firstly, to explore through qualitative research (in-depth interviews, ethnographic research, and photo- voice) drug use and supply and the associated risks (harm reduction) among the hidden and marginalized populations of users within Hong Kong. Her second stream, primarily through legal case analysis, explores the growing trend of long-term imprisonment of Foreign Nationals held for drug trafficking within the region of South- East Asia. Before her PhD, she qualified as a barrister in the UK.