I am Co-I on AHRC-funded research network Folklore Without Borders, working with academics and organisations to develop greater diversity within folklore. We are holding an international knowledge exchange on folklore theory, methodology and creative practice. It connects three groups who work with cultural tradition: academia (research, teaching, impact), individual stakeholders (artists, writers; entrepreneurial folklorists) and cultural industries (museums, galleries, archives; media). This network considers both theoretical and practical ways to make change happen in a number of domains that would not normally have the opportunity to meet.

I have published on many aspects of folklore, including ghostlore, cannibalism at sea, tongue twisters, folk songs, and folklore about rats. I have latterly been working on aspects of folklore's popular reception, leading to work on the folkloresque in folk horror, crime fiction and television. This has led to more direct work on folklore's disciplinary history.

I am a Council member of the Folklore Society and Associate Editor of its journal Folklore, and sit on the editorial board of the Folk Music Journal. I am a Trustee of the Folklore Library and Archive.

I have given popular online lectures and talks, as well as making several radio and podcast guest appearances.