Nicola’s work focuses specifically on those from groups who are often under- and/or mis-represented; those who we often talk about, but seldom listen to. She works from a feminist perspective that demands research not be about women, but conducted with and for them.

Nicola has written two books and numerous articles on the lives of women in Saudi Arabia, aiming to break down negative media stereotypes. She has penned reports sharing the worldviews and wisdom of indigenous Costa Rican women and their intuitive application of circular economics. More recently, she has conducted research alongside Roma migrant women in France carrying out extensive interviews and providing them photographic equipment and training so that they can document their lived experiences themselves, rather than remaining the passive subjects of journalists and NGOs. 

Nicola believes that sharing these women’s stories makes the world richer; it provides us with new ways of looking at the world, new ways forward, while reminding us that we always, always, have more in common than we do that divides us.