I am a PhD researcher in the Proteinscapes ERC Project led by Dr Willem Boterman, focusing on the cultural and spatial dynamics of food in everyday life in the Netherlands.

I’m based in the Urban Geographies group of the GPIO department of the UvA / AISSR. My academic background lies in histories of gender and colonization (BA in History from the Unviversity of Cambridge), and the sociology of cultural stereotyping (MSc in Sociology from University of Amsterdam). My professional background is in pushing for corporate accountability on workplace inequalities.

I also have a lifelong passion for food – as a way to connect to new places, foster community, take joy in simple pleasures, and understand complex global injustices.

In the Proteinscapes project, I investigate the phenomenon of a (contested) protein transition (i.e. away from animal proteins and towards plant-based proteins) through the concept of “everyday protein politics”. In practice, this means foregrounding people’s mundane consumption experiences of meat, dairy, and vegetarian alternatives to understand macro dynamics such as class, migration, gender, “just” transitions, and more. My aim is to contribute a bottom-up, feminist, and consumption-focused perspective to the Proteinscapes project.

Research methods

• Multi-sited qualitative research in the Netherlands
• Place biographies and situational analysis
• Observations, interviews, and ethnographic go-along sessions such as cooking with participants.

Research grants & honours

Part of ERC-funded Proteinscapes Project led by Dr Willem Boterman

• Coordinated and taught the bachelor’s course “Specialisation: Spatial Implications of Environmental Change”, focusing on critical geographies of meat and dairy.
• Co-taught the master’s course “Migration, Mobilities and Development”, focusing on the overlap of food and uneven development.