Sian's research specialty is sexual harassment in public space, focusing on public transport. As a timely topic, she has established herself as an expert in the field and engaged extensively with both stakeholders and the media. She acted as an academic expert on the British Transport Police Sexual Offences Independent Advisory and Scrutiny Panel, wrote evidence for the UK parliamentary Women and Girls Equalities Committee, and has appeared on national and global television and radio. She has also spent time in Udaipur, India, working for a local criminological think tank. She was recently part of an interdisciplinary research team exploring the links between gender-based violence and the pandemic restrictions on movement. Prior to working at the University of Plymouth, Sian has worked as University of Roehampton, Loughborough University and Anglia Ruskin University. She is currently focusing on sensory criminological perspectives on gender based violence and fear.

Sian is accepting PhD students, particularly those focusing on: sexual harassment, fear of gender based violence in public spaces and sensory criminological perspectives.

• Urban space and social exclusion
• Gender, sexual harassment and sexual violence
• Criminological theory

Sian is the programme lead for the MSc Criminology programme