She received her MA from the University of Leeds and her PhD from the University of Sussex. Her fields of expertise include social justice, critical globalization studies and democracy. She is the author of Why the Dalai Lama is a Socialist: Buddhism and the Compassionate Society (Zed Books, 2017) and co-author with Garry Leech of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (CBU Press, 2009). She is also a contributor to Migration, Globalization, and the State (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013) and New Perspectives on Globalization and Anti-Globalization: Prospects for a New World Order? (Ashgate Publishing, 2008). Her current research explores the values behind 21st century global citizenship.