Her research interests include social movements, globalization, the environment, climate change, labour and inequality. Her first book, Contested Water: The Struggle against Water Privatization in the United States and Canada (forthcoming from MIT Press, March 2013) is based on a cross-national comparative study of anti-water privatization movements in the U.S. and Canada. The book examines how globalization shapes the development, dynamics and outcomes of social movements at the local level. Her current research projects include a comparative study of environmental-labour coalitions and green jobs in Canada and the U.S. and a study of the changing world of work for individuals and organizations in traditional carbon-intensive sectors in the transition to a low-carbon economy in Canada.