Lily is a Research Associate in the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC), where she works across a number of research projects in adult social care. She joined University of Birmingham in September 2026 and is also completing an MA in Social Research, funded by the National Institute of Health Care Research (NIHR) School for Social Care Research.
Before joining University of Birmingham, Lily spent over seven years working in political communications and policy advocacy. This included a senior role at an LGBTQ+ organisation, where her policy work fed into the government’s legislative programme.
Lily’s interests include adult social care, housing policy and the socio-economic and structural factors, such as income, class and place, that shape people’s access to support. She also cares about how research and evidence can be translated into policy and communicated effectively to the public and to the institutions in a position to act on it.