Winnie is a PhD Candidate at in the Centre for Crime Police and Research at Flinders University. 
PhD project: The police use of stop and search in England: A critical realist and ethnographic approach
Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Caitlin Hughes (Flinders University), Prof. Alex Stevens (University of Sheffield) and Prof. Andrew Goldsmith (Flinders University).

She is currently a Research Fellow at Simon Fraser University (SFU; Vancouver, Canada).

Winnie's expertise lies in policing, drug policy and crime-related research. Winnie has lead on, designed and conducted a range of different reserach projects, using diverse methods (qualitative, quantitative, ethnograhpic, mixed methods research). This includes researching current policy priorities (e.g. use of stop and search, decriminalisation of illicit drugs, police qualifications, preventing serious violence, drug detection dogs, among others), particularly within policing, and designing evaluations of police-led interventions. 

Her research work has involved working closely with research partners, stakeholders and funders, particularly front-line practitioners, to produce research that is relevant to policy and practice. 

Winnie's research interests include the use of police powers, the policing of illicit drugs, drug policy reform, the decriminalisation of illicit drugs, critical realist approaches to research and police engagement with diverse and vulnerable communities.