As Communications Officer, Karen’s responsibilities include internal and external communications for the programme, its Fellows and research initiatives; events; and marketing and communications strategy and delivery for our annual outreach to prospective applicants. She is editor of the AFSEE Blog.

Karen most recently worked in research communications at Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics, following ten years as Books Editor at Times Higher Education magazine. She attended the University of Toronto, where she completed a BA (Hons) in English literature. She has worked as a print and broadcast journalist, and in the music industry.

She is a member of the Left Book Club’s editorial panel, and sits on the jury for the 2021 Bread and Roses Award for radical publishing.