Emma is an interdisciplinary academic with a background in education, psychology, and early childhood studies. Her research seeks to understand and reduce inequality for families, particularly those raising a disabled person. Her current focus is on the experiences of fathers of disabled children and more broadly the transition to fatherhood for all men. While trained in mixed methodologies, her more recent work takes a qualitative approach and often involves collaboration with charities, families, and professionals to ensure her research has a positive and tangible impact on practice.