My doctoral thesis was about the relationship between emotions and their expressions. I think that it is only by understanding this relationship that we can understand how we perceive others’ emotions. In turn, it is only through understanding how we perceive others’ emotions that we can fully understand what it is to express emotion.

In my current work, I am pursuing two new strands of research. In one, I am thinking about emotions and absences; what it is to have feelings about things which ‘aren’t there’ (with a particular focus on the ‘fear of missing out’). In the other, I am thinking about connections between emotions and colour. My suspicion is that understanding how we experience the colours in our environment has much to teach us about how we experience the emotions of others around us. Please get in touch if you’d like to chat about any of these or related topics!