This continuing work has been my main focus for the last decade and it examines the structures and dynamics of international publishing under a postcolonial and decolonial lens. This project and all its related output hopes to shed some light on the systemic inequalities that govern the haves and have nots of publishing in and for the world.

The latest explorations in this work look at how US regulatory lawsuits (such as antitrust and copyright) have defined the rules of engagement in international publishing.

This strand of my research interests explores the intersections between literature, pop music, and celebrity, using case studies such as Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa. This project not only aims to understand how today’s popstars engage with literature (and perform it for the public) but also hopes to explore how that engagement interacts with actors in the broader literary ecosystem.

This strand of research in girlhood studies theorises the process of revisitation - or as I define it, the negotiation between memory and authenticity that a creative engages in when using their own memories and experiences of girlhood in order to conceptualise (or reconceptualise) it in their contemporary works. This research uses the case study of Taylor Swift as she continously revists themes and events throughout her discography, from childhood to adulthood, not to mention the re-recording of her songs in order to regain control of her masters.