 She continues to run the "Economics of Care theme at the International Inequalities centre at the London School of Economics (LSE) and is a visiting professor at Goldsmiths University.She has been Head of two of the UK’s leading Sociology Departments, at the University of Manchester and Goldsmiths, as well as co-director of Lancaster' Women's Studies.In addition, she played a key part in transforming Britain’s oldest sociology journal, "the Sociological Review," into an independent foundation devoted to opening up critical social science and supporting social scientists.