Jane's research interests are in co-production, community-based research and developing community-facing learning in the social sciences. She is part of a collaborative project with Professor Karina Croucher at University of Bradford called “Dying 2 Talk”: working co-productively with young people and voluntary organizations to co-design resources to prompt conversations about death and dying. She is a member of the Research Staff for the University's Institute for Community Research and Development (ICRD) where she has supported research projects and evaluations for local not-for-profit organisations.