Common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) can eat just about anything, but how do their diets vary between urban and rural environments? I'm using compound-specific stable isotope analysis to investigate how V. vulgaris trophic position changes in relation to urbanisation and habitat quality.

A species' ability to survive in urban environments is partially determined by its functional traits. I am researching how traits like body size and wing morphology of ground beetles (Carabidae) vary along an urban-rural gradient.

In towns and cities around the world, littered food waste is a common problem - but where does it go? My research investigates the relative contribution of vertebrates and invertebrates to scavenging ecosystem services, and the impact of urbanisation, land-cover and habitat size on the magnitude of scavenging provision.

Canals are unique man-made habitats, but their ecology and conservation potential are underexplored. I am interested in how invertebrate communities within canals are structured by locks and impacted by pollution.