She is currently working within the European Centre for Environment and Human Health on the Local Climate Adaptation Tool (LCAT) project, one of the BlueAdapt case studies.

In her previous role at University of the West of England Bristol (UWE), Helen worked on stakeholder co-creation of Digital Twins for Flood Risk Management, mapping emerging opportunities and challenges in the development of environmental digital twins (DTs) and their interfaces from a qualitative, ethnographic perspective.

From 2020 - 2024, Helen supported the UKRI GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub at Newcastle University. This transdisciplinary research hub tackled the intractable challenges of water security and addressed the Sustainable Development Goals 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6). She led a workstream on Valuing Water, supporting international colleagues across the Hub to develop engaged research on the diverse ways that people appreciate and interact with water, and exploring the implications of this for water security.