Kathryn's research concerns the establishment of state responsibility for breaches of international law focussing on the interaction of human rights and humanitarian law in relation to displacement, and the protection of socio-economic human rights during conflict. Specific interests includes issues of causation, attribution and jurisdiction as well as treaty interpretation and the fragmentation of international law.

Kathryn has a PhD from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) for her thesis entitled: 'Establishing responsibility for causing displacement: An inquiry into the role of ‘Displacing Third States.' It provides a  nuanced understanding of today’s realities of population displacement due to armed conflict. The research addresses the imbalance between States that engage in displacement-generating activities whilst simultaneously denying responsibility for refugees. Kathryn has presented her research at numerous international confereces including: the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) Conference in 2018-2022; at the Society for Legal Scholars in 2018, the SLSA in 2021 and at postgraduate conferences at the University of Liverpool, Edinburgh and Queen Mary. She completed a visting fellowship at the University of Bristol in 2019.