Oli completed his PhD in the Department of Sociology at the University of Leicester. He was subsequently awarded the NIHR CLAHRC West Dan Hill Fellowship in Health Equity which he held at the University of Bath.

He later re-joined the University of Leicester in the Department of Health Sciences working in the SAPPHIRE Group and came in 2019 to King’s College London after being awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by The Health Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute. In 2023 he was appointed Lecturer in Co-designing Healthcare Interventions within the Methodologies Research Division of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. 

Oli’s research joins the dots between social inequality, public health, and people’s day-to-day lives. His research focuses on health inequalities, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, 'obesity', weight stigma, equitable intervention, and participatory methods. He co-founded the art collective Act With Love (AWL) to promote social change. The evidence-based comic ‘The Weight of Expectation’, is one example of their work and was created in collaboration with award-winning illustrator Jade Sarson. View the comic and artworks.

In recognition of his work on weight stigma, the British Science Association invited Oli to give the Margaret Mead Award Lecture for Social Sciences and ‘The Weight of Expectation’ project won ‘Best Doctoral or Early Career Research’ at the AHRC Medical Humanities Awards.

Oli has spoken about this work on a few popular podcasts & webinars. You can listen via these links:

• Don't Salt My Game hosted by Laura Thomas
• Appearance Matters hosted by Nadia Craddock and Jade Parnell at the Centre for Appearance Research
• NIHR 'That Co-production Podcast!
• The Qualitative Open Mic Podcast
• Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre Vlog 
• For more information about Oli's fellowship research, visit the THIS Institute website
• THIS Space Panel Discussion of Inclusive Research Practice
• QPS TalkTime Panel Discussion of Co-producing and Co-designing Healthcare Improvement

Research interests

• Weight-related health issues (e.g., obesity, eating disorders)
• Health inequalities
• Equitable health interventions
• Stigma
• Participatory research methods

Enquire about PhD supervision

Please refer to our guidance on how to apply for a PhD to find out more about identifying potential PhD supervisors.