Sophie has a background in non-formal environmental and science education and engagement, having worked on interdisciplinary projects as a producer, curator and evaluator over the past decade. This work has spanned setting up and facilitating community food growing gardens, working with young people to co-develop engagement programmes at galleries and museums, developing collaborative projects that connect farmers with consumers, and managing the environmental and science engagement areas of music festivals across the UK.

Sophie completed her PhD in 2024, supervised by Dr. Melissa Glackin and Professor Heather King, and funded jointly by the LISS DTP and the Rosalind Driver scholarship. The PhD is titled: Education for a Liveable Future: A study of three environmental education programmes that seek to bring about change.

Currently, Sophie is teaching on MA and BA programmes within ECS, specifically on modules such as Environment & Society (BA Social Sciences) and Environment, Sustainability and the Role of Education (MA STEM Education), which consider the sociological and ecological dimensions of climate and ecological breakdown.