Natalija is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Liverpool Hope University, where her work focuses on poverty, inequality, public health and the social determinants of health. She is the co-founder of the Poverty Research and Advocacy Network (PRAN), working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across sectors to address poverty and social injustice across the UK. She also serves as co-lead of the Social Policy Association (SPA) Poverty Policy Group and as a trustee of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) UK.