Louise has written widely on agenda setting, multi-level governance, policy change, and wicked problems. She is particularly well known for her research on transport governance, and the wellbeing agenda.

Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Political Studies, Policy Studies, and Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. She has been involved in securing and delivering high-value research awards from funders including the Economic and Social Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and Australian Research Council.

Louise embraces interdisciplinarity and collaborative approaches to research, whilst also being a passionate advocate for increased recognition and application of political science insights and approaches for addressing complex societal problems. To this end, she co-Chairs the Special Interest Group on Governance and Decision-Making Processes for the World Conference on Transport Research Society, is Governance and Policy strand lead for ISTEMMiCS and has co-edited several collections that advance interdisciplinary debates across a range of issues.