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Her research specializations include higher education and lifelong learning policy analysis and its effects on systems, staff, and students; access, participation, and social inclusion in tertiary education; learning cultures, identities, and careers; learning transitions from school to tertiary education and employment; work-based learning, workforce development, and skill utilisation; and the intersections of gender, migration, and learning informed by feminist theories and social justice. Key projects she has led encompass the ARC Discovery Project DP170101885 (2017–2020) on vocational institutions and undergraduate degrees, a longitudinal study of refugees’ access to higher education and employment in Australia, and an NCVER-funded investigation into geographical dimensions of social inclusion in education and training (2011–2014). Webb co-edits the International Journal of Lifelong Education and serves as a member of the International Labour Organization’s Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (2021–2026). Prominent publications feature the edited book Equity and Access to High Skills through Higher Vocational Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), and articles such as “Recognition and precarious mobilities: The experiences of university students from a refugee background in Australia” (International Review of Education, 2021) and “Aligning skills and lifelong learning for human-centred sustainable development” (International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022). Her contributions have shaped discourse on equity in vocational and higher education globally.