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Collins specializes in moral, social, and political philosophy, with particular emphasis on theories of group agency and group responsibility. Her work examines whether entities such as states, corporations, and non-governmental organizations function as moral agents capable of wrongdoing, whether group-level wrongdoing is reducible to individual members' actions, and the distinctive nature of group obligations. These inquiries extend to applications in politics, law, business ethics, care ethics, associative duties, human rights, and individuals' responsibilities in collective action scenarios. She is the author of Organizations as Wrongdoers: From Ontology to Morality (Oxford University Press, 2023), Group Duties: Their Existence and Their Implications for Individuals (Oxford University Press, 2019), and The Core of Care Ethics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Key publications include "States' Culpability through Time" (Philosophical Studies, 2024), "Decision-making Procedures Explain Group Agency" (Inquiry, 2025), "Group Blameworthiness and Group Rights" (Inquiry, 2025), and "Care Ethics and Structural Injustice" (The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics, 2025). Collins was awarded the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for 2020-2023 for her project "Organisations’ Wrongdoing: From Metaphysics to Practice." She has served as associate editor for the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Journal of Applied Philosophy (2020-2023), Ergo (2018-2024), and Analysis (2016-2021), and as President of the International Social Ontology Society from 2022 to 2024.