[13] Among Stratford's authored books are Geographies, Mobilities, and Rhythms Over the Life- Course;[14] Home, Nature, and the Feminine Ideal; Rethinking Island Methodologies (with Godfrey Baldacchino and Elizabeth McMahon); and Landscape, Association, Empire: Imagining Van Diemen’s Land (with Philip Hutch).
Keith Jackson commended her book, noting that one of its outstanding features is the way in which she has linked structure to the coherence of analysis and added that "Readers who are aspiring researchers in these overlapping fields of geographical enquiry can take inspiration from this conversation.
"[15] Richard Howitt in his review for Geographical Research remarked, "In Island Geographies, an impressive and diverse collection of essays, and a terrific, but singular conversation, considers the contemporary implications and challenges the dominance of continental discourse," and it "calls into question the very processes by which we imagine things to bound into an impermeable category when they are entangled in mobile, changeable, and relational settings.
António Ferraz de Oliveira praised Territory beyond Terra for contributing to the new literature that explores the "interconnections between geopolitics, environmental governance, and the Anthropocene... with a collection of thoughtful essays on how indeterminate elements, environments, and bodies can flow against expectations of an abstract and fixed political spatiality.
In addition, Sasha Engelmann characterized this volume as "essential reading for scholars working at the intersection of political philosophy, geography and anthropology and is, at the same time, a generous invitation for further investments in thinking about elemental and fluid territories.
"[20] Ruth Fincher also reviewed this work and commented that "Stratford's lively, wide-ranging and yet penetrating analysis of nineteenth century texts shows how women's bodies were governed in the interests of improvement."
Francesca Moore found it, "a superb book that is avowedly geographical in its Foucauldian exploration of gendered social norms and the relationship between bodies and territories,"[21] and Carla Pascoe Leahy noted that "Engaging with an impressively interdisciplinary body of knowledge, Stratford... displays her scholarly dexterity and sophistication in managing to create a compelling narrative and "manages to genuinely straddle and bridge multiple disciplines.
"[14] Hector Agredano, in a review featured in the Journal of Cultural Geography, remarked that Stratford's book is “An ambitious work that is theoretically expansive and intellectually generative.
[30] She has investigated the relationship between skating, urban governance, and public space, uncovering implications for citizenship and safety, and producing a rare comparative analysis of skater mortality in the United States and Australia.
[31][32] Her work on parklets in Australia with Nicholas Jarman has revealed a desire for people-oriented street design and highlighted the uncertain outcomes of T/T urbanism initiatives led by large organizations.
[36] Another collaboration, Map of a Dream of the Future, was with Nicholas Low, Heidi Douglas, Anna Pafitis, and Joc May, and presented at the Junction Arts Festival.
[38] In addition, she has studied how involving young people in interpretive trails can promote a sense of responsibility and empower them to tackle local climate change and sustainability challenges.
[43] That group of researchers proposed a set of governance principles applicable to NRM at local, subnational, and national scales that has become a by-word in the sector and among scholars.
[44] In 2006, her joint research examined the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Program in Australia, exploring factors that influenced renewed interest and highlighting limited success in the country.
This project focused on preserving the narratives of foundational figures within the discipline and examining the amalgamation of geography and environmental studies within Australian universities, shedding light on the associated concerns and debates.
[51] One of her highly cited works, in collaboration with Bradshaw, contributed to establishing the significance of careful design and rigorous methodology in ensuring the dependability of qualitative research.
[56] At the age of 19, with Dianne Joy, Stratford led a campaign against Flinders University's decision to cancel women's studies, advocating for increased investment in the field.