[3] Wright later moved to Newcastle University as a lecturer, then Reader and subsequently Professor in Neuroethology.
She moved to the University of Oxford in 2018 where she is Professor of Comparative Physiology/Organismal Biology and Tutorial Fellow of Hertford College.
[4] Wright's research has looked at the effects of intoxication in honeybees with ethanol, finding that with increased ethanol consumption the bees spent less time on normal behaviours such as flying, walking and grooming, and instead spent more time upside down.
[5] She has also done research to look for emotions in bees, testing their responses to smells that were unfamiliar to them.
Levels of neurotransmitters such as Octopamine, dopamine and serotonin were also lower in bees that had the uncomfortable experience.