"[8] Perkins-Kirkpatrick has completed two postdoctoral fellowships, one at the CSIRO division of Marine and Atmospheric Research, and a second at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science.

The Resilient Futures Collective focusses on research on droughts, floods, bushfires, and cyclones, which cause damage and disruption to rural and regional communities.

The Collective examines how risk reduction through good governance, planning, and vulnerability analyses can minimise the impacts of natural disasters.

[13] Her research has been described, and she has participated in media interviews, in Cosmos,[8] Carbon Brief,[13] as well as provided commentary on the BBC,[14][15] Triple J's Hack, Radio National,[16] the Sydney Morning Herald,[17][18] the 7:30 Report, Science.

[12] She has participated in radio interviews, print media, and written regular blog posts on heatwaves and the impacts of climate change.