Kate's main main research interests are in children's dreams, exploring those which are memorable/spiritual and the role of dreams in the primary school curriculum. She is particularly interested in how children make meaning from dreams.

Kate is on the Board of Directors for IASD.

Adams K, Hyde, B and Woolley, R. (2008) The Spiritual Dimension of Childhood London: Jessica Kinglsey

Adams, K and Hyde, B. (2008) Children's grief dreams and the theory of spiritual intelligence Dreaming

Adams, K. (2007) What lies beyond? Dreams of the afterlife REsource

Adams, K. (2005) Voices in my Dream: children's interpretation of auditory messages in divine dreams Dreaming 15:3

Adams, K. (2004) Scriptural symbolic dreams: relevant or redundant in the 21st century? Sleep and Hypnosis 6:3

Adams, K. (2003) Children’s dreams: an exploration of Jung’s concept of big dreams International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 8: 2

Adams, K. (2002) Losing control: the effects of educational restructuring on waking and dream life International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 7:2