Her B.A. was completed in 1989 at La Trobe University, Melbourne.^{[citation needed]} In 1995, Moser was awarded a Ph.D in archaeology from the University of Sydney, with a thesis is entitled Archaeology and its disciplinary culture: The Professionalisation of Australian Archaeology.^{[citation needed]}

Since 1995 Moser has been a professor of archaeology at the University of Southampton, England. Moser is a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London.^[1] She served as Council Member for the Society of Antiquaries from 2013 to 2016, and is a member of the Antiquity Trust, which supports the publication of the archaeology journal Antiquity.^[2]

For her thesis, Archaeology and its Disciplinary Culture: The Professionalization of Australia's Prehistoric Archaeology, Moser describes how professional archaeologists used their newfound methods and culture to exclude amateurs from their trade.^[3] Archaeologists, according to Moser's thesis, need to go into "the field" to become "real" archaeologists.^[4]

Establishing archaeological representation as a research field within anthropology was Moser's first major research enterprise. For "The visual language of archaeology: a case study of the Neanderthals," she investigated how one artist's depiction of Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis single-handedly forged our modern impression of the species.^[5]

Since the late 1990s Moser has investigated how Ancient Egypt has been represented in 19th century England.^[6] In addition to this, in 2002, she published a paper on how to collaborate with indigenous populations in the presentation of their cultural heritage.^[7] In "Transforming Archaeology Through Practice: Strategies for Collaborative Archaeology and the Community at Quseir, Egypt," Moser and her colleagues outlined inclusive methods archaeologists should adopt when investigating people's heritage.^[8][9] The basis of the paper stemmed from Moser's training in Australia which involved working with Australia's indigenous people.^{[citation needed]}

Moser's other research deals with how the mechanisms of museum displays contribute to knowledge.^[10] She addresses the interplay of exhibition analysis, art collecting, and archaeological representation.^[11]

In 2019, Moser was investigating the roots of archaeological illustration at the Society of Antiquaries of London and how it was used to facilitate their research ventures.^[12] Moser was also researching Egyptologist and artist Joseph Bonomi and the ways he contributed to the understanding of ancient Egypt.^{[citation needed]}