I am an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Durham University. I have a practice background, having trained as a trained as a Social Worker and then as an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA).

 

I originally worked in front-line roles, including working with heterosexual and gay, bisexual and trans (GBT) male victims/survivors when I up the Dyn Project - the first specialist advocacy services for these communities in Wales - in 2004. I also worked with perpetrators, delivering behaviour change programmes for both the National Probation Service and community-based services.​ Later, I moved into a number of management, policy, and leadership roles, including for CAADA (now SafeLives), as a Strategic Commissioner for Brighton & Hove City Council and East Sussex, and as Geographic Lead for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner. 

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I have also undertaken consultancy, including as an associate with Standing Together, with whom I have chaired Domestic Homicide / Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews.

 

I am also currently a member of the board of Respect, the UK membership organisation for work with domestic violence perpetrators, male victims of domestic violence and young people’s violence in close relationships.