Kent Law School PhD graduate Dr Aravinda Kosaraju has been awarded a ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship for socio-legal research into crimes of child sexual exploitation.
The 12-month Fellowship, beginning at Kent in October, is funded by a £115k grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Dr Kosaraju, who completed her PhD in 2017, will be working with Senior Lecturer Dr Julie McCandless on a project promoting effective approaches to investigation and prosecution for crimes of child sexual exploitation in England.
Dr Kosaraju said: ‘I am very grateful for this fellowship from Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is a wonderful opportunity to engage with key stakeholders working to safeguard children from sexual exploitation and to ensure the findings from my doctoral research reach wider audiences.’
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships offer an opportunity for early career scholars to develop publications and networks as well as research and professional skills.