Dr Afroditi Pina
Afroditi is a member of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) and Chair of the University of Kent’s Harassment Contact Network. She conducts research in forensic and social psychology on the broad areas of sexual violence, gender equality and victimisation. She has conducted work on image-based abuse, identifying characteristics of perpetrators and impact. She has also researched sexual harassment victims’ coping strategies, emotional impact of harassment as well as perpetration of harassing behaviours. She has also published work on rape myth acceptance, negative emotions (anger, fear and sadness), management of sex offenders in the community and access and exposure to pornography. She is currently conducting research on Image-Based Sexual Abuse as well as cyber-harassment, stalking and co-led the Home Office Funded Project on Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence (TFIPV).
Dr Jennifer E. Storey
Jennifer is a member of The Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) and her research is applied in nature and centres on interpersonal violence and violence risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. The goal of her research is to identify and implement best practices in society’s responses to violence in order to minimise its impact on the well-being of victims. Her main areas of expertise in interpersonal violence are elder abuse, stalking, and intimate partner violence. She works extensively with health, criminal justice, social work, and other agencies that respond to interpersonal violence. She is also working on projects related to elder homicide, risk factors for elder abuse and how to decrease risky decision making among older adults to reduce their vulnerability to financial abuse. In the area of stalking, Jennifer is currently examining topics including cyberstalking, victim impact and the assessment of risk. She co-led the Home Office Funded Project on Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence (TFIPV).
Dr Marian Duggan
Marian’s research focuses on informing policy and practice to reduce sexual, gendered and hate-based victimisation. She has published widely in these areas and is actively involved in the charitable sector, acting as a Trustee for the Rising Sun Domestic Violence and Abuse Charity. Marian has also volunteered with Circles of Support and Accountability (a sex offender desistance organisation), with South Yorkshire Police as an Independent LGBTQ Advisor and on a domestic violence helpline. Marian has published four books and several journal articles which address policy and practice in relation to gender, sexuality and victimisation. She has undertaken funded research into the efficacy of Clare’s Law (the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme), experiences of gender hate crime, and the prevalence of sexual and domestic abuse among students.
Dr Virginia Franqueira
Virginia is Deputy Director of the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) which was established in January 2021 and aims to foment multidisciplinary research. Virginia’s research interests span across digital forensics, cybercrime investigation, visual content analysis, and cyber security (engineering, assessment and management). She is particularly interested in the application of Machine Learning to tackle problems related to forensics, and in analysis or application of emerging technology to security and forensics.