Posted: Sun Apr, 2021
With more than 120 members signed up to the OVUN, we have developed an interactive map to capture the geographical spread of its members and provide a summary of research expertise and interests represented across the network. Click on the pins to learn more about who our members are and where in the world they are based.
USA has 6 members
Dr. Madeline Stenersen
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, St. Louis University
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Dr. Jennifer A. Wagman
Assistant Professor
University of California Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health
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Claire Amabile
Research Project Coordinator
University of California, Los Angeles; Department of Community Health Sciences in the Fielding School of Public Health
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Other Southeast Asia country has 1 member
Alastair Hilton
Child Protection/Sexual Violence Research and Development Consultant
The South- South Institute on Sexual Violence
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Netherlands has 1 member
Dr. Sabine K. Witting
Guest Lecturer and Researcher
Leiden University
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Cyprus has 1 member
Professor Spyros Spyrou
Professor of Anthropology
European University Cyprus
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Australia has 4 members
Dr Julia Rudolph
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Griffith University
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Prof Ilan Katz
Professor
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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kylie valentine
researcher
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Serbia has 7 members
Bojana Pucarevic
Teaching assistant
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy
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Nevenka Zegarac
Professor
Belgrade University
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Anita Burgund Isakov
Assistant Professor
Belgrade University
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Nigeria has 1 member
Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule
Lecturer
College of Education, Agbor
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South Africa has 4 members
Elizabeth Dartnall
Executive Director
Sexual Violence Research Initiative
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Ajwang’ Warria
Senior Lecturer
University of the Witwatersrand
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Ireland has 5 members
Dr. Kevin Lalor
Head of Department of Social Sciences
Technological University Dublin
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Dr Joseph Mooney
Assistant Professor
University College Dublin
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UK has 35 members
Professor Samantha Lundrigan
Director
Policing Institute for the Eastern Region
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Dr Laura H.V. Wright
Research and Teaching Fellow
University of Edinburgh
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Mr. Shailesh Kumar
PhD student & Associate Tutor
School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
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Professor M Catherine Maternowska
Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People
End Violence Lab, University of Edinburgh
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Kai Grygier
PhD student
University of Sussex
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Professor Anita Franklin
Professor of Childhood Studies
University of Portsmouth
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Janelle Rabe
Postgraduate researcher
Durham University
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Steff Mitchell
Community Safety and Resilience Principal
Local Government
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Lopa Bhattacharjee (she/her)
Senior Programme Advisor
Family for Every Child
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Ms. Rebecca Meiksin
Research Fellow in Social Science
Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Lynne Cairns
PhD Candidate
University of Durham (Department of Sociology)
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Claire Cunnington
PhD Candidate
University of Sheffield
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Kirsty Alderson
PhD Candidate
University of Central Lancashire
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Sarah Colley
PhD Candidate
University of Hull
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Dr Carol A. Ireland
Reader
University of Central Lancashire
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Franziska Meinck
Lecturer
University of Edinburgh
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Dr Susan Roberts
Senior Lecturer
University of Swansea
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Michael Lewis
Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
University of Central Lancashire
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Greece has 1 member
Dr Maria Papadakaki
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University
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Eswatini (Swaziland) has 1 member
Clement N Dlamini
Director Centre for Community Services/Lecturer Social Work
University of Eswatini
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Germany has 2 members
Korinna McRobert
Lecturer and Doctorate Candidate
Department of Educational Science, Free University Berlin
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Luisa Fernanda Fix - Cañas
LLM Public International Law and Human Rights - BA Psychology
Kindernothilfe e.V.
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India has 4 members
Dr. Lina Acca Mathew
Faculty
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Sruthi N V
Research Scholar
Periyar University, Salem
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Professor Siddhartha Sarkar
Director,Centre for Human Trafficking Research
A.C.College of Commerce
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Italy has 3 members
Lucia Carriera
PhD Student in Education
University of Milan Bicocca
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Elisabetta Biffi, PhD
Associate professor of Pedagogy
University of Milano-Bicocca
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Zimbabwe has 4 members
Saliwe Nkomo
Development Researcher and Consultant
Women's University in Africa - PhD Student
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Christopher Zishiri
Lecturer
Women's University in Africa, Post Graduate Centre
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Everjoy Magwegwe
PhD Candidate
University Durban University of Technology
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Trudy Nyakambangwe
Director
Child and Youth Care ( full time) PHD student with Women’s University in Africa- Department of Child Sensitive Social Policy
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Please note that we do not yet have details for all OVUN members. We will continue to update the map with this information as we receive it.
The OVUN is a global network of multi-disciplinary researchers from universities and (I)NGOs. With a commitment to ethical child-centred research, it is set up to share learning and build global knowledge to improve evidence with and about children and young people affected by sexual violence.
If you would like to get involved in the OVUN and get on the map, you can do so by filling in a short form
Please note that signing up to the OVUN is different to signing up to receive the Our Voices Programme newsletter. If you are interested in the work of the Our Voices programme more generally but do not wish to join the OVUN, you can sign up to our general mailing list from the homepage
To learn more about the network, please contact Claire Soares in the first instance at claire.soares@beds.ac.uk.
