School of Social and Political Science

Description

This seminar will report on an ongoing project to develop the procedures, questionnaire and safeguarding recommendations for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to use in piloting and the launch of a nationally representative UK child abuse prevalence survey.

We will describe the set-up and plans for the survey, share our methods and approach in engaging child and adult abuse survivors and professionals in the development process of the questionnaire and safeguarding procedure through participatory research sessions, qualitative interviews and consultations. We will present the final recommendations arising from this research.

Please note that this seminar may be recorded.

THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT (ATTENDANCE IN-PERSON AND ONLINE VIA MS TEAMS OR ZOOM).

About our speakers

Franziska Meinck is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at University of the Witwatersrand, and Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, South Africa. Her research focuses on prevalence, risk and protective factors of child maltreatment in vulnerable populations in Southern Africa, health outcomes of violence exposure in childhood, childhood violence prevention and on the development and testing of global child abuse measures.

Deborah Fry is a Professor of International Child Protection Research at the University of Edinburgh and Director of Data for Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute. At the University, Deborah undertakes primary research to measure the magnitude, drivers and consequences of violence against children, barriers and enablers to appropriate prevention and response systems including in school settings and the effectiveness of existing interventions. Professor Fry leads the data division at Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute. The Data Institute, funded by the Human Dignity Foundation, aims to take a data driven, evidence-based approach to understanding the prevalence of child sexual exploitation and abuse across the globe and translating that data into sustainable action that safeguards children.

Anna McCarthy is a Research Assistant in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on childhood violence prevention, and on the development of age-appropriate methodologies and ethical protocols for conducting violence research with children.

Dani Evans has worked for the UK Office for National Statistics for 12 years. She currently works in the Crime Division and is the lead researcher on the child abuse prevalence survey feasibility study for the UK. In previous roles Dani has worked on Suicides, Drug-related deaths, Lonliness, Wellbeing, School Data, and led the National Survey for Wales.

April Lampard has worked in the Crime Division at the UK Office for National Statistics for 6 years. April is the senior research officer on the child abuse prevalence survey feasibility study for the UK.

Julia Rudolph is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Greenwich. She has extensive research expertise in child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention. Dr Rudolf has worked in child protection both in Australia and the UK, where she managed he care of children and adolescents affected by all types of abuse, trauma, exploitation and dislocation.