Emma Katz

Dr. Emma Katz is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood & Youth at Liverpool Hope University, specializing in the impacts of domestic violence and abuse on children and young people. Her research focuses on coercive control, agency, resistance, recovery, and mother-child supportiveness in contexts of domestic abuse.

Her work has been recognized internationally, including the Wiley Prize for best paper in Child Abuse Review (2015–18) and the Corinna Seith Prize from Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE). She contributed to the HARM Network/Research England’s Domestic Abuse Policy Guidance for UK Universities (2021) and co-edits a forthcoming special issue on domestic abuse in the UK during the pandemic.

Her research is cited in UK and Australian government policy, and she actively engages with media and practitioners through interviews, TV/radio appearances (Channel 4, ITV, BBC), and training workshops.

• Wiley Prize for best paper in Child Abuse Review
• Corinna Seith Prize (WAVE)

Dr. Katz’s publications, including her monograph Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives (Oxford University Press, 2022), highlight trends in domestic abuse research, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches across social work, psychology, and gender studies.