Kelly Johnson

Dr. Kelly Johnson is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow, affiliated with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) within the School of Social and Political Sciences. Her research focuses on domestic and sexual violence, policing responses, victim-survivor experiences, and feminist sociolegal studies. She has collaborated with institutions like the Home Office, College of Policing, and Rape Crisis organizations to advance practical and policy-oriented research.

• Joined SCCJR, University of Glasgow in October 2022.
• Previously Assistant Professor at Durham University.
• Key projects include Operation Soteria (Home Office-funded initiative improving policing of sexual violence).

Her research emphasizes collaborative, survivor-centred approaches and has influenced law reforms (e.g., cyberflashing criminalization) and policing practices. She has published extensively on procedural justice, emerging forms of digital abuse, and coercive control.

Grants include a £1.94M Home Office grant (2021-2023) for procedural justice in sexual violence policing and an ESRC grant (2020-2021) addressing domestic abuse during the pandemic. She teaches on the Master’s Criminology programme and supervises PhD students exploring topics like digital abuse and policing.

Her work bridges academia and practice, aiming to drive social change through evidence-based strategies and pedagogical innovation (e.g., ‘scrapbooking’ methods to address gender-based violence).