Louise Livesey

Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Academic Course Leader for PgCert Public Protection and MSc Criminology at the University of Gloucestershire, specializing in public safety and victim support research.

Her research portfolio includes:

• Public attitudes to pro-life public protests (funded by University of Gloucestershire Sport, Exercise, Health & Wellbeing Research Priority Area)
• Child Sexual Exploitation Old Case Files Review (Janet Trotter Trust-funded project leading student researchers)
• LGBT experiences of sexual violence service responses (for Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre)
• Knife Crime Report (collaboration with Cityforum for Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner)

Teaching responsibilities span undergraduate modules including Foundations of Criminology, Public Sociology, and Responding to Sexual Violence, plus postgraduate Public Protection and Work-Based Research Project leadership.

Key community engagements:

• Research Consultant and Methods Trainer for WISH (Women's Mental Health)
• Trustee and Treasurer for GRASAC (Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre)
• Community Champion for Remembering Srebrenica (hate crime/genocide education)
• Project Shoebox Gloucestershire Coordinator (support for refugees and asylum seekers)
• Educational programming at Eastwood Park Prison