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Simon Kerss is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University. He has taught on gender-based violence, domestic abuse, and sexual violence since 2013 after 20 years of professional practice as strategic lead for multi-agency responses to domestic abuse and sexual violence in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
His educational background includes:
- BA (Hons) in History from Anglia Ruskin University
- MA in American History from the University of East Anglia
- Currently enrolled as PhD researcher at Anglia Ruskin University
Simon's research centers on contradictions in domestic abuse, child protection, and family law practice within Bourdelian hierarchical structures. He investigates systemic etiology and ecology, arguing that current practices create negative implications for service users. His work warns that shifts in national/local priorities, leadership, governance, and frontline resourcing (including Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs) threaten established domestic abuse services. Media appearances on BBC Look East, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour, The Guardian, and Policing Insights demonstrate his public engagement with these critical issues.
While actively teaching at Anglia Ruskin University since 2013, no specific student advisement details or research grants are documented in the source material.
He operates within the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute, which focuses on evidence-based solutions for gender-based violence and domestic abuse through interdisciplinary research and policy analysis.
