Staff profile

Dr Alishya Dhir is a postdoctoral research associate based in the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) in the Department of Sociology. Alishya's PhD is titled 'Understanding Youth Image-Based Sexual Abuse: The Role of Context and Discretion'. She has also carried out research on male victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence at music festivals and policing more widely. Alishya's research interests include, image-based sexual abuse, policing, decolonisation, intersectionality, sexual violence and domestic abuse. 

 

 

Research Interests

• Image-Based Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Violence
• Domestic Violence
• Experiences of Minoritised Communities
• Decolonisation
• Intersectionality

Chapter in book

• Burrell, S., & Dhir, A. (2023). The media and male victim-survivors of domestic abuse. In K. Boyle, & S. Berridge (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence (34-43). Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003200871-5

Journal Article

• Walling-Wefelmeyer, R., Johnson, K., Westmarland, N., Dhir, A., & Lyons Sumroy, A. (2023). Teaching for social change: introducing ‘scrapbooking’ as a pedagogic approach towards ending gender-based violence. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 7(1), 128-145. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021x16661126604534
• Bows, H., Day, A., & Dhir, A. (2022). “It's Like a Drive by Misogyny”: Sexual Violence at UK Music Festivals. Violence Against Women, https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221120443