Clare is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at Northumbria University. Her research examines various forms of gender-based violence, including economic abuse, tech-facilitated violence and coercive control. Clare’s current research projects focus on (1) designing out economic abuse in the UK banking industry (EPSRC/UKFIN) and (2) women’s experiences of coerced debt in the context of domestic abuse (British Academy). Previous projects have examined online misogyny and abuse; trauma-informed lawyering in the context of civil claims for sexual violence; and women's experiences of subterranean public space. Clare’s work adopts qualitative, ethnographic and participatory design methodologies, is committed to intersectional analysis, and typically draws upon a feminist political economy theoretical framework.
Clare is the programme lead for the MA Criminology and Criminal Justice and module leader for a number of Criminology modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including Identity and Diversity in Criminology, Intimate Partner Violence, and Social Exclusion and Victimisation in a Global Context. She is also a co-lead of the university’s Gender Violence and Abuse IDRT, and Chair of the BSC North East Regional Group. Outside of academia, Clare's work often extends into the community and into policy arenas at national and international levels. For instance, she has worked as a steering group member of North East Women's Network; has helped inform Police and Crime Commissioners’ strategies around violence against women; and has lobbied the UN CEDAW Committee about rising levels of violence against women in the UK.
Clare welcomes enquiries from prospective students who wish to undertake a PhD about any topic relating to gender-based violence – especially projects about economic abuse, post-separation abuse, tech-facilitated abuse, misogyny and incel culture, and the political-economic causes and consequences of gender-based violence. Clare is the NINEDTP Pathway Lead for Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work and can support students with their applications.
Clare's current research projects include:
Designing out economic abuse in the UK banking industry - this project is funded by EPSRC/UKFIN+ and takes a proactive stand against economic abuse by identifying and proposing ways of radically reconfiguring the banking features that abusers use to their advantage, and envisioning new functionality that can prevent abusive behaviour. In close collaboration with banking professionals and under the design leadership of victim-survivors, the project will produce a key set of recommendations for designing out economic abuse from banking products.
The role of coerced debt in domestic abuse contexts in Britain - this project is funded by the British Academy and uses semi-structured interviews with victim-survivors of coerced debt and other relevant stakeholders to examine: (1) the occurrence of coerced debt in the context of domestic abuse; (2) survivors’ experiences of coerced debt and the consequences it has for their lives; (3) the links between coerced debt and other forms of domestic abuse; and (4) legal and financial responses to coerced debt in Britain. A feminist political economy framework guides this study, drawing attention to issues of structural gender inequality, economic insecurity, neoliberal reform, austerity and debt.
Open Days are a great way for you to get a feel of the University, the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the course(s) you are interested in.
Research is the life blood of a University and at Northumbria University we pride ourselves on research that makes a difference; research that has application and affects people's lives.
Find out what life here is all about. From studying to socialising, term time to downtime, we’ve got it covered.
Following its part in the successful delivery of a £4.7 million, three-year government funded…
Northumbria University has announced a multi-million pound investment in its first university-wide…
A group of aspiring Film and TV Production students from Northumbria University have put their…
The North East’s reputation for world-class space research and innovation has been recognised…
People with lived experience of mental health distress will be able to take a lead on health…
A book written by two women, born 60 years apart, who never met, has finally been published,…
The Great Hall
Newcastle Civic Centre
Business Hub, Rooms 304D & 304E
-
Northumbria University Business and Law School
-
Back to top
