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Don’t ask if you don’t want the answer: a career in violence research
Hybrid
Professor Devries will discuss research she has conducted over her career, including producing the first estimates on the global prevalence of intimate partner violence against women, conducting randomised trials of interventions to prevent violence against women and children, and the challenges inherent in conducting this research in a safe and ethical way.
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Speaker bio: Karen Devries is a professor of social epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She leads the Child Protection Research Group and uses epidemiological methods to understand violence against children, adolescents, women, and child protection. She currently collaborates with international partners in Uganda, Tanzania, Latvia, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, and she has published widely in international journals. Her work has been cited more than 50,000 times and has informed global policy, including WHO violence prevention guidance.
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Booking is required for people outside of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register.
Date:
30 October 2025, 16:00
Venue:
32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House), 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
Venue Details:
VBR Department of Social Policy and Intervention, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams
Speaker:
Professor Karen Devries (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Organising department:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organiser:
Dr Amiya Bhatia (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
DSPI Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2025
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=G96VzPWXk0-0uv5ouFLPkT2uaizcmZ5ApE4BdJTNdBtUM0gxSllNSlhQM000TFJLUjRHM1ZMWVpSMC4u
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Faith Inch,
Rachel Fisher
