Outputs (44)

Kindoki Witchcraft Film Premier (2025)
Exhibition / Performance

As part of my work with the International Work against harmful practices, I have been asked to co  host Kindoki, the documentary film about Madoche, a boy accused of witchcraft and then abused. The main premiere will be at SOAS, June 13, secured loca... Read More about Kindoki Witchcraft Film Premier.

Police use of X (Twitter) during the 2024 UK riots (2025)
Journal Article

During the summer of 2024, significant disorder and protesting broke out across the United Kingdom. Throughout this period, police forces utilised the social media platform X to communicate with users. The study focuses on the potential for police se... Read More about Police use of X (Twitter) during the 2024 UK riots.

‘The scales never seem to balance’: exploring the lived realities of poverty during the UK ‘cost-of-living crisis’ through participatory research (2025)
Journal Article

Since late 2021, the term ‘cost-of-living crisis’, indicating decreased disposable incomes, has gained prominence in the UK. This study draws on the long-running online participatory research project Changing Realities, involving over 100 low-income... Read More about ‘The scales never seem to balance’: exploring the lived realities of poverty during the UK ‘cost-of-living crisis’ through participatory research.

Thirteen leading public health organisations call on Government to outlaw physical punishment (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Leading health organisations have joined together in calling for the removal of the "reasonable punishment" defence in England as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Cursed Justice: Zambia's Witchcraft Trials and the Struggle for Evidence-Based Law (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Dr Keith Silika discusses how admitting contested confessions and ritual objects challenge the norms of evidence-based justice—and why this could signal a dangerous precedent

Safe Havens in Health: Standards of Care for Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees (2025)
Journal Article

This review outlines current literature regarding access to and quality of healthcare for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR) in the UK. The multiple factors influencing their experiences are explored, alongside the optimal... Read More about Safe Havens in Health: Standards of Care for Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees.

The "reasonable punishment" of children defence in England should be consigned to history (2025)
Journal Article

A Decade of Silence. The Unsolved Case of Itai Dzamara. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

In this post, I use my previous experience of working for the Police in Zimbabwe and the UK to analyse the case of journalist cum political activist Itai Dzamara. Dzamara was abducted by unknown agents in broad day light in Harare 9th of March 2015... Read More about A Decade of Silence. The Unsolved Case of Itai Dzamara..

Disability digital inclusion in voluntary work journey (2025)
Digital Artefact

Video for 'DIGITVOL: Digital Inclusion of Disabled Individuals in Online and Offline Voluntary Work' project

From Healer’s Son to Policeman: Tracing My Journey Through Witchcraft, Policing, and Harmful Killings in Southern Africa (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Blog article on the trajectory of witchcraft research in a forensic context

Standards for Healthcare Delivery to Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees (CYPSAR) (2025)
Report

Children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR) are a vulnerable population with complex physical and mental health needs. In the UK, significant variation in healthcare delivery for CYPSAR leads to disparities in access and quality of... Read More about Standards for Healthcare Delivery to Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees (CYPSAR).

Ensuring children’s wellbeing by ending the physical punishment of children : Briefing for parliamentarians. (2025)
Report

In 2025, it cannot be right that children, the youngest and most vulnerable group in society, are the
least protected from physical assault.

Leading organisations working in child health, child protection and safeguarding, human rights,
mental h... Read More about Ensuring children’s wellbeing by ending the physical punishment of children : Briefing for parliamentarians..

Algorithmic Compassion: AI's Emerging Paradigm in Missing Persons Investigations (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inspired by Jo Callaghan's exploration of technological innovation, this paper critically examines artificial intelligence's emergent role in missing persons investigations. The research investigates how machine learning algorithms can provide unprec... Read More about Algorithmic Compassion: AI's Emerging Paradigm in Missing Persons Investigations.

Homelessness and Trauma - Insights from the UK and Pathways Forward (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Hidden Faces of Homelessness - Global Insights and Pathways Forward (2025)
Report

Psychosocial hazards and work-life balance: the role of workplace conflict, rivalry, and harassment in Latvia (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Even though the link between the psychosocial work environment and work-life balance (WLB) has been thoroughly researched, there is limited evidence evaluating the impact of workplace violence, sexual harassment, conflicts, and rivalry on... Read More about Psychosocial hazards and work-life balance: the role of workplace conflict, rivalry, and harassment in Latvia.

Hearing the voices of children: creating an Advocacy Centre in Gorton, Manchester, UK (2025)
Report

Hearing the voices of children: creating an Advocacy Centre in Gorton, Manchester, UK.

This project introduces the concept of a children's advocacy centre at a primary school in Gorton, Manchester. The project is an initial phase of a wider projec... Read More about Hearing the voices of children: creating an Advocacy Centre in Gorton, Manchester, UK.

Abolition of the common law defence of reasonable punishment of children in England: evidence to UK Parliament (Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee) (2025)
Report

The authors of this submission support New Clause (NC) 10 and consequential Amendment
11 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (“CWSB”) before the UK Parliament (as at
21 January 2025) and believe that these amendments should both be made to... Read More about Abolition of the common law defence of reasonable punishment of children in England: evidence to UK Parliament (Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee).

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health evidence submission to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Committee (2025)
Report

Navigating the minefield: Veterans’ experiences of the benefits system over time (2025)
Report