Dr Tina Skinner is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath, where she has been working since 2002. She is one of the founders of the Criminology Degree at the University of Bath,and a founder of the Special Interest Group on Disability, Work, Family and Care within the Work and Families Researcher Network (USA).

In 2020, Dr Skinner was invited to give evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons inquiry ‘Unequal Impact: Coronavirus and the Impact on People with Protected Characteristics', and then again in 2021 at the Labour Party Conference, to assist them in understanding the gender/dis-ability pay gap.

In relation to GBV, Dr Skinner is known for:

• her research with victim-survivors of rape and their experiences of SARCs (Sexual Assault Referral Centres),

• She edited the book Researching Gender Violence

• and has worked with colleagues to develop a strategic response to gender based violence at University.

• And most recently, she has developed a protocol for the ethical supervision of gender based violence research

In this part one of my interview with Dr Skinner we will focus on her thoughts about and experiences of ethically conducting gender based violence research.

In part 2, we will turn to consider the impact of this work on the researcher, acknowledging that we are not research-making automatons and instead consider how we can improve the well-being of researchers working on trauma. I think that we all can take a lot from both episodes.

Skinner, T., & Taylor, H. (2008). “Being Shut Out in the Dark”: Young Survivors’ Experiences of Reporting a Sexual Offence: Young Survivors’ Experiences of Reporting a Sexual Offence. Feminist Criminology, 4(2), 130-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085108326118 (Original work published 2009)

Tina Skinner, MarianneHester, Ellen Malos (2013) ResearchingGender Violence. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis