Speaking appearances

The Future of Politics and Law, Panel Discussion with Senator Michael McDowell, former AG and Minister for Justice, and Jim O'Callaghan TD, Chaired by Mary Carolan of the Irish Times, Kings Inn, Dublin, December 2023

The Justice Revolution, The Howard League for Prison Reform Conference, September 2022

Child Justice in Afghanistan, European Development Days, Brussels, 2016

Children in the UK Justice System, Chinese delegation, The Rights Practice, London, 2015

Auditing in Prisons, Public sector leaders and university lecturers, Wuhan, China, 2011.

Podcast appearances

Eliminating Nuclear Weapons, The Social Justice Salon, November 2025

International Safeguarding Scandals, Justice Studio Sessions, May 2024

Near Deaths in Male Prisons in the UK, Justice Studio Sessions, January 2024

Child Rights in Somaliland, Justice Studio Sessions, December 2023

Women in Prison in Uganda, Justice Studio Sessions, December 2023

UK Justice Projects

Child Justice Advisor developing clear and effective messaging and engagement to achieve greater influence on parliamentarians to better prevent and respond to child sexual abuse for the CSA Centre, Lucy Faithfull Foundation and Marie Collins Foundation with Claremont Comms, 2024.

Designed and led the evaluation of the Building Futures project which promotes leadership among with adults on long-term prison sentences and advocates for improvement to sentencing policy for the Prison Reform Trust, 2020-2024.

Led an evaluation of the London Safeguarding Children Partnership to improve the response to Child Sexual Abuse across three London boroughs for the Child Sexual Abuse Centre, 2022.

Led an evaluation of the Child Sexual Abuse Transformation Programme across three councils in England for the Children’s Society, 2023.

Designed and led research into women’s experience of domestic abuse during the Covid-19 Domestic Abuse including those without access to public funds in collaboration with Solace Women’s Aid, 2020.

Supported an inquiry into the experiences of criminal justice defendants with cognitive impairments and mental health difficulties in Great Britain for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2019.

Evaluation of outcomes for prisoners and prison officers during a year long reform in HM Prison High Down. for RISE Mutal, 2017.

Designed and led an evaluation of the Horizon 20:20 programme which introduces art based activities into Education Centres (Pupil Referral Units) in Hampshire for the Hampshire Cultural Trust, 2016-2019.

Led a study on the experiences of older people as victims of crime in the UK for Independent Age, 2015.

Led an outcomes and value for money study of 16 Secure Children’s Homes that house vulnerable children and child offenders in the UK for the Secure Action Network, 2014.

Designed and led two evaluations of the Wessex Dance Academy for young people with complex needs in the UK, for Hampshire County Council

Led an evaluation of Long-term units for young people on indeterminate, life and other long term sentences. The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) 2010-2011

Improving the perforamce of over 20 Youth Offending Services in England and Wales by increasing compliance with Youth Justice National Standards. Various Youth Offending Teams 2007-2010

Led a review of Education and Skills in Cookham Wood YOI for the roll out across the youth secure estate. The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB), 2009-2010

Led an evaluation of the Keppel unit, Wetherby Youth Offending Institution a specialist custodial unit for children. The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB), 2007-2008

Assessment of Multi-Agency Risk  Assessment Conferences (MARACS) fpr the Home Office Violent Crime Unit & the Research and Analysis Unit, 2010 

Improving services for Black and Minority Ethnic Groups Essex Youth Offending Service, 2008.

Informed the re-design of the final warning (diversion) scheme across Essex. Essex Youth Offending Service, 2008.

Designed a project to prevent young people becoming influenced by violent extremism. Newham Youth Offending Team, 2008.

Europe Justice Projects

International Child Justice lead providing technical assistance to the Government of Macedonia on an extensive Justice for Children programme, UNICEF Macedonia 2021-2022

Led a strategic needs assessment of Tdh’s work in assisting unaccompanied asylum seeking children from Syria to access justice in Greece.

Development of a global advocacy strategy on global child justice between NGOs: Penal Reform International, Defense for Children International, The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (OIJJ), Child Rights Action Network (CRIN), World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF) and Vivere. 2017

Conducted training on best practice in monitoring children in detention settings in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia with Penal Reform International and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, 2015.

Evaluated the impact of a three year project to introduce juvenile justice practices into Armenia which included introducing diversion and mediation, legislative improvement and increasing public sympathy for children in the justice system, Penal Reform International, 2013.

Facilitated the formulation of Terre des homme’s juvenile justice strategy in Eastern Europe.

International capacity building expert supporting the Albanian Ombudsman to improve the monitoring tools, inspection methodology, and mechanisms of child justice for the Child Rights Observatory Albania, 2016

Conducting a multi-country evaluation of the impact of juvenile justice system reforms in eleven countries including: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, and Ukraine in light of EIDHR funding and UNICEF work. DRN for UNICEF CIS-CEE Regional Office and European Commission, 2013-2014.

Developed by-laws for roles of correctional officers, trained police personnel and developed standards to improve the rehabilitation of children in detention. UNICEF Macedonia, 2013.

Promoting innovation in youth justice practice in the European Union by drafting a white paper on behalf of the European Council for Juvenile Justice. The white paper addresses the European economic crisis and how countries can best improve youth justice practice under these circumstances, International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO), 2013.

Designed and draft a manual to improve the professional skills of the police, prosecutors, lawyers and magistrates, social welfare workers, prison staff, government officials and other policy-makers when dealing with young offenders with mental health problems. Collated best practice in child justice systems from seven stakeholders: France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the UK for the International Juvenile Justice Observatory, 2011.

Asia Justice Projects

International Child Justice Expert to Turkey’s Directorate General for Prisons and Detention Houses Probation Department under the Ministry of Justice Enhancing the child probation system by improving the implementation of conditional release through reference to European best practice, UNICEF Turkey, 2018

Conducted a baseline assessment for a project to introduce a child protection case management system to Myanmar, for Save the Children, 2015.

Evaluation of a programme tackling violence against children in closed institutions in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for Penal Reform International

Conducting a multi-country evaluation of the impact of juvenile justice system reforms in eleven countries including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan in light of EIDHR funding and UNICEF work. DRN for UNICEF CIS-CEE Regional Office and European Commission, 2013-2014.

International Youth Justice Expert to Turkey’s Directorate General for Prisons and Detention Houses Probation Department under the Ministry of Justice Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the child justice system through improvements to Turkey’s case management system, UNICEF Turkey, 2013.

Evaluated the impact of child right’s training on civil and criminal court judges in Uzbekistan for UNICEF with Penal Reform International, 2013

Enabling the Government of Afghanistan to implement and enhance provision of alternatives to detention for children through research and consultations with children in conflict with the law and their families. Assessing government budgets, statistics and departmental governance arrangements in order to establish a meaningful plan of action for implementing more alternatives to detention in Afghanistan, Terre des Hommes, 2013.

Designing and advocating for a child diversion programme in Afghanistan Closely consulted with high level government officials in 6 key ministries to gain recognition for the policy and ministerial support for the policy on diversion. Finalised a diversion policy and guidance in preparation for roll-out across the country and embedding into the planned Afghanistan Child Act. UNICEF Afghanistan, 2011-2012.

International exoert on auditing and monitoring standards of detention. Delivered a practical workshop on auditing pre-trial detention facilities to police, prosecutors, officers who work in detention facilities, party officials and university lecturers in Wuhan, China for the Rights Practice, 2011.

Africa Justice Projects

Led and designed an innovative safeguarding component of a three year £1.82 million project auditing DFID Uganda’s portfolio for safeguarding and fiduciary risk within the Department for International Development Uganda’s portfolio in collaboration with BDO.

Developing and drafting a Child Rights Act for Somaliland. Designed consultations in Somaliland on key issues affecting children in Somaliland, and drafted an act covered all areas of child rigths protection and governance for the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Somaliland, and Save the Children, 2014-2015

Led an evaluation of a Community Driven Recovery and Development programme aimed at improving governance and security among communities in Somalia for the Danish Refugee Council.

Devised and delivered training courses to the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG), the National Human Rights Institution and Ombudsman of Tanzania on a prison monitoring collation tool for Penal Reform International, 2013

Child Justice Advisor for the design of a programme of aid to three juvenile detention facilities in Uganda for Sustain for Life NGO, 2011.

Designed and led research on girls living on the streets, in detention, and being sexually exploited in Sierra Leone. Critically assessed the treatment and detention of girls against the United Nations detention and child protection standards in collaboration with Advocaid and Justice Defenders, 2010-2011.

Conducted a review of juvenile detention facilities in Uganda, in association with the Ugandan Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development and Justice Defenders, 2010.

Justice Projects with Global Reach

Child Justice Advisor on combating child sexual abuse for the To Zero project for Oak Foundation with Claremont Comms: providing strategic communications strategy and support to ensure global stakeholder awareness, understanding and positive sentiment towards an initiative to end sexual violence towards children.

Led a project building the capacity of international safeguarding governance within international aid for the Department for International Development, 2019 - 2021.

Reviewed the Scanning the Horizon initiative aimed at building the capacity of ICSOs so that they are able to adapt to change and be effective in shaping the future for the International Civil Society Centre, 2017

Produced a manual for use by British Commonwealth countries to improve international human rights standards in prisons aimed at prison officers and managers in British Commonwealth countries, for Penal Reform International (PRI), 2012.