Marianne Hester holds the Chair in Gender, Violence and International Policy at the University of Bristol and heads the Centre for Gender and Violence Research. She is a leading researcher of gender-based violence internationally and has directed research in the UK, Europe, China and Scandinavia. Professor Hester’s current research projects include men, domestic violence and the health service; rape and the criminal justice system; and domestic violence perpetrator programmes across Europe. She has worked closely with the Council of Europe, NGOs and UK government departments, as expert advisor to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Programme Development Group on Preventing and Reducing Domestic Violence.
And also as Research Director to the UK Department of Health & National Institute for Mental Health, as specialist advisor to the UK Home Affairs Select Committee, and as NSPCC Professor of Child Sexual Exploitation. Marianne Hester is Patron of South Tyneside Women’s Aid and Devon Rape Crisis. She is an author of various publications. Prof. Hester received her PhD in Leeds.
