About
Rebecca Harris is a Lecturer in Research Methods at the University of Southampton within the Department of Social Statistics and Demography, Faculty of Social Sciences.
In 2020, she was awarded a UKRI ESRC Interdisciplinary PhD studentship from the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership to explore children's exposure to domestic violence and abuse in low- and middle-income countries.
Rebecca’s research interests are mainly, although not exclusively, focussed on violence and mental health, exploring the broad areas of perpetration, prevention, protection, outcomes, and interventions. Whilst much of her current research focuses on lower resource settings around the world, she is also engaged in UK-based projects, including work on stalking interventions as part of NIHR ARC Wessex. She has recently been awarded funding to explore the link between climate change and intimate partner violence. Rebecca has also spent time working at the UK Home Office within their Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls research group.
Rebecca is part of the Centre for Global Health and Policy (GHaP), and organises and facilitates ‘Healthy Lunch’ – a regular meeting with members which acts as a space to present and discuss research relevant to the field.