Professor Emeritus in Gender, Violence & International Policy

Marianne Hester is Professor Emeritus in Gender, Violence & International Policy at the University of Bristol, UK. She also serves as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence. Her research covers many aspects of gender based violence, and is rooted in the needs of survivors as well as in feminist epistemology. In 2012, she was awarded an Order of the British Empire for services to research and to the community in tackling domestic abuse, and elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2017. She works closely with NGOs tackling gender-based violence, and frequently acts as advisor to governmental departments.