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Karen Schucan Bird

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Associate Professor of Social and Political Science, UCL

Karen is an interdisciplinary social scientist who tackles real-world issues through collaborative research. She draws on mixed method approaches and has expertise in systematic reviews. At present, Karen’s ESRC funded research focuses on domestic abuse and interventions that promote, enhance, or create informal support for victim-survivors. This refers to support provided by friends, family, neighbours, or colleagues of individuals experiencing abuse.

Karen’s academic background is in Political Science, and she teaches politics to undergraduate social scientists. Karen supervises students at all levels and works with students and colleagues to develop evidence-informed initiatives that advance inclusive practices in higher education.

Relevant recent publications include:
Schucan Bird, K., Stokes, N., Tomlinson, M., Rivas, C et al., (2023) Training informal supporters to improve responses to Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Schucan Bird, K., Stokes, N., Tomlinson, M., & Rivas, C. (2023). Ethically Driven and Methodologically Tailored: Setting the Agenda for Systematic Reviews in Domestic Violence and Abuse. Journal of Family Violence.

Schucan Bird, K. L., Stokes, N., Rivas, C., & Tomlinson, M. (2022). Protocol: Informal social support interventions for improving outcomes for victim‐survivors of domestic violence and abuse: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18 (3),

Schucan Bird, K., & Pitman, L. (2019). How diverse is your reading list? Exploring issues of representation and decolonisation in the UK. Higher Education.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Associate Professor of Social and Political Science, University College London (UCL)

Education

  • 2006 
    University of Essex, PhD/ Political Science
  • 2001 
    University of Essex, MA Gender, Culture and Society
  • 2000 
    University of York, BSc Hons Politics and Sociology

Publications

  • 2023
    Ethically driven and methodologically tailored: Setting the agenda for systematic reviews in domestic violence and abuse, Journal of Family Violence
  • 2022
    Protocol: Informal social support interventions for improving outcomes for victim-survivors of domestic violence and abuse: An evidence and gap map , Campbell Systematic Reviews
  • 2019
    The crime, mental health, and economic impacts of prearrest diversion of people with mental health problems: A systematic review, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    #ReachIn: A rapid review of informal Social Support Interventions for victim & survivors of domestic violence & abuse
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Economic and Social Research Council