Rhian Elinor Keyse

Prior to joining UWTSD, Rhian Elinor was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Sexual Harms and Medical Encounters (SHaME) Project at Birkbeck, University, of London, led by Professor Joanna Bourke, where she investigated medico-legal histories of sexual violence in (post)colonial Anglophone Africa. As part of the SHaME team, she was pleased to win a Birkbeck Public Engagement award for Public Empowerment for her role in delivering the Shameless! and Ecoar! Festivals of Activism Against Sexual Violence in London and Rio de Janeiro. She has previously taught at the University of Exeter and Plymouth University.

She has over a decade of experience in the gender-based violence sector, most recently leading a trauma intervention project working with unhoused and precariously housed women with experiences of gender-based violence. Rhian Elinor has experience in policy, advocacy, and community-based research, and has advised the Welsh Government and local authorities on equalities issues.