Staff profile

Dr Alishya Dhir is a postdoctoral research associate based in the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) in the Department of Sociology. Alishya's PhD is titled 'Understanding Youth Image-Based Sexual Abuse: The Role of Context and Discretion'. She has also carried out research on male victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence at music festivals and policing more widely. Alishya's research interests include, image-based sexual abuse, policing, decolonisation, intersectionality, sexual violence and domestic abuse. 

 

 

Research Interests

• Image-Based Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Violence
• Domestic Violence
• Experiences of Minoritised Communities
• Decolonisation
• Intersectionality

Chapter in book

• The media and male victim-survivors of domestic abuse
  
  Burrell, S., & Dhir, A. (2023). The media and male victim-survivors of domestic abuse. In K. Boyle & S. Berridge (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence (pp. 34-43). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003200871-5

Journal Article

• ‘We work in the grey around decision making’; how ‘thematic discretion’ can help understand police decision-making in cases of youth image-based sexual abuse
  Dhir, A. (2025). ‘We work in the grey around decision making’; how ‘thematic discretion’ can help understand police decision-making in cases of youth image-based sexual abuse. Policing and Society, 35(2), 135-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2378302
• Understanding family abuse: An intersectional approach to prevention and addressing family abuse perpetrators
  
  Gangoli, G., Donovan, C., Gill, A. K., Butterby, K., Dhir, A., & Regan, S. (2024). Understanding family abuse: An intersectional approach to prevention and addressing family abuse perpetrators. Journal of Gender-Based Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1332/23986808Y2024D000000054
• “It's Like a Drive by Misogyny”: Sexual Violence at UK Music Festivals
  Bows, H., Day, A., & Dhir, A. (2024). “It's Like a Drive by Misogyny”: Sexual Violence at UK Music Festivals. Violence Against Women, 30(2), 372-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221120443
• Teaching for social change: introducing ‘scrapbooking’ as a pedagogic approach towards ending gender-based violence
  
  Walling-Wefelmeyer, R., Johnson, K., Westmarland, N., Dhir, A., & Lyons Sumroy, A. (2023). Teaching for social change: introducing ‘scrapbooking’ as a pedagogic approach towards ending gender-based violence. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 7(1), 128-145. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021x16661126604534