Dr Samina Karim

Dr Samina Karim was awarded UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship status in June 2022 to conduct a four-year study into child sex abuse. The Fellowship supports the most talented people to become the next wave of world-class research and innovation leaders.  Her research involves looking at the abuse of children from Pakistani backgrounds, both within the UK and Pakistan - the project aims to support positive change nationally and internationally, as the research will yield knowledge on the cross-cutting issue of child sexual abuse in both countries in a novel way.

Dr Samina Karim is a former social work practitioner turned academic, specialising in the field of child protection. A passionate advocate of children’s rights, she holds a PhD on Power and the institutional abuse of children, as well as having experience of research to inform practice and policy relating to safeguarding vulnerable individuals. She is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Bradford and the Director of Studies for postgraduate programmes within the School of Social Sciences. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is about to embark on a ground-breaking four-year study to better understand the challenges and issues surrounding the protection of children from minority backgrounds.