Dr Clare Rawdin

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Research Assistant
Location:
Chelmsford

Dr Clare Rawdin is a qualitative researcher with considerable experience in policing research.

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Background

In her previous role, at The Open University, Clare worked on Operation Soteria – a large collaborative project which led to the development of a new National Operating Model (NOM) for rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO). Specifically, she conducted rapid reviews in the field of learning and development and digital forensics, analysed rape investigator interviews, and contributed to a process evaluation of a victim support intervention.

Prior to becoming a Research Assistant, Clare enjoyed a long career as a teacher of psychology, mostly in schools and colleges. Her PhD investigated social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools from a qualitative and critical perspective.

Research interests
  • Gender and policing
  • Well-being in organisations
  • Therapeutic education
  • Learning and development
  • Student engagement
  • Critical psychology
  • Rapid reviews
Qualifications
  • Associate Fellowship, Bishop Grosseteste University
  • PhD in Education, University of Birmingham, 2016
  • MA in Social Sciences, Open University
  • BA Joint Hons Psychology/Sociology, University of Nottingham
Selected recent publications

Rawdin, C. (2024) 'The social sensitivities of researching rape', Psychology Review, 30(1).

Osborne, E., Rawdin, C., Wallace, S., Miller, N., Underwood-Lee, E. and Williams, E. (2024) 'Addressing Police Perpetrated Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV): A Process Evaluation: Final Report', University of South Wales. Available at: https://doi.org/10.60485/n5p2-4b96

Rawdin, C. and Dhillon, S. (2024) 'Confronting well-being and mental health in the ‘therapeutic university’: Implications for educators, students, and the curriculum', Studies in Higher Education. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2337805

Rawdin, C. (2023) 'Rethinking learning and development and well-being in the policing of rape: Insights from a rapid review of comparable public sector occupations', Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad074

Recent presentations and conferences

Rawdin, C. (2024) ‘Recommendations to improve the learning and development (and well-being) of RASSO investigators’, Canterbury Centre for Policing Research Annual Conference, Canterbury, 17-18 January.

Rawdin, C. and Wallace, S. (2024) ‘Addressing Police-perpetrated VAWDASV’, All-Wales Policing Academic Collaboration Research Symposium, Swansea, 19 June.