Dr Yemisi L. Sloane

Courses taught:

• Criminology and Policing (Undergraduate)
• Policing and Criminal Justice (Undergraduate)

Yemi is a Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at ARU. She teaches and researches the everyday experiences of gender-based violence within marginalised communities, both in their home countries and the diaspora.

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Background

Yemi joined the Criminology team at ARU in 2024. She holds a PhD from the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Essex and, prior to that, an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of London and an undergraduate degree in Law from the University of Benin. She qualified as a Barrister in 2011 before transitioning into academia. Her research focuses on gender-based violence, including domestic violence, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), femicide and human trafficking, migration and feminist jurisprudence. Yemi’s work emphasises decolonial frameworks to better understand violence and resistance in the lives of women and children from minoritised communities. She primarily engages with marginalised communities, particularly Sub-Saharan African local and diasporic populations, and her work explores how these groups navigate the intersections of power, identity, and resistance.

Prior to joining ARU, Yemi worked as a Senior Research Officer at the University of Essex, Colchester and as a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Westminster, London. She has been involved in faculty or university-level EDI committees, reflecting her commitment to diversity in higher education teaching and research. Beyond her academic work, Yemi actively engages in community advocacy and gender development, collaborating with organisations and participating in public speaking events in Africa, Asia and Europe, aiming to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world impact.

Research interests

• Gender-Based Violence and Interventions – All forms of gender-based violence against women and girls, including domestic or intimate partner violence, FGM, Femicide and Technology-Facilitated Violence
• Gender and Conflict
• Migration, Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
• Decolonisation
• Race, Crime and Policing – the intersections between race, criminal behaviour, and law enforcement practices
• Feminist Jurisprudence – the study and critique of how legal and justice systems can sustain gender inequality and reinforce patriarchal structures within laws and criminal justice practices

Areas of research supervision

See Research Interests above.

Teaching

Yemi currently teaches on the following modules:

• Violence, Gender, and Victimisation
• Exploitation, Trafficking and Sexual Violence
• Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Criminology
• Introduction to Policing

Qualifications

• PhD Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex
• LLM Human Rights Law, University of London
• Barrister at Law, Nigeria Law School
• LLB Law, University of Benin, Nigeria

Memberships, editorial boards

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• Member, British Society of Criminology
• Member, British Sociological Association
• Member, Socio-Legal Studies Association
• Member, European Network on Gender Violence

Recent presentations and conferences

Invited Speaker. Decolonising Gender-Based Violence: Epistemic Injustice and Domestic Violence in the African Diasporic Community in Britain and the Need for Systemic Reform. 60th Anniversary Conference, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex, Colchester. 20 Sept 2024

Organiser. Prevention of Domestic Violence: Possibilities and Perspectives. Centre for Social Justice Research, University of Westminster – 16 days of Activism against Domestic Violence conference, London. 04 Dec 2023

Invited Speaker. Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls: Supporting Different Prevention Strategies. State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 16 days of activism against Domestic Violence conference, Azerbaijan. 06 - 07 Dec 2023

Paper Presentation. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Nigerian Communities: Looking Beyond Stereotypical Representations of the Experiences of Nigerian Migrant Women in the UK. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Manchester 12 - 14 Apr 2023

Invited Speaker. Hostile Environment, Intimate Partner Violence and Resilience among Nigerian Migrant Women in the UK. Violence and Society Centre, City University, London. 02 May 2023

Paper Presentation. The Legacy of Coloniality in Migrant Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence in Britain. Amsterdam Centre for European Studies, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. 28 - 31 Aug 2023

Paper Presentation. Transitions and Transformations: Black Researchers’ Academic Journeys. National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) conference, Leeds. 13 July 2023

Media experience

Interview with Nina Muslim at the 6th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku for the Bernama Malaysia National News Agency (2024). Experts: Mutual Acceptance, Respect Crucial to Reduce Culture Clashes, Conflict. [online] Bernama.