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Dr Nicola Roberts is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Sunderland. Her research focuses on students' perceptions and experiences of safety, particularly sexual violence and how universities can respond to these. Some of her key publications in this field are: 1. ‘deconstructing dangerous discourse: an analysis of personal safety advice to students on UK universities’ websites’ in the Journal of Gender Based Violence: https://doi.org/10.1332/23986808Y2023D000000005 2. ‘changing the culture of sexual violence at UK universities: a website analysis of definitions, report/support and prevent mechanisms’, in the Higher Education Policy Journal, access the full article here: https://rdcu.be/dqHKF 3. 'students’ help-seeking for experiences of interpersonal violence: How can universities respond?' in Criminology and Criminal Justice: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17488958231202011 4. 'the makings of an exclusive community: students' perceptions of dangerous others', in Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, access the full article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00850-8 or https://rdcu.be/cMy9k 5. ‘the dark and desolate campus: what can be done to enhance students’ perceptions of safety on-campus’? in the Safer Communities journal: https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-01-2022-0006 6. ‘a qualitative evaluation of bystander training: what works?’ in The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, access the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12487. 7. 'evaluating a bystander intervention to disrupt interpersonal violence/abuse' in the Safer Communities journal: https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-05-2020-0018 8. 'gendered landscapes of safety: how women construct and navigate the urban landscape to avoid sexual violence' in Criminology and Criminal Justice: https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820963208 9. 'agency, resistance and the non-'ideal' victim: how women deal with sexual violence' in the Journal of Gender-Based Violence: https://doi.org/10.1332/239868019X15633766459801 10. 'gender, sexual danger and the everyday management of risks: the social control of young females' in the Journal of Gender-Based Violence: https://doi.org/10.1332/239868018X15265563342670