The Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding (GCCS) is located within the Sociology Department at Durham University. The GCCS team is made up of dedicated staff who work in partnership with practitioners and senior leaders to collect data on the implementation, and implications, of Contextual Safeguarding across the UK and beyond.
The team is led by Professor Carlene Firmin who started the Contextual Safeguarding approach while at the University of Bedfordshire, before moving to Durham University in September 2021.
Professor Carlene Firmin
Director of the GCCS
Dr Jenny Lloyd
Deputy Director; Co-Chair of the Learning workstream
Dr Lauren Wroe
Associate Professor; Co-Chair of the Research workstream
Dr Rachael Owens
Associate Professor; Co-Chair of the Implementation workstream
Clare Brady
Senior Business Manager
Rosie Ridgeway
Associate Professor; Co-Chair of the Learning workstream
Jessie Blackbourn
Associate Professor; Co-Chair of the Research workstream
Pablo Munoz
Professor; Co-Chair of the Implementation workstream
Hannah King
Associate professor
Bernadetta Ginting-Szczesny
Assistant Professor
Kartika Bhatia
Assistant Professor
Judith Amankwa Addo
Assistant Professor
Delphine Peace
Research Associate
Dr Rebecca Brown
Research Associate
Lynne Cairns
Research Associate
Vicky Butterby
Research Associate
Njilan Morris-Jarra
Research Assistant
Dr Gemma Carr
Research Assistant
Joel Freeman
GCCS Coordinator
Molly Manister
Research Assistant & PhD Candidate
Vanessa Bradbury
PhD Candidate
Joanne Walker
PhD Candidate
Carly Adams Elias
PhD Candidate
Ben Lindsay
PhD Candidate
Angelique Dimitriou
PhD Candidate
Yehudis Fletcher
PhD Candidate
Karen Perrier
PhD Candidate
Koby Davis
PhD Candidate