Welcome to the Domestic Abuse Research Network (DARNet)
The Domestic Abuse Research Network (DARNet) has been created to support knowledge exchange events, enable practitioners and academics to connect with current issues and research on domestic abuse in the region. This has the potential to lead to collaborative research projects and funding from other sources in the future. The aim of the network is to be inclusive, drawing on expertise in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridge. DARNet is currently based in the Suffolk Institute for Social and Economic Research (SISER).
DARNet has been financially supported by the University of Suffolk, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, Suffolk County Council, Economic and Social Research Council, and Language Acts and Worldmaking (Kings College London).
Aims and Objectives:
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Identify and develop key research priorities/areas, and collaborative research partnerships.
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Share high quality local, national and international research at relevant domestic abuse boards in the region.
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Support the development of research and evaluation capacity for voluntary organisations and statutory agencies
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Support the creation of an active virtual network where relevant knowledge is regularly shared and discussed.
The network is open to anyone interested in domestic abuse issues and intersecting areas.
- Film Screening including panel discussion on Forced Marriage Growing Up Married on Wed 9th October 2019 at 1.30-3 pm at UoS, Ipswich
- Safety nets re-imagined: Surviving domestic abuse as a migrant on Tues 5th November 2019 at 5.30 pm at UoS, Ipswich
This event is organised by Dr Olumide Adisa and Fiona Costello at the University of Suffolk, co-produced with a number of local organisations supporting migrant women experiencing domestic abuse, with financial support from DARNet, ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, and Language Acts and Worldmaking.
Official Launch of the DA Research Network on 26 June 2019
Press releases:
https://www.uos.ac.uk/news/domestic-abuse-research-network-launched
https://www.norfolk-pcc.gov.uk/news/domestic-abuse-research-network-launched/
Some feedback from participants:
"Thank you very much for arranging the evening... I'm a student nurse and can carry the knowledge gained going forwards to support victims not only in an acute setting but while working in the community. I loved the creativity and different ways imagined to support victims. It was very inspiring...What I found particularly useful was gaining an insight into the legal human rights of those individuals. I did not have the first clue about challenging this before the meeting. It is very much my intention to advocate for all my patients so this information was extremely useful."
“Inspiring and impactful film, love hearing survivors’ voices…I will take some of this away and refer to it in the work I deliver. Thanks.”
“It’s clear that more training is needed in how to sensitively work with victims and to share knowledge between police forces.”