Sex, Sexualities & Sexual Harm Research

@sssh-research.bsky.social

Research group @leedsbeckett.bsky.social focusing on the study of Sex, Sexualities and Sexual Harm (SSSH!). Posts by members. Reposts are not endorsements.

Check out this feature of one of SSSH!'s PhD students, Margot Avella!

Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett University@lbu-rae.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢New on LBU Research Voices: #PhD student Margot Avella talks about her #research into understanding the behaviour of serial rapists, and how she has taken her first steps into open research practices. 🔗 bit.ly/49LiNZG #OpenResearch #criminology #PhDSky #OpenScience #Psychology #AcademicSky

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Our next SSSH! seminar is on March 30th from 4-5pm! Please join us as we hear from Isobel Logan on the use of AI in online dating. If you would like to attend online, please register for free via Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-use-of... #AcademicSky #AI #manosphere #freetalks

AI-Assisted Flirting and Manipulation

Please join us for a hybrid seminar with PhD candidate, Isobel Logan, on AI-Assisted Flirting and Manipulation

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From September, updated #RSHE guidance requires #schools to #teach ‘power dynamics’ in relationships. Rhys Turner-Moore – @sssh-research.bsky.social – says that this must include age gaps, which can distort consent. Read more in #Safeguarding Digest: buff.ly/Z4rNi6N #teaching #PSHE #edusky

RSHE: Why we must teach about age gap relationships - SecEd

Updated RSHE guidance helps schools teach power dynamics & this includes age gaps & consent, crucial for safeguarding

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Congratulations to our 2025 BPS Practice Board Award winners. Graham Towl, Rachel Tribe, and Julie Freeborn are 3 inspiring members of our community who have shown the lasting impact psychology can have on communities & policy. 👉www.bps.org.uk/news/congratulations-2025-practice-board-award-winners

Photo of Professor Graham Towl, Professor Rachel Tribe, and Julie Freeborn.