Rebecca works in the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War within the War Studies Department where she is working within the (Re)Conceptualising Slavery in War research strand.

Rebecca joined King’s from Coram International Research Institute where she specialised in children and women’s rights in humanitarian and conflict-affected contexts. She has expertise in socio-legal research across several areas, including child protection, access to justice, child, early and forced marriage and sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, and child labour.

She has significant experience designing and undertaking mixed-methods research and evaluations for UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA and individual governments, most recently conducting research with adults and children in Ukraine in the context of the full-scale invasion.

Currently, she is working alongside Dr Jack McDonald to understand and map the intersection between war studies and slavery studies, in addition to a number of other research projects within the Centre for Research on Slavery in War.

She holds a keen interest in embedding participatory methods and survivor-based research within more traditional war studies approaches.

Previously, Rebecca completed an MA in Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies in the King's War Studies Department, and prior to this completed BA History at University College London.

Areas of interest

• Child rights violations in conflict-affected contexts

• Slavery in war - social norms and slavery in protracted conflicts

• Protracted conflicts and hybrid governance in contested spaces

• Participatory and innovative research methods

Selected research, evaluation and policy papers

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). “Evaluation of UNICEF work on Justice for Children: Formative Evaluation”, UNICEF, Evaluation Office, New York, 2025.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "Evaluation of UNICEF Work on Access to Justice for Children, Türkiye Case Study: The development and implementation of the Legal Empowerment, Aid and Protection Programme to children and their families in earthquake-impacted communities", UNICEF, Evaluation Office, New York, 2025.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Ministry of National Development Planning [BAPPENAS], the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection. "Formative Evaluation of Integrated Protection Services for Children and Women in Indonesia 2021-2023 Final Report", UNICEF Representative Office, Indonesia, 2025.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "Situation Analysis of Children and Adolescents in Türkiye". UNICEF Türkiye Country Office, Ankara, 2024.