Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I’m a PhD research student at the University of Roehampton, living and working in Brighton. My research explores sex workers’ experiences of domestic and familial abuse and is deeply informed by my activist work, and my history working in women's outreach and frontline services.
Prior to embarking on a PhD, I received a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Birmingham (2010), and an MA in Sexual Dissidence in Literature and Culture from the University of Sussex (2014).
I am active in the fight for decriminalisation of sex work, and I work closely with SWARM, Decrim Now and ECP.
I am co-convener of the British Sociological Association’s Violence Against Women and Girls Study Group and a board member for the Sex Work Research Hub. I organise two separate international PhD networks: one for researchers of the sex industry, the other for researchers in and around VAWG.
External positions
Co-Convener , British Sociological Association - Violence Against Women and Girls Study Group
2021 → …
Board member, Sex Work Research Hub
2021 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Sex Workers As Collateral Damage, Once Again: A Critique Of The New ‘Sex Trafficking Identification Matrix’ Tool
Holt, V., Kenway, E. & Berry, A., 28 Sept 2021Research output: Other contribution
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Sex workers must not be forgotten in the Covid-19 response
Platt, L., Elms, J., Stevenson, L., Holt, V., Rolles, S. & Stuart, R., 4 Jul 2020, In: Lancet. 396, p. 9 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Sex workers’ experiences of domestic abuse: work, labour and agency
Holt, V. (Speaker)
15 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Socio-Legal Studies Association
Holt, V. (Speaker)
7 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic conference
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Uneasy Bedfellows and Unintended Consequences: Gendered violence,the family, and the state
Holt, V. (Speaker)
14 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic conference
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Thesis overview
Holt, V. (Speaker)
24 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Press/Media
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The Pandemic Has Given Sex Workers a Grim Taste of Criminalisation
14/04/21
1 Media contribution
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Hot Stew & Literary Gentrification: Sex Workers Respond
3/03/21
1 Media contribution
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In a world where abuse against sex workers is trivialised, getting support as domestic violence victims can be hopeless
17/04/20
1 Media contribution
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Thesis
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“It’s still a form of violence”: Sex workers’ experiences of domestic and familial abuse
Holt, V. (Author), McCormack, M. (Director of Studies) & Holt, A. (Co-Supervisor), 28 May 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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