Dr Ana Morales-Gómez

Ana joined the School of Law, University of Sheffield in February 2023. Prior to this, she was a Research Fellow at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), working on a project aimed at understanding how underlying vulnerabilities contribute to a higher risk of victimisation and repeat victimisation. She also held a research post the University of Manchester and the UK Data Service, providing training and making data accessible for researchers.

With a background in Social Statistics and Quantitative Criminology, Ana’s research is interdisciplinary and draws from theoretical perspectives from Sociology, Criminology, Education, and Public Health. Her research has mostly focused on understanding inequalities in the Justice System and the impact on disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. She has researched issues in crime and inequalities, victimisation, re-offending and the wider impact of imprisonment in families and communities in Chile and the Global South.

Ana is a Co-Investigator on ‘Disproportionality: Exploring the Nature of Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing through Causal Inference’ research project and Principal Investigator of the Pilot Study ‘Understanding the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Chilean Prisons’ in collaboration with Gendarmería de Chile (Chilean Prison Service).