Dr Claire Paterson-Young
Research Leader at University of Northampton, United Kingdom
Profile
Claire Paterson-Young (BA MSc PhD) is an Associate Professor & Research Leader at the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact (ISII). A key feature of her research is the development of social impact measurement frameworks that aid organisations to identify the positive and negative, intended and unintended outcomes of interventions and activities. Claire's current major research projects include AI in Law Enforcement (RAI-UK funded 4-year interdisciplinary project titled 'PROBabLE Futures – Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures') and Gender Equality (British Council funded 1-year project titled 'Empowering female students and graduates enhancing skills and expanding opportunities: Learning from UK and Indonesia'). Claire has over 15 years practice and management experience in safeguarding, child sexual exploitation, trafficking, sexual violence, youth and restorative justice. She has consulted nationally with local authorities, police forces and national organisations to develop child sexual exploitation services and restorative justice services. Claire is Chair of the University of Northampton Research Ethics Committee and a serving member of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Ethics Committee. She formerly served as a member of the Health and Research Association Research Ethics Committee. She is a trustee of the National Association for Youth Justice (NAYJ), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Claire is a Research Affiliate at Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre. She has held a Visiting Fellowship position at Binus University (Indonesia) and Associate Fellowship position at Children and Young People Centre for Justice (Scotland). Claire is a member of the UKRI Talent Peer Review College.
Research
Publications
Paterson-Young, C., Maher, M., Karlidag-Dennis, E. and Hogg, M. (2025) “I’d lost trust and having to tell everyone the same story again and again and again…”: Bottlenecks and barriers to the application of therapeutic approaches within care services’ ecological systems. Children and Youth Service Review.
Paterson-Young, C., Maher, M., Karlidag-Dennis, E. and Hazenberg, R. (2025) Children’s world-making practices as peacebuilders in the community. Childrens Geographies.
Paterson-Young, C., Corrales, R., Warren, I., McNamara, P. (2024) Impact of trauma and placement in residential care on the criminalisation of children. Children and Youth Services Review, 166 (107947).
Paterson-Young, C., Karlidag-Dennis, E., Egging, E. and Hazenberg, R. (2024) Enhancing Agency and Empowering Young people: the transformative impact of social and emotional learning programmes. Children and Youth Service Review.
Paterson-Young, C., Adhikari, J., Lee, L., Maher, M., Wright, L. (2024) Deepening collaborative research. Childhood. 31(3).
Paterson-Young, C. (2021) Exploring how children subjected to violence cope with experiences in Secure Training Centres. Child Abuse and Neglect.