Amy Quinn-Graham

Profile

I work as a Senior Researcher for The Salvation Army UK & Ireland, having completed my Masters with Distinction in Gender and Development at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the University of Sussex (UoS). Prior to completing this, I worked in international development, managing a gender-based violence prevention programme in partnership with UN Women. I frequently attended the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), supporting young women to contribute to international policy and advocate on issues that affected their lives. Complementing this internationally-focused work, I have a background in local domestic abuse (DA) provision, having developed prevention inititatives within the Children & Young People’s Service of a London-based domestic violence organisation.

Most recently, I have been working with the Coalition for Religious Equalities and Inclusive Development (CREID) at IDS, supporting activists from religious minority backgrounds in Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria to run participatory research with their communities exploring the unique vulnerabilities facing religious minority women as their gender and religious identities intersect.

Research interests

With a background in gender and gender-based violence, my research interests lie in the intersections of gender, Christianity and violence, specifically domestic abuse (DA) and the Churches’ role in its prevention.

My PhD research seeks to establish how well-placed The Salvation Army UK & Ireland is to respond to DA within a broader violence against women and girls (VAWG) framework, and what that response should look like as led by victims and survivors of DA. The research will be cross-disciplinary, exploring the intersection of (practical) theologies around gender, power and violence with sociological conceptualisations of DA and organisational theories of the role of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in working on issues of social justice. It will shed light on how FBOs approach social justice issues such as DA, especially when this work takes place within and across the ‘social work’ realm (contracted services) and the ‘religious’ realm (churches).

Therefore, my research interests include:

• Gender, sexuality and religion
• Gender-based violence
• Faith-based organisations
• Feminist theologies
• Freedom of religion and belief

Publications include:

Quinn-Graham, A. 2026. Barriers to safe disclosure and effective response when disclosing domestic abuse within The Salvation Army, Journal of Gender-Based Violence. Early view, https://doi.org/10.1332/23986808Y2026D000000130

Quinn-Graham, A. 2024. Living in fear: the ongoing crisis of domestic violence and abuse, in Bonner, A. (ed) Social Determinants of Health in Europe: Direct and Indirect Consequences of War. Bristol: Policy Press.

Quinn-Graham, A. 2024. A case study exploring the role of Christian hospitality in Salvation Army staff and volunteer approaches to supporting survivors of domestic abuse (DA), Practical Theology. 17(4), pp.350-362.https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2383044

Other research includes:

• Tadros, M., Shahab, S. and Quinn-Graham, A. 2022. Women of Religious Minority Background in Iraq: Redressing Injustices, Past and Present. [Online]. CREID Intersections Series; Religious Inequalities and Covid-19, Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. Available from: https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/20.500.12413/17780/CREID_Intersections_Iraq_Introduction.pdf?sequence=11&isAllowed=y
• Quinn-Graham, A. 2020. Emerging Missional Trends during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Literature Review. [Online]. London: The Salvation Army. Available from: https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/2021-03/FINAL%20-%20Emerging%20missional%20trends%20literature%20review%20-%20website.pdf

Qualifications

• MA Gender and Development - Distinction
• BA (Hons) Acting - 2:1