Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray is one of the UK’s leading feminist academics working on sexual violence and she has a decade’s experience in the frontline anti-violence against women movement. Currently a Reader at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University, Fiona was formerly at Durham University and has been a regular media commentator on pornography, sexual violence, sexual harassment, and rape prevention. She is the author of two academic books on street harassment and dozens of academic articles. Her first academic book was nominated for the British Sociological Association’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for the best work in Sociology.

In March 2021, Fiona published the largest ever study on the content of mainstream online pornography, gaining significant media coverage including the BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, and the New York Times.