Dr Rebecca Shaw is a legal narratologist from the University of Leeds. Her research lies at the nexus of law and narrative, with particular interests in the story scripts, dynamics and characterisations of socio-legal, historical and cultural narratives which frame and underpin the law, especially those concerning VAWG and Domestic Abuse. She has just concluded a one-year Economic and Social Research Council funded project as principal investigator, awarded by the Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre. This project investigated domestic abuse service providers and their stories and was dedicated to better understanding and contributing – ultimately – to changing the dominant narratives around domestic abuse. She has just secured further funding from the Economic and Social Research Council’s Impact Acceleration Account to support follow-on work from this project, including the creation of a ‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’ working group and the production of an educational resource for secondary school children, in partnership with Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership, West Yorkshire Police, Behind Closed Doors and Foundations +Choices.