Dr Gillian Buck is Associate Professor of Social Work in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society at the University of Chester, UK, where she teaches, mentors and supervises staff and postgraduate researchers. She is also the principal investigator on a 4-year UKRI FLF funded study of lived experience in criminal justice, providing leadership support to a diverse team of researchers, advisors and arts partners. Gill is an experienced researcher and lecturer in the related fields of social work and criminology. She leads modules on the social work BA, MA and Degree apprenticeships, teaching research methods, human development, youth justice, coproduction and suicide first aid.