Dr Kim Sadique

Kim is a scholar-activist who cares passionately about foregrounding the voices of survivors of identity-based violence. She is a DMU SDG Fellow focusing on SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

Kim’s main teaching and research interests are:

Genocide: particularly the contexts in which mass atrocities and genocide occur. Genocide Education: Guiding practices in memorial museums situated in former sites of mass atrocities. Use of emotional/social change/radical pedagogies. Use of technologies such as Virtual Reality to create representational and more-than-representational spaces of learning.  Peacebuilding: conflict prevention, peacemaking, building sustainable peace

Kim is also interested in identity-based violence more broadly, including hate crime.

Research and Innovation Institute for Responsible Business and Social Justice

Centre for Law and Social Justice

View a full listing of Kim Sadique's publications and outputs.

Stanislas P., Sadique K. (2019) International Attitudes to Teaching Religion and Faith and the Policing of Minority Communities. In: Albrecht J., den Heyer G., Stanislas P. (eds) Policing and Minority Communities. Springer, Cham, pp 11-27

Sadique, K., Tangen, J. & Perowne, A. (2018) The Importance of Narrative in Responding to Hate Incidents Following ‘Trigger’ Events, [Online] Tell MAMA. Available from https://tellmamauk.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Tell%20MAMA%20-%20Report.pdf

Sadique, K. (2016) The Effect of Religion on Crime and Deviancy: Hellfire in the 21st Century, in K. Sadique & P. Stanislas (eds) Religion, Faith & Crime: Theories, Identities and Issues. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Sadique, K. & Stanislas, P. (2016) Religion, Faith and Crime in Context, in K. Sadique & P. Stanislas (eds) Religion, Faith & Crime: Theories, Identities and Issues. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

• Genocide, State Crime and Mass Atrocities
• Genocide Education, Memorial Museums, Guiding Practices
• Diversity & discrimination (inc. radicalisation/extremism, hate crime)
• Religion, Spirituality and Crime

• Justice in a Globalised World
• Research Methods
• Explaining Criminological Issues
• Research/Dissertation supervision

• PhD in Education, De Montfort University
• Further & Adult Education Teaching Certificate (City & Guilds 7307) Barnfield College, Luton
• MSc Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leicester

• BA (Hons) Criminology
• BA (Hons) Criminology with Psychology

Upstanding Research and Innovation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Tackling Hatred, Intolerance and Prejudice, #No2H8 Crime Awards 2017

Chair of Academic Advisory Board, Remembering Srebrenica UK

Chair of East Midlands Regional Board, Remembering Srebrenica UK

• International Association of Genocide Scholars
• Association of Independent Museums
• British Education Studies Association

• Sadique, K. (2024) Learning the Lessons: Education as Genocide Prevention. ‘"Never Again"? Learning the lessons of the Srebrenica Genocide’. University of Westminster, 9 December 2024
• Sadique, K. (2024) From Evidentiary Epistemologies to Empowered Solidarities – A Pedagogy for Social Change in Genocide Education. 14th TEESNet Conference: Education for Repair and Realising Alternative Futures Together, Liverpool Hope University, 3 December 2024
• Sadique, K (2022) SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions ‘The need for Transformative Genocide Education’. 1st United Nations Academic Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘Why It Matters’, Utah Valley University 5-8 October 2022
• Sadique, K. (2021) ‘Oral History Methodologies for Survivor Testimony Collation: The Bosnian Context’ Oral History Conference, Srebrenica Memorial Centre, Potočari, Bosnia. 06 July 2021
• Sadique, K & Tangen, J (2018) ‘Experiential Learning as Transformative: Teaching about Genocide and Crimes of the State’, delivered to 18th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology [Crimes Against Humans and Crimes Against Humanity], Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, University of Sarajevo 29th Aug-1st Sept 2018

• Sadique, K. (2024) Learning from Genocide: A narrative study of guiding experiences at sites of mass atrocities in Poland and Bosnia. PhD Thesis.
• Sadique, K. and Tangen, J. (2022) "‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, Reflection and Action in ‘Transformative’ Genocide Education", Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, Sage, 28 (2), pp 522-539.

• Stanislas P., Sadique K. (2019) International Attitudes to Teaching Religion and Faith and the Policing of Minority Communities. In: Albrecht J., den Heyer G., Stanislas P. (eds) Policing and Minority Communities. Springer, Cham, pp 11-27

Kim is interested in supervising doctoral students working in the following areas:

• Genocide and Mass Atrocities
• Genocide Education

Mentor for International Mentorship Program (International Association of Genocide Scholars)

Patron - Bosnia UK Network

Research Fellow in South Asian Studies, European Foundation for South Asian Studies, EFSAS, Mar 2017 – present