Dr Vicki Dabrowski joined Leeds Trinity University in January 2025 as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology, Investigation and Policing. She has also worked in several other HE institutions including Liverpool Hope University (2022-2025), University of York (2018-2021), Middlesex University (2018) and Goldsmiths College (2015-2017). Vicki has also been employed in research roles at Middlesex, The British Academy and within various NGOs. 

Vicki's PhD was funded by the ESRC (2013-2017) and explored the role of the State in shaping young women's experiences of UK austerity. Her book 'Austerity, Women and the Role of the State: Experiences of Crisis' (2020) based on this project was shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize in 2021.

Vicki is the co-founder of the Poverty Research and Advocacy Network (PRAN). PRAN is an independent, collectively run advocacy network, established in June 2023 which brings together and facilitates colaborations and knowledge-exchange among a wide membership base of NGOs, local authorities, the NHS, academia, the media and members of the public.