Dr Selina Palm currently works as a Researcher at the Unit for Religion and Development Research at Stellenbosch University. She is an interdisciplinary activist-academic who seeks to bridge the worlds of the academy, civil society and faith institutions. She has delivered consultancy projects for NGOs and governments across the world with a focus on empirical work on the relationship between religion and violence against children, women and those of minority sexual orientations. She has published across all these spheres and holds a PhD in theology and human rights from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.