Anja Zinke-Allmang

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Research Manager

Anja is a Research Manager in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. Anja is a mixed methods researcher focusing on the epidemiology of violence against women and children, child marriage, sexual health, and social norms. She works across multiple research projects examining the effects of context on shaping health outcomes and inequalities, violence, and health outcomes among young people and women. Anja co-leads a global network of early career violence researchers (Net-VAC) and has co-developed a free course on how to analyse data on violence to inform the use of data in policy and practice. Anja has over a decade of experience working closely with young people on issues such as mental health, substance use, sexual health, and violence prevention as a social worker, programme evaluator, and researcher and has collaborated with various non-profit, academic, philanthropic, and UN organisations. Prior to DSPI, Anja was a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she still works closely with the Child Protection Research Group.

Anja is also a PhD Candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Birkbeck, UoL. Her doctoral research examines geospatial variations in intimate partner violence using quantitative and GIS methodologies. Anja has a MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a joint BA in Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies and Business from the University of Waterloo.

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Selected publications

Zinke-Allmang, A. et al. (2025) Application of geospatial methods to analyse intimate partner violence and help-seeking: a scoping review protocol. OSF. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/YU4XT.

Eldred, E., Devries, K., Zinke-Allmang, A., et al. (2025) Are school-based violence prevention interventions inclusive and effective for children with disabilities? A systematic review of global evidence. eClinicalMedicine, 80: 103060. 

Bhatia, A., Zinke-Allmang, A., et al. (2024) Putting children’s safety at the heart of violence research. Nature Medicine, 30: 2721–2724.

Banks, L.M., Soukkhaphone, B., Scherer, N., Siengsounthone, L., Carew, M.T., Shakespeare, T., Chen, S., Davey, C., Goyal, D., Zinke-Allmang, A., et al. (2024) Impact evaluation of a cash-plus programme for children with disabilities in the Xiengkhouang Province in Lao PDR: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14:e081536. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081536.

Akunzirwe, R., Carter, D.J., Hanna, L., Zinke-Allmang, A., et al. (2024) Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda. BMC Public Health, 24: 3405. 

Banks, L.M., Kepha, S., Zinke-Allmang, A. et al. (2023). Impact of a disability-targeted microentrepreneurship programme in Kenya: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the InBusiness programme. Trials, 24: 802. 

Zinke-Allmang, A., Bhatia, A., et al. (2023) The role of partners, parents and friends in shaping young women’s reproductive choices in Peri-urban Nairobi: a qualitative study. BMC Reproductive Health 20: 41. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-023-01581-4

Zinke-Allmang, A., Hassan, R., et al. (2022) Use of digital media for family planning information by women and their social networks in Kenya: A qualitative study in peri-urban Nairobi. Frontiers in Sociology; 7:886548. DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.886548

Hassan, R., Bhatia, A., Zinke-Allmang, A., et al. (2021). Navigating family planning access during Covid-19: A qualitative study of young women’s access to information, support and health service in peri-urban Nairobi. SSM Qualitative Research in Health; 2. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2021.100031

A full list of Anja's publications can be found on Google Scholar.

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