Kish is known for her work on social work, race and racism and is particularly interested in ethnically sensitive research methodologies and theories, such as modern racism, which test discriminatory attitudes and behaviours.

She has worked on commissioned evaluation projects which have enabled her to make recommendations directly to child protection agencies and has led on a number of publications which have questioned professional ideologies and beliefs, responses to child abuse within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic families, cultural racism, anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia.

I’m a Reader in Children’s Rights at King’s College London, where I have worked since 2005. Prior to that I was a barrister in independent practice in London, specialising in child protection. One of the reasons I left the Bar was the worry that we couldn’t be confident that care improved children’s outcomes, so in my PhD I followed a group of young people in care from 15-18 as they transitioned out of care. Since then I’ve undertaken research on the role of schools in safeguarding children and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multi-agency child safeguarding practice. Currently I am leading a team from King’s College London and the University of Bedfordshire to evaluate the effectiveness of the work of Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships, in which AoCPP is a collaborator. I’m also interim co-editor of Child Abuse Review, AoCPP’s journal, which is fascinating work but a big commitment in time. I run an MA in International Child Rights and Development, which includes a module on Child Protection, and teach on a range of other programmes, including teaching trainee teachers about safeguarding.