Kelly Humphries

Kelly is an author, speaker, and child protection advocate whose work focuses on strengthening institutional responses to child sexual abuse and supporting survivor-informed practice. With more than 16 years of experience in law enforcement, Kelly has worked across investigations, child protection, and trauma-informed engagement with victims and survivors. Her professional background is complemented by lived experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse, which informs her commitment to ethical, survivor-centred approaches in policy, research, and practice.

Kelly’s work spans research, advocacy, and professional education. She contributes to initiatives examining how institutions respond to abuse, with particular attention to safeguarding, accountability, and the ethical use of emerging technologies in investigations. Through writing, speaking, and consulting, she supports organisations to integrate trauma-informed frameworks and strengthen child protection systems.

Kelly was a research team member on the AiLECS project, “Survivor Perspectives on Institutional Use of Child Sexual Abuse Material,” funded by the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, and is now a project lead on the Safe Online funded Definitions, Disclosures, Directions, Shifting Towards Best Practice Responses for Unknowing Victim-Survivors of Capping and Related CSAM Offences and continues to bring a multidisciplinary approach that integrates investigative practice, survivor insight, and child protection expertise to research and policy development.

Across her work, Kel advocates for approaches that centre survivor voices while advancing practical reforms that strengthen institutional responses to child sexual abuse.