Andrea Krüsi

Andrea Krüsi (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology at SFU. She leads a research program at the intersection of criminal law, policing and public health. Her research focuses on how criminal laws, policing and stigma interact with structural vulnerabilities (e.g. racialization; poverty; im/migration status) to shape experiences of gender-based violence, HIV/STI risks, and access to healthcare in criminalized and marginalized populations, including sex workers, women living with HIV and people who use criminalized substances.

Krüsi’s research is grounded in principles of community-based research and draws on critical social science scholarship, including the intersectionality paradigm. She uses multiple research techniques, including qualitative/arts-based methods and longitudinal cohort data from two longstanding cohort studies of sex workers and women living with HIV. Dr. Krüsi’s research is guided by a community advisory board, as well as longstanding collaborations with numerous community organizations including PACE Society, WISH, CAAN (Community Alliances & Networks), Health Initiative for Men (HIM), Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, West Coast LEAF and Pivot Legal Society.