Prof. Nancy Loucks OBE is the Chief Executive of Families Outside, a Scottish charity that works on behalf of families affected by imprisonment. Prior to this, she worked as an Independent Criminologist, receiving her MPhil and PhD from the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, and in 2012 was appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Law, Crime and Justice. Nancy was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2016 New Year’s Honours List for services to Education and Human Rights. She co-chaired the Justice & Care Workstream for the Independent Care Review and the Independent Review of the Response to Deaths in Prison in Scotland; was the inaugural Chair of the International Coalition for Children of Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP; 2019-2025); is a Board member of Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE; Secretary General from 2015-21 and 2025 – present); and is a member of the Global Prisoners’ Families Research Group at the Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
