Dr Daanika Kamal is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research explores the intersection of gender, law and access to justice, with a particular focus on domestic abuse and violence against women and girls in criminal and family law contexts. She holds a PhD in law from Queen Mary University of London, and has worked across the development, legal and academic sectors as a socio-legal researcher, investigating police practices, litigation strategies and judicial responses relating to gender-based violence.

Daanika's first literary anthological project, The Feminisms of Our Mothers was published by Zubaan Publishers in 2024. Her first academic monograph, Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of 'Bad' and 'Mad' Women was published by Oxford University Press in 2025 and shortlisted for the Hart-SLSA Book Prize 2026.