✨️🎓 Funded PhD opportunity: Our colleague Dr @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social is part of the #PhD supervisor team for this AHRC doctoral #studentship on heritage, buildings, and #ClimateChange action. Applications close 23rd January #Scholarship #Heritage #Humanities www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I’ve had the privilege of working with a lovely group of incarcerated women and training them to become peer researchers. Made them all a little paper angel for Christmas.

Details: vacancies.bournemouth.ac.uk/vacancies/57... 3/3

This Labour government are (frustratingly) making my work more and more relevant every week. Five years ago, I argued that temporary protection policies for refugees are grossly unjust, and here we are making things worse for them again. philpapers.org/rec/BUXJIW

A really sobering story about how vulnerable UK universities are to intimidation to get them to abandon human rights research. Claims by China in this report of inadequate "fact checking" should always be accompanied by mention of their exclusions from Xinjiang: share.google/KY9SxTEk3rUM...

UK Public Appointments: Climate Change Committee Members (x3 vacancies). A remunerated (£) post for a five year term. #Climate #ClimateEmergency #Environment #vacancy apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8964?p...

It’s a competitive field out there… these stats are on the discouraging side.

We need two new full-time lecturers in #criminology here at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. One permanent share.google/RuTNSJWfvkuK... and one 12 month maternity cover share.google/xzf5icskztO9...

Paper published on women’s experiences of drug and alcohol community treatment including DV, mental health and LAC related issues www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

The next three episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are out! From navigating the ECR landscape to building your academic community, tune in as fellow researchers share their academia survival tips. All episodes are now available across podcasting platforms. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH

The closing date for these 2 PDRF jobs is just two weeks away! Help us study #NewLabour and #Blair as a follow up to our studies of #Thatcherism #AcademicSky @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social #UKpolitics #criminology jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

See notification here about a pause to #REF2029 criteria setting: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t... Given the monumental waste of resources that this nonsense costs #HEIs in the UK, whilst #Universities are already under massive cost pressures, it should be abandoned altogether! #HigherEducation

'We have particular interest in scholars whose research is relevant to some aspect of defence or national security policy.' www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO834/l...

Our new funding award will support teams to address some of these knowledge gaps.      Applications close 11 Nov. Find out more ⤵️ wellcome.org/research-fun...

Only a week left to apply for our Mental Health Award ⏰ We’re funding researchers to use longitudinal data to find early signs of anxiety, depression and psychosis. Find out more and apply by 22 July ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Excited to see our report 'Voices of Young People: experiences with drugs and alcohol' published today. www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...

Worth a read.

"📣 We are #hiring! We are looking to appoint a 16-month Departmental Lecturer in Criminology. The post-holder will undertake research, teach & assess students, & support the work of the Centre. The post is full time and fixed term until 31 Dec 2026. Find out more: shorturl.at/kqtab

The Governor

📣 Job opportunity 📣 We’re hiring a legal administrative officer to support us with the smooth and efficient running of the legal team. Find out more: howardleague.org/about-us/vac...

Our gambling research report is now live online www.staffs.ac.uk/news/2025/05...

Current Awareness - The Racial Ideology of the British Police: Protecting and Maintaining the Racial Interests of the White Institution – British Journal of Criminology academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...

Disappointed to hear this has been said by the PM.

Dissertation making today - thankful for a fan… and a freezer full of rocket lollies…

New from Free Movement: Job Ad: Chief Executive, Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) | Free Movement

We have new permanent lecturer post (London) who will mainly be teaching on our BA Social Sciences www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112226-...

Research Fellow in Historical Criminology University of Sussex - Sociology and Criminology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO123/r...

Applications NOW OPEN for the School of Law and Criminology Doctoral Scholarship 2025 The Scholarship will entail: A fixed maintenance award of €18,500 pa Annual tuition fees support DEADLINE - MONDAY 2 JUNE, 2025 For full details see:https://tinyurl.com/bdd34499

Important issue.

I have written about the sentencing guidelines shitshow. Infuriating to see yet another Labour government seek to appease a rightwing voter base by reinforcing the “tough on crime” doom loop that has gridlocked our justice system for the past 30 years. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

3 year Research Fellow post in Historical Criminology based at Sussex. Working with me and @esmoriemiller.bsky.social on Leverhulme funded project Imagining Race, Crime and Justice in Sailortown, 1870-1939. Please repost, send to anyone who might be interested: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/18442578...

Here it that job I referred to. #AcademicSky jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

What role does creativity play in research? Join us for a thought-provoking webinar on how #CreativeResearchMethods challenge power dynamics in knowledge production. #ResearchMethods @drhelenkara.bsky.social 📅 March 24, 2:00 PM 🔗 Register now:

Ever wondered how Wellcome reviews grant applications? 📝 We're inviting researchers from the UK, Ireland or low- and middle-income countries to observe our funding committees. Discover how criteria are assessed and decisions are made. Apply now ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

For the 10th year, government minister Jess Phillips MP has marked International Women's Day by standing in the House of Commons and reading the names of the women killed by a man in the UK in the past year. It took over 4 minutes to read the names of the 95 women. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-owK...

Please circulate this! We're looking for an Assistant Professor in Criminology. Closing date of the 4th April 2025. Details here: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Trying to finish a book chapter on world book day for a deadline tomorrow. Nearly done. Kids amused by the irony.

Brilliant news!

Loved taking the kids to their first musical.

Excited to repost this call for papers on politics, harm and justice which we crims at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social are organising as part of our Brit Soc of Criminology Reg Group. Its on the 18th Sept, but Abstracts are needed by the 17th April. Please send those to Ed, not me! Please repost!

Excellent opportunity.

Fairtrade flowers and family time watching Bluey ‘fancy restaurant’ - feeling the love.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone. Lots of good - talented and very nice - people, doing some fascinating research, teaching a lot of terrific students. No doubt a bright future for someone here. Do apply

Glasgow is a lovely place.

Learn about postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the University of Sheffield www.sheffield.ac.uk/arts-humanit... (includes law and criminology)

📢'Divided Households' study has launched a report & film co-produced with children & young people with a parent in prison. They propose the '3Cs' framework: Compassion, Clarity, Child-centred Brilliant work Pls share Report here: issuu.com/niftyfoxcrea... Film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIpr...

Looking forward to talking about student placements in #criminology today with our undergraduates.

Did I read my email right? Did #NIJ #NationalInstituteofJustice just cancel all previously posted Notices of Funding? In other words, all federal funding opportunities through this DOJ program for #criminaljustice, #policing, & other related research has been canceled? #academicsky #CRIMsky

This is also a straightforward case where you can clearly see that it is a staggering misuse of imprisonment. If this is the way we use such punishments there is little hope of reducing the absurd numbers we continue to keep behind bars.