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Is AI reshaping the fraud landscape... for better and for worse⁉️ I’ve been working with @profnicklord.bsky.social on a project exploring AI’s dual role in enabling and preventing fraud. This chapter that offers an accessible overview of how AI is transforming this space: doi.org/10.21428/cb6...

Interested in #football / #soccer and #illicitfinance? Pete Duncan and I were invited by Kyckr to do a podcast on our recent research on this topic. You can listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0FJp... or Apple here: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/r... @criminologyuom.bsky.social

📢 Research Associate Opportunity - NHS Counter-Fraud Project> we're looking to recruit an RA for a NIHR funded project on strengthening counter-fraud across the NHS in England. Details here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #criminology #fraud @criminologyuom.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

In June 2025 we’ll be running a 3-day summer school at @uomsoss.bsky.social on #DigitalTrust and #Security for #ECRs and #PhD students. Register for the course here: www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/dts/connect/... > topics include #cybercrime, #crypto, #digitalharms and more.

Is ‘county lines’ a chaotic concept? Really enjoyed @jackhspicer.bsky.social presenting on this question at our #criticalrealism research network this evening. We’re stuck with it for now, but precision needed to make the concept ‘practically adequate’ as a social scientific and policy construct.

Tom Fryer and Cristian Navarrete have written a brilliant, short, open access online book introducing Roy Bhaskar's 'A Realist Theory of Science' to social science researchers. Here's their blog post about it: criticalrealismnetwork.org/2025/01/29/r...

Very interesting article in @theguardian.com this morning on the #moneylaundering risks in the ownership structures of English Premier League football clubs 😉: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Job Advert - Research Fellow in #AI #Trust and #Security The Centre for Digital Trust and Society at @official-uom.bsky.social is currently offering three fellowships (up to 3 years) for outstanding postdocs within 4 years of their PhD. Details here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Interesting funded PhD studentship opportunity, supervised by my awesome colleagues in the School of Social Sciences at University of Manchester Using social network analysis to understand organisational vulnerability Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 28/2/25 #AcademicSky #PhD

Protecting Premier League football clubs through tighter regulation > Based on our research on ownership structures and #illicitfinance, Pete Duncan and I share a few thoughts for the new proposed Independent #Football Regulator in the UK: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2025/0... #criminology

I’m looking to appoint two PhD students for two funded projects exploring the intersection of #DigitalTechnologies, #AI and #FinancialCrime. We’re looking for candidates with socio-technical backgrounds e.g. with expertise in #socialscience and #computerscience. Further details below.

Would you like to get more involved with critical realism and/or academic publishing? The Journal of Critical Realism is advertising for voluntary roles as Associate Editor and members of the Editorial Board. More details here:

I was invited to speak at the Crime, Security and Justice Research Network (a sub-network of @crnetwork.bsky.social) about how #criticalrealism informs my research on #whitecollarcrime. More details on the network here: thecrimesecurityandjusticenetwork.wordpress.com #mechanisms #structures #events

How can we hold corporations / organisations to account through alternative tools? In my new article (w/ Mike Levi), we present 'covert situational integrity testing' (CSIT) to assess corporate adherence to legal and regulatory standards. #criminology #economiccrime #mysteryshopping #compliance

And here's the publishers recommended link for full.text access urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Who funds English Premier League football clubs? New article with Pete Duncan analyses the ownership structures of all clubs from the 23/24 season > many structures are similar to what we see in illicit finance cases www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #criminology #illicitfinance #football

Who funds English Premier League football clubs? New article with Pete Duncan analyses the ownership structures of all clubs from the 23/24 season > many structures are similar to what we see in illicit finance cases www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #criminology #illicitfinance #football

Any new critical realists joined Bluesky since we created our CR starter pack? Let us know if you'd like to be added to it. go.bsky.app/PzrxpVG

🐝 To mark The UoM Bicentenary, we’re launching a blog series exploring how Manchester’s rich criminology legacy continues to shape our research and impact today. #UkCriminology #Criminology #Academicbluesky Read more: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/clippings...

For those interested in the UK's #antimoneylaundering regime, you might be interested in reading my new article, co-authored with Diana Bociga and Elisa Bellotti: Dare to share: information and intelligence sharing within the UK’s anti- #moneylaundering regime: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’ve had a surge of new followers over night, I think because I’ve been included in this starter pack on ‘big dirty money’. Thanks Jen Taub. So I’d better start posting some content about my research on #whitecollarcrime, #corruption, #financialcrime, #moneylaundering….

Has anyone ever given a short talk to primary school aged children about the basics of crime and policing? Or know of any resources appropriate for that age group? Not my usual audience, and my own fault for setting up a PTA and the Head Teacher finding out I research crime.

Welcome to all the newcomers in another wave of X-odus 👋 It's calmer and less toxic here. If it helps find collegiate community, here is a list of academics working in Criminology in the UK, worth following. There's also a link to a wider #Criminology feed #Penology #AcademicSky go.bsky.app/8sCM5VZ

X-it complete. Will try to be more active on here now…