From all the #Criminology team at the University of Stirling, we hope that you have a merry Christmas 🎄🔔🥂🕯🦌❄️✨️ We are signing off for the winter break, and the University office is now closed. We'll be back on Monday 5th January – see you in 2026! #Christmas #MerryChristmas

📣The special issue is out! for a global, anti colonial criminology of war, genocide and resistance - with @hannahwilkinson.bsky.social 🌸 thanks to @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social and Ana Gabriela Perez for the editorial guidance and support ✨✨ www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

We are asking individuals or small teams to produce blueprints, exploring what a good digital society looks like, focusing on an aspect of social life or societal institution (eg a family, museum, a practice like health tracking). Learn more about our research fund: digitalgood.net/call-for-app...

🚀 SIPR is launching the Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2025 to 26. Up to £3,000 to support early career policing research aligned with SIPR priorities. Applications open NOW and close 31 Jan 2026. 📩 [email protected] Find our more: bit.ly/3KPmxQH #ECR #ResearchFunding #SIPR

🆕️ research on women's custody units in Dundee and Glasgow published by @thesccjr.bsky.social criminologists, including Margaret Malloch: Scotland’s Community Custody Units (CCUs) for women praised, but researchers warn reform needed to stop them being ‘mini prisons’ www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/sc...

CALL: seminar funding for 2026 The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for. Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking. ➡️

📚 Stirling PhD researcher Jessica Cleary has published a book review of an edited collection: 'Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement' by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (eds.) (2020) #Criminology #CrimSky mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/volume-...

Congratulations to our colleagues on their Ediorial in this Issue of the British Journal of Community Justice. You can read 'Abolitionism and Community Justice – An Uneasy Alliance?' by Dr Kathryn Chadwick, Prof Margaret Malloch, and Dr Martha O'Carroll here 👇 #CrimSky mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/volume-...

The latest Criminal Proceedings statistics have been published by Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services. This covers lots of things, incl. what prosecutors do and what courts do (e.g., bail, prison sentences, community sentences). #CriminalJustice #Sentencing www.gov.scot/publications...

Online Workshop: 'International Perspectives on Parole's Present and Possible Futures' with Prof. Harry Annison, University of Southampton. Wed 17 Dec, 4pm (UK time). Register now! bit.ly/parole-futures

🟢 NEW: Journal article by Dr Aila Spathopoulou in the British Journal of Community Justice. 'Displacing border violence: Floating prisons, everyday incarceration and abolitionist journeys' #Criminology #CrimSky #Migration #Borders www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub...

Our colleagues Dr Aila Spathopoulou and Dr Maggie Grant are speaking at this excellent event on migration, borders, and human rights. @justrightscotland.org.uk and UN #migration & #humanrights expert Sara Ferro Ribeiro are speakers. Click through for free tickets 👇 www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

@crispsurv.bsky.social online seminar today delivered by Prof @vianbakir.bsky.social (Bangor University) 3.00 GMT "Envisioning the Digital Influence Industry in the age of Generative AI", you can join the seminar here: www.crisp-surveillance.com/event/329/en... (bottom of the page)

There’s still time to register for the 7th Webinar of the Scottish Network of Restorative Justice Researchers on Trauma and Restorative Justice. This event will be discussing international research, practices and exploring the future for Scotland. Register here: buff.ly/uxkCAtT #RJWeek2025

Join us on 17th November, 14:00-15:30 for the launch of our 2 new reports on criminal court fines. Drawing together 3 years of research, these reports explore what can be done to make our court fines system fairer, more proportionate & more effective. ow.ly/nmnO50Xol2H

JOBS (×5): Research Fellow fixed-term jobs at University of Stirling. All part of FORTH20 @ukri.org Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) project between multiple universities and stakeholders, includ. Scottish Government, Scottish Water, SEPA. #Academia #SocSci www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK488/r...

✏️ Looking for ways to take your career to the next level? ✏️ Wanting to enhance the impact of your research on society? ✏️ Unsure what issues policymakers in Scotland are prioritising? Then, join our ADR SCOTLAND webinar 13 November 13:00–14:30 for insights! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project paulcairney.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/w...

Congratulations to our Stirling colleague, Prof William Webster, who is the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Also great to see criminologist Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social taking over as an Interim Director of @crispsurv.bsky.social 👏 #Surveillance www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

Are you an ESRC PhD student looking for an academic placement? Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social Happy to answer Qs www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c... #JusticeHealth @stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Wonderful to see three of our criminologists recognised in the University's Research Culture Awards 👏✨️ Congratulations to all. Outstanding Collaborator: @drashleyrogers.bsky.social Outstanding Mentor: Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social Outstanding Early Career Researcher: Dr Ben Matthews #Criminology

RELEASE protocol paper is out ijpds.org/article/view... This paper, led by @kjellgren.bsky.social describes how we created the RELEASE dataset, what is in it, and plans for analysis Results coming soon 1/3 #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social

Below is a showcase of photos generated through comparative research for a 'Community Supervision: Seen and Supervised' exhibition. Wonderful work by Dr Fern Gillon & Prof @bethweaver.bsky.social bringing this all together for #ESRCFestival. #Probation comparingpenalsupervision.com/project-medi...

Congratulations to criminologists Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling) and Dr @drshanehorgan.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier) on being appointed as Associate Directors in the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) 👏✨️ #Policing #Criminology

Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson, and Katrina Morrison have published a 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook 📚🍷📖👏 I had the joy of chairing their well attended book launch today. It has gone straight onto #Criminology Uni reading lists. 🔗 www.routledge.com/Criminal-Jus... @kmmorrison.bsky.social

The film we commissioned as part of out ESRC funded homicide trends project is out, and can be viewed here: #academicsky #ESRC #documentaryfilms vimeo.com/1120080918?f...

📄🆕️ New open access article by @drcconnell.bsky.social and colleagues: A systematic review on mandated drug and alcohol treatment for justice-involved adults #JusticeHealth #Health #Drugs #SubstanceUse #Criminology healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

PUBLIC EVENT: Playing the AI Game: What does it mean to use AI in today’s business? Join us at Made in Stirling for two-hour event, which will include an introduction to AI, the game, as part of the Festival of Social Science. #ESRCFestival #AI #Stirling festivalofsocialscience.com/events/playi...

Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social is one of the co-authors of this article: 'Participatory Visual Methods and the Mobilization of Community Knowledge: Working Towards Community-Derived Disaster Risk Management in the Context of Advancing #Climatechange' #Criminology jprm.scholasticahq.com/article/1298...

🟥 New report published by @prtuk.bsky.social 'The Pains of Progression: the pathway through a very long sentence in a Scottish #prison' A deficit in trust and lengthy delays in sentence progression are leaving long-term prisoners in Scotland without hope. prisonreformtrust.org.uk/a-deficit-in...

Textbook Launch Event🚀 Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going. Register your place now 👇 bit.ly/criminal-jus...

📆 📢 The University of Stirling is taking part in the UK-wide Festival of Social Science for the public in late October and November 2025. To look at the list of free public events in #Stirling, #Alloa, #Glasgow and online, see 🔗 👇 #ESRCFestival @ukri.org festivalofsocialscience.com/events/partn...

Is it possible to live a good life in confinement? How do 'official' moral discourses shape what prison makes morally possible, inside and outside? Join us on 17th Oct as we launch a special issue of Incarceration discussing these questions and more events.humanitix.com/themed-issue...

📄 👇 New open access article by Prof Margaret Malloch published in Crime, Media, Culture journal @crimemediaculture.bsky.social 'Making lives grievable: Crime, culture and remembering the accused witches of Scotland' #History #Punishment #Criminology #Witches journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

📄 ✨️ New open access article co-authored by Dr Ben Matthews with Australian scholars: 'Examining the Role of Police-Led Diversion in the Youth Crime Decline in Australia: A Macro-Level Longitudinal Analysis' #Policing #Criminology #Youth #Australia #Academia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are delighted that Dr Martha O'Carroll is joining us at the University of Stirling to do an SGSSS ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship #research project on 'Activating Anti-Carceral Archives in Scotland', supported by mentor Dr Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social #Criminology #Abolition

Dr Catriona Connell will be giving evidence to Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. It's part of their Inquiry into harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. See 🔗 for details. @drcconnell.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social 🔗 www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

📄 NEW Report: Interested in the potential crime and security risks of freeports, in pursuing #NetZero? 'Inverness and Comarty Green Freeport: Assessing Crime and Security Risks' 🔗 to the report in next post 👇 @thesccjr.bsky.social #ICFGF #GreenFreeport #Criminology #Security #Inverness #Scotland

Research by Dr Wendy Masterton & team shows nature-based programmes such as #gardening and forest walks benefit poor #mentalhealth and substance dependence - but opportunities to develop them are limited. @sacasrstir.bsky.social colleagues have launched how-to manuals www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/08...

Abstract submissions are now invited for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh. Take part in ‘75 Years of Sociology’ – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other. Submission deadline: 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

If you're a criminology lecturer, teaching assistant or school teacher, you have to check out our resources! Why not add a podcast episode, recorded seminar or an SCCJR publication to this year's reading/listening lists for your students? sccjr.ac.uk/resources/

Are you a researcher who could do with £8k to engage the public about your research working with a gallery, museum, library or archive? We’ll shortly be opening a call so I just wanted to give you a heads up this is coming www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...

Just Images is a new #podcast about crime & culture created by students at University of Stirling in Cultural and Creative #Criminology module, led by Dr Phil Crockett Thomas. All episodes made by students, apart from the first (an interview with Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén) justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk

Prof Margaret Malloch (University of Stirling) featured in a podcast episode on 'Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials', which she has done @leverhulme.ac.uk funded research on. 🎧 Podcast available to watch on YouTube #Scotland #History youtu.be/eI4k9VKXGK4?...

New how-to guide now available on the European Network for Open Criminology website. This time @asiermoneva.com shares advice on writing reproducible and readable analysis code. Highly recommended! esc-enoc.github.io/how-to/repro...

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence from individuals and organisations with expertise in the key public policy areas for social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Find more information and details about how to respond here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/c...

It's here! The Journal of Historical Criminology volume 1 issue 1 now available! Congratulations to editors Iain Channing and Alex Tepperman. Looks excellent - excited to read more. journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/jhc-2025-vol...

We are offering up to £10k for researchers to upgrade their skills - e.g. in AI/machine learning; or a language; or something else! Think about it over the summer and apply by early October www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/tale...

“Fiction is an important space where activists reckon with the complexity of their hopes about distant futures.” @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social on what science fiction teaches us about the struggle for prison abolition. #OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/xw5UXjJ

We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social Details: ✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST ✳️Informal enquiries: [email protected] ✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j... @lexnetwork.bsky.social