Today in Scottish Parliament, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice set out Scottish Government's response to our independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission report and recommendations, published Friday. 🔗 to watch her 7 min statement on our Commission: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/mini...

Two weeks left to submit your abstracts to present a poster or oral presentation at the BSC Conference 2026 hosted by the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at NTU! Submit your abstracts using this link: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80139... #BSCC2026 @britishcriminology.bsky.social

1st results from #RELEASE: a population-level study into health on release from prison People released have more contact with all services for mental health and substance use than similar people who haven't been in prison, especially acute/emergency bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/2... 1/3

STV News story on our independent Sentencing & Penal Policy Commission report to reduce the prison population and change Scottish Justice. It's heartening to see First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social call our work "well considered and thoughtful" #Sentencing #Criminology youtu.be/nyC1gwUwWAA?...

NEW: the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 final report and recommendations have been published today. As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change. 🔗 link to report www.gov.scot/publications...

📅 Save the date: 26 June 2026 🚨 Scottish International Policing Conference 2026 Theme: Police Academic Partnerships 📍 Uni of Stirling, FK9 4LA Hosted by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research Registration,Keynotes and conf chairs to be announced soon! #SIPC2026 #PolicingResearch #SIPR

There's another new Doctor in the house! 👏💐🎓✨️🎉 Happy congratulations to newly minted Dr Ringmichon Keishing on passing her PhD. Ably supervised by @niallhsmith.bsky.social and Dr Paul Rigby. Examiners: @drashleyrogers.bsky.social (Stirling) and Dr Neil Howard (Bath). #CrimSky #Criminology #PhDone

Great to see Dr @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social quoted in The Guardian A Giant on the Bridge, a theatrical gig performed by a ‘Scottish indie folk supergroup’, draws on research to reveal hard truths about life after prison @agiantonthebridge.bsky.social #CrimSky www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

✨️🎓 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...

Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC

Oona Brooks-Hay is the new Director of SCCJR We want to thank Dr Julie Berg for all her incredible hard work over the past three years and offer a warm welcome to Professor Oona Brooks-Hay who joins us as our new Director. www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/oo...

SCCJR is excited to announce the launch our new seminar series called Justice Futures. Alistair Fraser & Fern Gillon will kick things off with their talk on 'Resources of Hope: Violence Prevention and the School of the Wise Men'. 👉Tues 24 Feb, 12-1pm Online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sccjr-just...

Permanently Progressing? has been awarded £484,496 in funding from Nuffield Foundation and £200,000 from a philanthropic donor for next phase of this longitudinal study. Led by Dr Helen Whincup, our colleague Dr Ben Matthews is part of team of researchers. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/perm...

I tried to turn my rage yesterday into something that brings us some light. For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about how 2020 prepared Minneapolis for the current crisis of Trump's DHS. newrepublic.com/article/2050...

We are ending the week with the good news of a completed PhD viva: congratulations to Dr Jordan Phillips! 👏🎉 Ably supervised by @niallhsmith.bsky.social @drashleyrogers.bsky.social and Dr Ian McIntosh. Examined by Prof John Scott (QUT) and Dr Maddie Breeze. #Criminology #CrimSky #Sociology #PhDone

Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social is a co-author of a new journal article in Surveillance & Society: 'The Ontological Shift in Surveillance: Revisiting the “Surveillant Assemblage” in the Age of Facial Recognition' #Surveillance #Biometrics #Criminology #CrimSky ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

Our colleague, Dr Aila Spathopoulou, has co-authored an article with Dr Esa Aldegheri: 'Imaginaries of ‘Refugee journeys’ into Europe and practices of inhospitality pending return' #Migration #Refugees #Detention #Ferries #Criminology #Sociology #Geography www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✨️ Starting the new year with a new article by Dr Ben Matthews and colleagues: 'Understanding changing patterns of placement type stability in the first two years of placement for looked after children in Scotland: A sequence analysis' #children #CareExperience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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...