12/12/2025
Co-Director showcases Centre research at international events
Professor Adam Crawford, Co-Director of the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, has shared the Centre’s research at leading conferences...
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11/12/2025
Centre funds cutting-edge research to tackle pressing social challenges
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has announced funding for three innovative projects led by early career researchers,...
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04/12/2025
Children needlessly pulled into justice system because of a lack of timely support, report warns
Children are being pulled into the youth justice system because their early health, education and care needs are not being...
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26/09/2025
Centre Co-Director speaks about the importance of lived experience voices at national event on diversion
Professor Adam Crawford, Co-Director of the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, led a key roundtable discussion on the importance...
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11/09/2025
Centre conference explores how to improve outcomes for vulnerable people
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has hosted its second annual conference in Leeds, bringing together leading academics,...
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14/07/2025
PhD Summer School brings together next generation of vulnerability and policing researchers
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre was delighted to host 21 PhD students last week at the University...
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08/05/2025
National policing strategy needed to tackle County Lines child exploitation, study shows
There is no consistent approach to the policing of County Lines drug distribution, leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation...
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07/05/2025
Researchers to lead prestigious Policing-Academic Centre of Excellence
Professor Dan Birks (ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Deputy Director, University of Leeds) and Professor Adam Crawford (ESRC...
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27/03/2025
Centre awards funding to projects tackling key vulnerability and policing challenges
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre is delighted to announce that five early career researchers (ECR) have been...
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12/02/2025
Deputy Director highlights the potential of connected data at College of Policing event
ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Deputy Director Professor Dan Birks (University of Leeds) outlined the opportunities of using...
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