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Dr Kate Brown speaking into a microphone
11/05/2023

Dr Kate Brown delivers keynote address on ‘vulnerability’

Dr Kate Brown, Deputy Director of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, has delivered a keynote address about...
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27/04/2023

Transformative funding programme launched for professionals working across vulnerability and policing

The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has today launched an innovative new Translational Fellowship funding programme. The rolling...
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24/04/2023

Centre funds innovative early career research projects addressing urgent social problems

Research exploring social media-facilitated trafficking of children, undercover drugs policing, child-to-parent violence, domestic abuse, and reporting public sexual harassment were...
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Dr Kate Brown stood at a lectern speaking at an event
16/01/2023

Centre deputy director delivers YorkTalk on vulnerability and policing

Dr Kate Brown took part in the University of York’s YorkTalks 2023 series and spoke about how interventions for the...
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14/12/2022

Seminar examines financial abuse targeting elderly people

Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron (University of Tasmania) has led a seminar exploring elder abuse and how government departments, communities and the...
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23/11/2022

“Relationship between policing and vulnerability needs to be reset” Centre Directors argue

The Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Co-Directors have set out the need to change how services respond to vulnerability...
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Dr Kate Brown talking at an event
22/11/2022

Deputy Director delivers keynote at vulnerability conference

Dr Kate Brown, Deputy Director of the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has spoken about how different people and...
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Professor Charlie Lloyd speaking to an audience at Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre's launch event in York
02/11/2022

Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre sets out vision in York event

The Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has shared its vision for the next five years in an event held...
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28/10/2022

Funding opportunity for Early Career Researchers launches

A new Fund has opened for research that examines current and emerging challenges related to vulnerability and policing.
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Professor Adam Crawford speaking to an audience at the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre's Leeds launch event
28/10/2022

Vulnerability and policing research centre launches

A ground-breaking new research centre aims to change how the police, public services and local government work together to help vulnerable people.
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