In this public lecture, Dr Jarrett Blaustein will explore what policing is, and what it might become, in the climate crisis. 12pm – 1.30pm, Thursday 7 March 2024 Moot Court Room, Liberty Building, School of Law, University of Leeds, LS3 1DB Climate change is the defining issue of our time. As the disruptive and destructive …
Dr Chris Devany (Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre) spoke about how police respond to ‘victims’ and ‘offenders’ across county lines drug networks at an event today. 10 January 2024 The talk was part of the University of York’s annual YorkTalks event, which included sixteen short talks about varied topics, such as public services, artificial …
Researchers have shared emerging findings from a study that aims to develop ways to prevent Online Child Sexual Victimisation (OCSV). 29 November 2023 Speaking at the Scottish International Policing Conference today (29 November), Dr Larissa Engelmann and Dr Christine A. Weirich reported on an ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre project that seeks to …
Professor Ana Aliverti (University of Warwick) has highlighted the moral tensions that arise in police and immigration officers’ everyday work, in a lecture at the University of York. 17 October 2023 Professor Aliverti explored the competing rationales, emotions and values that underpin the governance of marginalised groups. In particular, she looked at the example of …
Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Deputy Director Dr Kate Brown has taken part in a panel discussion about regulation aimed at protecting people presumed to be vulnerable. 27 September 2023 The discussion was one of several sessions that took place as part of an event on ‘vulnerability in regulation’, hosted by the London School …
Researchers from the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre have shared emerging findings from the Centre’s current projects at EuroCrim2023. 8 September 2023 Held in Florence, Italy, this year’s conference saw participants from a wide range of international organisations join, with Centre researchers speaking in several panel sessions. The first roundtable explored contested issues …
Members of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre have teamed up with the UCL Centre for Global City Policing for a conference on the complex challenges of modern policing. 28 July 2023 The conference brought together academics, senior police leaders and the voluntary sector to examine pressing problems facing UK police forces. It …
One hundred researchers, practitioners and policy makers have come together to hear about the latest work being done to tackle violence against women and girls at an event held at the University of Leeds today. 29 June 2023 Organised by the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, the event featured talks from Nicole Jacobs, Domestic …
Members of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre have shared emerging findings from current Centre research projects at the Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) 2023 conference in Umeå, Sweden. 23 May 2023 Beginning a series of talks, Co-Directors Professor Adam Crawford and Professor Charlie Lloyd introduced the panel session by outlining the …
Dr Kate Brown, Deputy Director of the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre, has delivered a keynote address about vulnerability at University College Dublin. 11 May 2023 Dr Brown’s keynote looked at the challenges that arise from defining vulnerability and the power dynamics behind such definitions. Drawing on her previous research, Dr Brown explored …