The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre is delighted to announce that five early career researchers (ECR) have been awarded funding through its ECR Development Fund to lead innovative new projects. 27 March 2025 The projects funded cover pressing issues such as stalking, stop and search, romance fraud, missing persons and sextortion. The ECR …
By Dr Ali Malik, published: 22/10/2024. This blog was originally published on the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures website. Climate change is already having an impact on policing and public services in the UK. From one-off extreme weather events requiring emergency assistance, to tackling social unrest and disruption due to climate anxieties, as well as …
By Trish Chinzara, published: 28/06/2024. This blog was originally published on the N8 PRP website. Trish Chinzara discusses the SHaRE IT Project and the new workshop designed to improve the police reporting experiences of racially minoritised women and girls. The SHaRE IT Project – Sexual Harassment and Reporting Equity, Inclusion and Trust – is a …
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has funded four new research projects led by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to address crucial social issues. 17 April 2024 The projects will focus on policing and climate change, coercive control in honour-based abuse, interventions to help children at risk of going missing multiple times, and identifying …
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has announced the opening of its second annual Early Career Researcher (ECR) Development Fund today (6 September). 6 September 2023 The Fund offers grants of up to £25,000 for early career researchers to lead co-produced projects that explore current and emerging challenges related to vulnerability and policing. …
The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has today launched an innovative new Translational Fellowship funding programme. The rolling programme will fund non-academic practitioners and policymakers to undertake research with the Centre, enabling them to address particular vulnerability and policing problems or solutions in their work. 27 April 2023 Each Translational Fellowship award will …
Research exploring social media-facilitated trafficking of children, undercover drugs policing, child-to-parent violence, domestic abuse, and reporting public sexual harassment were among the Fund’s successful projects. 24 April 2023 The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre is delighted to announce five awards from its inaugural Early Career Researcher (ECR) Development Fund. The fund aims to …
A new Fund has opened for research that examines current and emerging challenges related to vulnerability and policing.