A total privilege to speak to over 200 Justice Social Workers from across Scotland today @socworkscot.bsky.social
First, sharing some emerging themes from our comparative probation & JSW research.
Then, with wonderful Lynsey Smith, leading two workshops on the Sentencing & Penal Policy Commission
Looking forward to @socworkscot.bsky.social Justice Conference.
I'll be speaking on:
🟪 Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission, with fellow Commissioner Lynsey Smith.
🟪 Our comparative #probation & Justice #SocialWork research 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🇮🇪; (PI: Prof Nicola Carr).
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socialworkscotland.org/sws-events/j...
Dr @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social will be one of the speakers at this one day symposium on 'Abolitionism and Contemporary Literary Studies' on Friday 29th May in Leeds.
🔗 Event details:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...
#Criminology #CrimSky #Sociology #Abolitionism #CreativeArts
Are we remotely surprised to hear that @drashleyrogers.bsky.social has been short-listed for the Teacher of the Year (Social Sciences) Award?
No, not at all. But we are delighted that her thoughtful and excellent teaching is being recognised 👏💐✨️🎉
#CrimSky #Criminology
🆕️ journal article by @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Lucy Cathcart Frödén, @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social, @oliverescobar.bsky.social, @alisonurie.bsky.social, Jo Collinson Scott
Making Light of Imprisonment: Humour, Connection and Resistance
#Criminology #CrimSky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hannah Graham
Hannah Graham
Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social was a keynote speaker at 'Ethics and Agency of Algorithmic Faces in Medicine' event in Munich, Germany.
She spoke on facial coding (in)justice, biometric identification, and classification of bodies.
#surveillance #biometrics
ethicaldatainitiative.org/2026/03/22/t...
Some wonderful good news in our team: celebrating Dr Ben Matthews' promotion to Senior Lecturer 👏🎊✨️🎉 #Criminology #CrimSky
We enjoyed having Dr @kir-anderson.bsky.social giving a #research seminar today at the University of Stirling on her RSE-funded research on The Key magazine, made by people who had been incarcerated in the Barlinnie Special Unit and the Cages in a prison Inverness in the 1970s.
#Criminology #CrimSky
University of Stirling 🏴 is offering fully funded scholarship places on a selection of on-campus Masters courses in partnership with The Data Lab and Scottish Funding Council.
These Data Lab #scholarships are open to applicants domiciled in Scotland.
#AI #BigData
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www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
Are you interested in doing a Professional Doctorate?
At Stirling, we have flexible doctoral research programmes designed for people who work and have other commitments, offering Professional Doctorates in:
🟩 Criminal Justice
🟩 Social Work
🟩 Substance Use
🟩 Housing
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www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-t...
journals.sagepub.com
The human face has long been a site of social and cultural meaning, a marker of identity, emotion, and character. Today, it has become a source of medically relevant information, processed through alg...
