2018 – Birmingham- July 3-6, 2018
The 2018 British Society of Criminology annual conference will be held in Birmingham, hosted by Birmingham City University – Transforming Criminology: Rethinking Crime in a Changing World.
See the conference website for full information on registration, calls for abstracts and much more.
Application for Postgraduate Bursary
We are offering a number of postgraduate bursaries this year, thanks to the generosity of Elsevier, Dr Anna Barker from the University of Leeds, the BSC and its journal ‘Criminology & Criminal Justice’. Each bursary will cover the full conference fee for one postgraduate student and accommodation for three nights (3th to 5th July 2018 inclusive). There is one application process for all bursaries.
Eligibility
You can apply for a postgraduate bursary if you meet ALL of the following criteria:
- You are presenting a paper at the BSC Conference 2018
- You are a registered PhD student (full-time or part-time)
- You are a member of the British Society of Criminology (BSC)
Selection criteria
The BSC Postgraduate Committee will choose bursary winners, with input from the BSC Executive Committee. We will base our selection on your answers to the questions below and on your paper’s originality and potential contribution to knowledge or practice.
How to apply
To apply for a bursary you must submit:
- Your completed bursary application form
- Your completed abstract submission form
- A letter of support from your PhD supervisor on institutional headed paper. This should also confirm that you are a registered PhD student and indicate your year of study.
Please send ALL THREE documents together by email to Claire Davis (Chair of the British Society of Criminology Postgraduate Committee) at C.L.Davis@ljmu.ac.uk Please make it clear in the subject line that it is a bursary application form.
The deadline for applications is Friday 27th April 2018
Bursary Guidance and Application Form
(If you have already sent us your abstract submission form, we can still consider you for a bursary. In this case, please send the bursary application form and your letter of support with a covering email that clearly gives your name and the title of your paper.)
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A new Blog posting gives a taste of the conference:
Previous recent conferences
2017 – BSC Annual Conference -Sheffield – Forging Social Justice: Local Challenges, Global Complexities
2016 – BSC Annual Conference – Nottingham – Inequalities in a diverse world
2015 – BSC Annual Conference – Plymouth – Criminology: Voyages of critical discovery
2014 – BSC Annual Conference – Liverpool – Crime, Justice, Welfare: Can the Metropole listen?
2013 – BSC Annual Conference – Wolverhampton – Criminology on Trial
2012 – BSC Annual Conference – Portsmouth – Criminology at the Borders
2011 – BSC Annual Conference – Northumbria – Economies and Insecurities of Crime and Justice
2010 – BSC Annual Conference – Leicester – Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Dilemmas and Diversity in Criminology
2009 – BSC Annual Conference, Cardiff – A Mirror or a Motor? What is Criminology For?
2008 – BSC Annual Conference, Huddersfield – Criminological Futures: Controversies, Developments and Debate
2007 – BSC Annual Conference, London
2006 – BSC Annual Conference, Glasgow
2005 – BSC Annual Conference, Leeds – Re-Awakening the Criminological Imagination
2004 – BSC Annual Conference, Portsmouth
2003 – BSC Annual Conference, Bangor
2002 – BSC Annual Conference, Keele
The BSC conference, previously bi-annual, began to take place annually from 2002
2000 – BSC Annual Conference, Leicester
1999 – BSC Annual Conference, Liverpool
1997 – BSC Conference, Belfast
1995 – BSC Conference, Loughborough
1993 – BSC Conference, Cardiff
1991 – BSC Conference, York
1989 – BSC Conference, Bristol
1987 – BSC Conference, Sheffield
Turning Presentations into Publications
For publications, also see Papers from the British Criminology Conference and consider turning your presentation into a publication.