Regional Groups
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There are currently ten regional groups of the BSC – also see Regional Events and Archived Events
Loading…- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- North East
- Yorkshire and Humberside
- North West
- Midlands
- South (inc. London)
- South Coastal
- South West
– also see Regional Events
Scotland
Contact: Professor Michele Burman, University of Glasgow, at Michele.Burman@glasgow.ac.uk
The Scotland Branch membership consists of staff and postgraduate students from several Scottish Universities and those working in criminal justice policy and practice in national and local government, statutory agencies and the voluntary sector. The Branch has strong links with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR), both of which are collaborative partnerships between several Scottish Universities.
University of Aberdeen
Abertay University
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Napier University
University of Glasgow
Glasgow Caledonian University
Heriot-Watt University
University of the Highlands and Islands
Queen Margaret University
Robert Gordon University
University of St Andrews
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde
University of West Scotland
– also see Regional Events
Wales
Contact: Professor Martina Feilzer, Bangor University (m.feilzer@bangor.ac.uk)and Roxanna Dehaghani, Cardiff University (Fatemi-DehaghaniR@cardiff.ac.uk) and Michael Levi, Cardiff University (Levi@cardiff.ac.uk).
The Wales branch was launched at the end of 2007 (but was previously part of the Wales and West group).The main activity of the branch is a programme of seminars showcasing the most relevant and exciting research in criminology and criminal justice.
A range of speakers have presented at these seminars – ranging from local PhD students to established and eminent academics from in and outside Wales, such as Professor Rod Morgan, former Chairman of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, and Professor Pat Carlen, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Criminology. More recently, Professor Steve Tombs discussed the aftermath and consequences of the Grenfell Tower tragedy at the University of South Wales and, at Bangor, Nicola Harding from Leeds Trinity University presented ‘You know what I mean…’ an auto-ethnographic account of co-produced research with criminalised women.
The audiences normally consist of academics, postgraduate students and some practitioners, such as local police officers and YOT staff. One of the aims in recent years has been to hold seminars at more Welsh universities and, pleasingly, the University of South Wales, Cardiff, Swansea and Newport and Bangor have hosted seminars.
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff University
Glyndŵr University
The Open University in Wales
Swansea University
University of South Wales
University of Wales
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
– also see Regional Events
Northern Ireland
Contact: Graham Ellison at g.ellison@qub.ac.uk
The Branch membership consists of members from both the Law School and the Department of Sociology at Queen’s, as well as criminology and criminal justice academics at the University of Ulster. Branch activities also regularly attract practitioners from a wide array of statutory agencies and community groups from across Northern Ireland. The Branch also has very strong links to the annual Irish Criminology Conference.
Open University in Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast
Ulster University
– also see Regional Events
North East
For more information on the North East branch contact Alexandra Hall, Northumbria University: Alex.Hall@northumbria.ac.uk
Durham University
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
University of Sunderland
Teesside University
– also see Regional Events
Yorkshire and Humberside
Contact either of the co-convenors: Helen Johnston H.Johnston@hull.ac.uk or Suzanne Young s.young@leeds.ac.uk
University of Bradford
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
University of Leeds
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Trinity University
University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University
University of York
York St John University
– also see Regional Events
North West
Contact either of the co-convenors: Professor Andrew Millie andrew.millie@edgehill.ac.uk or Professor Barry Goldson b.goldson@liverpool.ac.uk
Also, see their recent blog posting
The North West Branch of the BSC provides funding for a series of seminars across the region. In 2016 two successful events were held at Liverpool Hope University and Salford University (see archive).
Blackburn College
Lancaster University
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool John Moores University
Manchester Metropolitan University
The University of Manchester
The University of Central Lancashire
University of Liverpool
University of Salford
Edge Hill University
University of Chester
University of Bolton
University of Cumbria
– also see Regional Events
Midlands
Contact Estella Baker – ebaker@dmu.ac.uk
Aston University
University of Birmingham
Birmingham City University
Coventry University
De Montfort University
Derby
Keele University
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
Loughborough University
University of Northampton
University of Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University
Staffordshire University
University of Warwick
University of Worcester
– also see Regional Events
Contact Jennifer Fleetwood (J.Fleetwood@gold.ac.uk) and Maria Adams (m.n.adams@surrey.ac.uk)
Also, see their blog posting ‘Criminological Postcards from London’.
Imperial College London
University College London
King’s College London
London School of Economics and Political Science
Queen Mary, University of London
Royal Holloway University of London
SOAS – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
City University London
Brunel University
Birkbeck College, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London
Kingston University
London Metropolitan University
University of East London
University of Greenwich
University of Oxford
University of Reading
University of Surrey
Oxford Brookes University
University of Kent
Middlesex University
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
University of Cambridge
University of East Anglia
University of Suffolk
University of Essex
University of Hertfordshire
– also see Regional Events
South Coastal
Contact Jenny Fleming (j.fleming@soton.ac.uk)
Bournemouth University
University of Brighton
University of Sussex
University of Portsmouth
University of Southampton
Southampton Solent University
University of Winchester
– also see Regional Events
South West
Contact: Chair Dr Zoë James, Plymouth University, at Z.James@plymouth.ac.uk or Branch Secretary Dr Iain Channing iain.channing@plymouth.ac.uk
The South West branch was launched at the University of Plymouth Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Symposium, ‘The Criminological Enterprise: Maximising Impact’, in 2009. The aim of the South West branch is to provide a forum for academics, students and practitioners to engage with criminological issues through a regular seminar series.
University of Bristol
University of Exeter
University of Bath
Bath Spa University
University of the West of England
University of Plymouth
Regional Events
- Scotland branch
- Wales branch
- Northern Ireland branch
- North East branch
- Yorkshire and Humberside branch
- North West branch
- Midlands branch
- South branch (inc. London)
- South Coastal branch
- South West branch
Events are typically scheduled from September to the beginning of July each year. Watch out for new events being announced below.
Wales Branch
More events to be announced later in the year.
New Directions in Drug Research
Thursday June 27, 2019, 12 – 4pm
ADSS Policy Hub – Lipman Building Room 204, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
List of Speakers:
Dr Tammy Ayres (University of Leicester)
John Liddell (Public Health England)
Dr Robert Maclean (Northumbria University)
Dr Amy O’Donnell (Newcastle University)
Professor Harry Sumnall (Liverpool John Moores University)
There is no charge for the event. To secure a place please register your attendance with Alex Hall <Alex.Hall@northumbria.ac.uk>
Future events to be announced
Yorkshire and Humberside Branch
Future events to be announced.
Future events to be announced.
Midlands branch
Future events to be announced.
Southern branch (in association with the Mannheim Centre London School of Economics)
Save the Date
October 16, 2019
To celebrate the publication of the fifth edition of The Politics of the Police, King’s College London (in collaboration the LSE Mannheim Centre and the British Society of Criminology) will host a book launch and symposium at 6pm on the 8th floor of Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG.
The event will be chaired by Professor Betsy Stanko (former director of research for the MPS) with commentaries from Dr Alison Wakefield (Portsmouth), Professor Jenny Fleming (Southampton, editor of Policing and Society) and Professor Ben Bradford UCL). The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
South Coastal (in association with the Institute of Criminal Justice Research, University of Southampton)
Southern Perspectives upon Policing, Security and Social Order
Seminar and roundtable June 27, 2019, University of Brighton, Falmer campus
Critical scholarship from Southern and Post-Colonial criminology has posed new challenges to dominant criminological thinking about law and ‘order’, policing, security and the state. ‘Southern’ forms of policing and security, often evolving in post-colonial contexts, have frequently been more militarised and violent, deployed in often more weaponised environments characterised by profoundly racialized hierarchies and material inequality.
What do these developments mean for rethinking ‘justice,’ policing and ‘security’ today?
Invited/key speakers include:
Dr Viviane Cubas, Prof. Kristian Lasslett, Dr Sacha Darke, Dr Roxana Cavalcanti, Prof Phil Stenning, Prof Ben Bowling, Prof John Lea, Prof Peter Squires.
Our aims are twofold: [1] to establish a network of researchers whose academic focus takes in the Global South and who are keen to explore the way these ideas might play out in northern criminological and security paradigms; [2] to produce a peer-reviewed edited collection of papers drawing upon the research presented at the seminar.
We are inviting contributions to the day (in addition to previously named contributors) – and are happy to fund in-UK travel and necessary accommodation costs on June 26 or 27, for all accepted contributions.
Themes will include (inter alia):
Violent democracies: Authoritarian forms of Policing and Security
Injustice within Criminal Justice
Authoritarian and post-colonial/post-dictatorship legacies
Highly weaponised cultures: security, conflict and resistance
State Crime, Corruption and Neo-liberal Crimogenesis
Organisers: Peter Squires and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti.
Please contact r.p.cavalcanti@brighton.ac.uk and/or p.a.squires@brighton.ac.uk for details.
South West branch
Further future events to be announced.
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