Criminology, policing and social sciences ENU

We love speaking to pupils/learners at schools and colleges about all things Criminology and Social Sciences - thanks for having us! @drshanehorgan.bsky.social

Our social sciences and criminology colleagues are ready to welcome prospective students at Edinburgh Napier University's Open Day 2025. Come see us at Sighthill Campus between 10am and 3pm #MustBeNapier

The new textbook was written by Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson @saraheanderson.bsky.social & Katrina Morrison @kmmorrison.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social

The event will also feature @drhannahgraham.bsky.social (Chair) with Discussants @rossgibson.bsky.social and Deborah Russo.

Woop woop getting to hear this in presentation form from the very talented Danilo Falzon, @sacasrstir.bsky.social Research Assistant and @socscinapier.bsky.social PhD student!

Our colleague Dr @kir-anderson.bsky.social was discussing her recent book "The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation", the first detailed analysis of a unique time in the history of Scottish prisons. The book is available here: www.watersidepress.co.uk/books/barlin... #EdBookFest

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1 University Tutor in Criminology
Part time (28 hours per week), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 5 - £37,694 - £46,049 (calculated pro rata)
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
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📢 2 fixed term positions are currently available within our criminology team 📢

1 Lecturer in Criminology
Full time (35 hours p/w), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 6 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH075/l...

Click on the link below to find out more about this publication, the colleagues who authored it, and Edinburgh Napier University's track record of excellence in criminological research:
www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Cover page of the textbook Criminal Justice in Scotland.

🧑‍⚖️ | The first book in a decade to focus entirely on Scotland’s criminal justice system has been published.

Learn more about Criminal Justice in Scotland ⤵️

Story ➡️ orlo.uk/zWH3F

#MustBeNapier | @socscinapier.bsky.social

1. I'm chuffed that my paper with Families, Relationships and Societies @brisunipress.bsky.social is featured in the journal’s Editors Choice Collection! This is very much a first for me. The publisher is offering free access until 31st Oct: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

Criminal Justice in Scotland Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as w...

And today’s publication day!

Massive thanks to my lovely @socscinapier.bsky.social co-authors, Jamie Buchan & @kmmorrison.bsky.social - and to everyone who helped by reviewing chapters, answering queries or chatting to us about their work.

www.routledge.com/Criminal-Jus...

The discounted offer for the brand new textbook "Criminal Justice in Scotland" is still available today, in advance of the book's publication on Monday (we have our hands on a copy already, but that's because we have connections) 📚

Did you know? We now offer 3 #masters degrees as part of our subject area's masters suite: in criminology, in joint criminology and forensic psychology, and in social research. All 3 programmes focus on applied learning and offer an optional work placement 💼

Check out the information below 👇

What an honour! I'm so thankful to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for this opportunity and to my Napier team for all the support!

We are incredibly proud to announce that our talented colleague @kir-anderson.bsky.social has been awarded a prestigious RSE Personal Research Fellowship for her research project on harm, history, and memory in Scottish prisons 👏

Criminal Justice in Scotland Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as w...

NEW #textbook on Criminal Justice in #Scotland by me & @edinburghnapier.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social colleagues, Jamie Buchan and @kmmorrison.bsky.social, out on 4th Aug. Until the 1st it's £8 off in the Routledge sale: www.routledge.com/Criminal-Jus...

Criminal Justice in Scotland Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as w...

Our colleagues Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrison have written the first textbook on Scottish criminal justice in over a decade. A guide to key institutions through a critical lens, and essential read for criminology students in Scotland. Out 4 August www.routledge.com/Criminal-Jus...

Fantastic news!

Man standing at lectern under slide saying Scottish International Policing Conference

Women at lectern under slide saying Gender-based harms, technology, and radicalisation

Women at presenter's desk by slide headed The INTERACT Project

Woman at presenter's desk, by slide headed Support in decision making?

Scenes from #SIPC2025
@drshanehorgan.bsky.social opening the day, welcoming @drlisasugiura.bsky.social who delivered a powerful keynote on GBV, technology and radicalisation; then a great panel on police use of tech including Dr Estelle Clayton and Prof Sofie de Kimpe.

SIPC2025 is live! 🎉 A great welcome from Prof Gary Hutchison, Dean of Applied Sciences at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social , highlighted the power of research in policing. @drshanehorgan.bsky.social opened the event. Presenting is Dr Lisa Sugiura’s Nick Fyfe Lecture #SIPC2025

🏆 SIPR Postgraduate Symposium 2025 – Award Winners!

Huge congrats to:
🎉 Khalid Khan – Best Poster
🎉 Sam Conway – Best Presentation

Thanks to Palgrave Macmillan for sponsoring & supporting our postgrad researchers. Incredible work by all!

#SIPR #PolicingResearch #Criminology #ResearchExcellence

Blog: Building Hope: Art, Architecture, and the Possibility of Abolition - Paisley Book Festival Dr Kirstin Anderson, lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, and Professor Yvonne Jewkes, one of the

Many thanks to @joesmithcreative.bsky.social for an excellent write up of our session at the Paisley Book Festival last month paisleybookfestival.com/blog-buildin...

Excellence Awards 2025 Nominees The full list of staff and services at Edinburgh Napier who have been nominated for a 2025 Excellence Award.

🎉 EIGHT 🎉 Crim & SocSci colleagues nominated for ENSA Excellence Awards 2025 across 4 categories: Best Lecturer; Significant Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; Exceptional Academic Support; and Best Research Supervisor 🏆
@napierstudents.bsky.social
www.napierstudents.com/excellence/e...

🚨 Join us for the 12th Scottish Int’l Policing Conference!

📅 28 May 2025 | 📍Edinburgh Napier

Theme: Policing & Tech – Promise, Peril, & Justice

🎤 Nick Fyfe Lecture: Dr Lisa Sugiura on gender-based harms, tech & radicalisation.

Few spaces left:🔗 bit.ly/3YvGEqw

#Policing #Cybercrime #TechJustice

Excellent news, huge congratulations to our colleagues 🎉

🎉 We did it! SIPR is now officially a UKRI-funded Centre of Excellence — and we’re leading Scotland’s only P-ACE at ENU! 💥
Shaping the future of policing through research, tech & training.

See links in comments 👇
#FutureOfPolicing #SIPR #UKRI

Great to see a shout out to #Zemiology, key to understanding the full impact of technology abuse.

The Centre for Research on Families & Relationships is delighted to host a public lecture by Prof. Lynn Jamieson titled "Friendships as a lever of social change?"

Monday 31 March, 5 - 6:30pm at The University of Edinburgh & online, sign up below 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friendship...

Abstract policing, Covid-19 and the ‘rural idyll’ in Scotland The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rural ‘policing’ (broadly defined to include a range of institutions involved in order maintenance) remains relatively under-discussed and under-theorised. Th...

**New paper** 'Abstract Policing, Covid-19 and the 'rural idyll' in Scotland' has been published in Policing and Society

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to the team Jamie Buchan, @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and Andy Tatnell

@edinburghnapier.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social

Having seen the incredible amount of work and care that went into the design of this MSc behind the scenes (I'm looking at you @frasoliman.bsky.social), I can tell you; it's going to be great! Come study #criminology with us at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social