Working at the intersection of #LawEnforcement and #PublicHealth? 🤝
You have 3 WEEKS left to submit your abstract for #LEPH2026! Help shape global practice around vulnerability, safety, and community well-being.
Submit your proposal today: 🔗 leph2026.org
#CallForAbstracts
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for #LEPH2026
Abstracts should address innovative research, policy development, or practice-based initiatives that contribute to safer, healthier communities and relate to the conference’s themes: leph2026.org
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Recent paper on Adverse Childhood Experiences from GLEPHA SIG Co-Convenor Professor Zara Quigg from Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University (UK) and co-convenor of the Special Interest Group on Violence Prevention recently published a representative household study of over 5,000 UK adults which shows that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), particularly when experienced in accumulation, are associated with increased exposure to violence in adulthood and the criminal justice system. View the open access published paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-025-04459-3
Prof Zara Quigg from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social (UK) and co-convenor of @glepha.bsky.social's Special Interest Group on Violence Prevention recently published a representative household study of over 5,000 UK adults on adverse childhood experiences.
View the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Attention #PhD researchers! Apply for #funded delegate places at the #LEPH2026 Conference and Postgraduate Day in Leeds!
Offered by the @vp-centre.bsky.social, these bursaries include:
✅ Full Delegate Fees
✅ 6-night accommodation
⏰ Apply by 9 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
leph2026.org/funded-places/
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for leph2026.org
the 8th International Conference
on Law Enforcement & Public Health
at Leeds, UK, 6-9 Sep 2026
We invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers,
and community leaders to submit abstracts!
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the 8th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health #LEPH2026, Leeds, UK, 6-9 Sep 2026
▶️ leph2026.org
✅ Come showcase world-leading research and inventive practice
✅ Connect with a global audience of experts & practitioners
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🚨 New report 🚨
Dr Alishya Dhir's report shares findings from her funded Translational Fellowship project “Racially Minoritised Women’s experiences of technology-facilitated sexual violence and reporting to the police”.
Read the report 👇
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/racially-min...
Funded places for PhD Students!
@vp-centre.bsky.social will sponsor the attendance fees and accommodation for 16 PhD students to attend LEPH2026 Conference and the Postgraduate Day in Leeds, UK this September.
🔗 Apply by 9 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT: leph2026.org/funded-places/
Postgraduate students sat around a table in discussion.
We’re delighted to offer bursaries covering the cost of delegate fees and accommodation for up to 16 PhD students to attend the LEPH2026 conference (6-9 September) and Postgraduate Day (5 September 2026).
Deadline: Monday 9 February 2026, 17:00 GMT
Read more and apply:
leph2026.org/funded-places/
Great Hall at the University of Leeds
LEPH2026 will focus on vulnerability, policing & public health.
Join us in Leeds to dive deep into evidence, practice & cross-sector collaboration.
Register now:
leph2026.org
Interested in Harm Reduction?
Join Eurasian Harm Reduction Association's WEBINAR:
Transforming drug registry in Eastern European and Central Asian countries: from repressive mechanisms to protection of patient rights
📆 28 Oct 2025, 2-4pm Vilnius/ Kyiv
🔗 More info & Registration: bit.ly/4onzyPy
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The program particularly welcomes contributions with clear equity implications, including work with Indigenous and First Nations peoples, racialised communities and those with lived experience.
Explore all the themes here: leph2026.org
12. Training and education to reimagine LEPH curricula and professional roles
13. Policing and health in secure or emergency settings, including custody and overdose response
14. The role of police in resilience and environmental justice
9. Professional wellbeing of those working in policing, health and social care
10. Communities and supportive contexts through governance, funding and legislative reform
11. Partnerships and system change to build trust and redesign services
6. Reducing harm in marginalised communities through drug policy, harm reduction and decriminalisation
7. Globalisation of LEPH, including migration, human rights and transnational cooperation
8. Connective professionalism and intersectionality in practice and community engagement
3. AI, digital technology and data in LEPH, including ethics, surveillance and predictive analytics
4. Trauma-informed approaches across policing, public health and early intervention
5. Determinants of health and criminalisation, including poverty, homelessness, LGBTQI+ issues and diversion
Key themes include:
1. Violence prevention across systemic, gender-based, online, police and youth contexts
2. Vulnerabilities in public health and law enforcement, including mental health, disability, neurodiversity and aging
We are excited to share the themes for #LEPH2026, which will focus on vulnerability in all its forms. The conference invites contributions that examine structural, situational, systemic and intersectional vulnerability, viewed through an equity lens. Key themes👇
🌟 Relive the highlights: Masterclass on Women Police and Security ! 🌟
It was an honor to bring together practitioners, scholars, and students to advance the role of women in policing and security.
Contact Dr Melissa Jardine if you are interested in collaborating with GLEPHA for #LEPH2026
Moving beyond punitive policing, this short video (by Oxon Advisory and GLEPHA) calls for a health-based, prevention-focused approach rooted in equity, inclusion, and cross-sector collaboration.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zkj...
The conference will be open to professionals from law enforcement, public health, government, academia, research and policy institutions, the commercial sector, and partner organisations.
Register your interest here: leph2026.org
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Save the date! 📣
The Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association and the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre are proud to co-host the 8th International Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference in Leeds, UK from 6–9 September 2026.
Facilitated by Melissa Jardine PhD, the session used an Appreciative Inquiry approach to explore the role of policing within the broader Women, Peace and Security agenda.
🔗 leph2025ottawa.com/women-police...
#LEPH2025 #WPS #GenderJustice #UNSCR1325 #Policing #PublicHealth
🎓 At #LEPH2025:
The Women, Police and Security Masterclass marked 25 years of UNSCR 1325 with international perspectives on progress, challenges, and lessons learned.
📍 Held at the University of Ottawa | In-person & online
🗓️ July 12
Follow along for session highlights, speaker insights, and daily updates.
🔗 leph2025ottawa.com/program-summary
#LEPH2025 #PublicHealth #LawEnforcement #CommunitySafety
📢 Just 1 day to go.
#LEPH2025 starts tomorrow in Ottawa. From 13–16 July, the conference will cover public health, policing, harm reduction, community safety, and more - through research, practice, and policy perspectives.
🗓️ July 13–16
📍 Ottawa, Canada
Last chances to secure tickets! Deadline to register: 8 July
This event (accessible ONSITE and ONLINE) will explore critical issues in gender equality, gender-based violence, and the vital roles women play in policing and security worldwide.
Join us: leph2025ottawa.com/women-police...
Abstract submissions open: 1 September – 30 November 2025
Early-bird registration closes: 30 April 2026
For more details, visit: www.wcph.org
Jointly organised by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) and the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA), the Congress will bring together global health leaders to explore unified, cross-sector responses to today’s most urgent health challenges.
