We are excited about our second keynote speech by Ian Acheson Ian Acheson 🇬🇧🇮🇪 his new book, *Screwed: Britain’s Prison Crisis and How to Escape It*. #CCJP2024 Bham Business School

It was a pleasure to present on being prepared for emotionally demanding research at the Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing #CCJP2024 conference. My talk was based on a nature Communications Psychology paper I co-authored with colleagues with practical advice for researchers and managers: nature.com/articles/s4427…

RCTs are rare in the criminal justice context, especially in the UK, although there has been a push from public sector to make more use of them. Interesting talk in Panel 3 on RCTs in Social Sciences. #CCJP2024 Sid Bandyopadhyay Youth Endowment Fund IGI Birmingham

There is a lack of evidence in the UK on what diversion programmes work best for children and young people (CYP) at risk of involvement in violence. In Panel 4, Emily Evans and her colleagues discuss Youth Diversion from Violence. #CCJP2024 Sid Bandyopadhyay IGI Birmingham Professor Joht Singh Chandan

Day 2 kicks off with Panel 6 on “AI-enabled Decision-Support Tools for Linking Crimes.” Amazing talks by the speakers. #CCJP2024 IGI Birmingham

We have Paul Taylor , the Police Chief Scientific Adviser, delivering the excellent keynote speech for Day 2, discussing “The E, O, and U of AI in Policing.” #CCJP2024 IGI Birmingham Bham Business School Sid Bandyopadhyay

Amazing talks by the speakers of Panel 7 on "Introducing the Behavioral Analysis of Climate and Security Network: Bold New Research on Climate's Human Consequences." #CCJP2024 Heather Flowe James Rockey

Amazing Q&A by our director Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay Sid Bandyopadhyay with Pia Sinha, CEO of the Prison Reform Trust, and insightful comments from David Lloyd, former Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire. #CCJP2024 IGI Birmingham Bham Business School

Ending the week on a high note with our paper out in EER (tinyurl.com/yjpuuj9d) People follow random and social recommendations similarly. Three experiments reveal why. Collaboration with Dr Rebecca McDonald and Dr Danae Arroyos-Calvera Bham Economics. Thanks Eugen Dimant and other SI Editors!

🧵 to unpack the UK #GeneralElections2024 Results #UKElection2024 #GE2024 1/ Keir Starmer is neck to neck with Tony Blair 1997 victory making it a historic win for #LabourParty. However, in terms of vote shares #GE2024 ranks below average as compared to past 100 years.

How can universities use GenAI? Dr Kamilya Suleymenova & Dr Mary Dawood from Bham Business School discuss the need to support students in understanding how to use GenAI effectively and critically: blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciences…

£9.7 million to tackle regional disparities across the UK ukri.org/news/9-7-milli… Delighted to announce that team Co-Stars research project were awarded a share of this funding to address disparities in access to mental health services for marginalised black youth. The Institute for Mental Health (IMH) UK Research and Innovation 🧵

Team Co-Stars Gerald Jordan, PhD Niyah Campbell Sid Bandyopadhyay Megan Pope Milan Antonović Luke Brown Katarzyna Karolina Machaczek

You can find out more about our project here: co-stars.co.uk

With 40 bills announced in the #KingsSpeech, the legislative process begins. Our social scientists outline practical recommendations on how Labour could shape their policy making: blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciences… Department of Health and Social Care Department for Education Home Office Department for Business and Trade Ministry of Justice

We're about to advertise two Research Associate posts to work with me and Dr. Dean J. Wilkinson on the evaluation of the West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (2 x 0.4 contracts - 1 quant/1 qual - September to March 25). Good opportunity for current PhD students

Looking forward to moderating a discussion on 'Is it a crime to be poor?' hosted as part of the British Science Festival on September 13th (British Science Festival ), register on britishsciencefestival.org/event/is-it-a-… to listen to our distinguished panellists Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing

Delighted to be at the British Science Festival to hear Professor Stephanie von Hinke talking about nature vs nurture for the economics presidential address

Delighted to chair this fascinating discussion and hear insights from Martine Lignon Richard Garside and Pia Sinha from Prison Reform Trust , to learn more about the work being done visit crimetobepoor.org Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing , thanks to British Science Festival

Was a privilege to hear this fascinating talk by Stephanie from University of Bristol #BSF24 who gave the Presidential address for the Economics section