Delighted to host Kojo Koram yesterday at the first of our School of Law and Social Science lecture series. Students (and staff!) captivated by Kojo’s systematic critical analysis of drugs, international law and the global colour line.

FAO: Liberal drug researchers/PhDs: 16 month post available at Royal Holloway Law and Criminology covering my maternity. Happy to answer any questions on teaching/research and department! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

A much needed addition to the literature!:

New Pharmacosexuality pub from our team historian @benmechen 👏🏽:

So if you came to the country as a child and sold class A drugs you could be deported by the person you sold them to, who also came to the country as a child. Seems fair. theguardian.com/politics/2008/…

Momentary return to Twitter (from maternity!) to shout about our new Pharmacosexuality paper 'Reimagining sex, drugs and enhancement' in International Journal of Drug Policy (OA). Researched and written with the brilliant Alex Dymock @AlexAldridge__ and @benmechen. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Pleased to confirm ESRC funding for our project ⁦with ⁦HMI Prisons⁩ to use their 20 years prisoner survey data and open it to other researchers. A treasure trove. More info soon. ⁦Royal Holloway Law and Criminology⁩ ⁦RH Research⁩ ⁦Prof Rosie Meek⁩ royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-t…

Great discussion just now with 80 SW practitioners about cuckooing. Contribs from me on cuckooing & SGA policy/SARs, Anna Gupta on transitional sg, Leah Moyle on criminological research & 3 practitioners Rachel from TowerHamlets and Dede and Cally from Barking&Dag’ham RHUL Social Work

University staff are hit by precarious contracts, deteriorating working conditions, gender and racial pay gaps, and pensions cuts. There, I fixed it for you, The Guardian. You’re welcome.

WHY WE STRIKE Vice-chancellors are running universities into the ground👇 It’s bad for us, it’s bad for students, and it’s devastating for the future of higher education Watch, share, join us on the picket line #ucuRISING

Thanks to Ministry of Justice Universitat de Barcelona Centre for Justice Innovation David Sidwick @CllrEllieking Dr Jo Easton Leah Moyle Spark2Life Mountford Chambers Jack Campbell Tracey Justin Russell User Voice Steve Johnson-Proctor Helen dyson University of York & attendees for joining us! Future events: bit.ly/3eEsuLr

On Friday, bursting with pride, I watched this incredible human @alexcxaldridge pass her Viva with NO corrections. Thanks again to @angusbancroft and Jamie Hakim for such a wonderful Viva experience. Congratulations Dr Aldridge 💜🍾

Fancy a (free to attend) conference by the sea? Call for Papers now open for 'States and Spaces of Liminality'. plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/state…… The conference is organised as part of the Culture and Heritage Exchange and British Society of Criminology South West Branch activities.

📌 Call for applications to join the Editorial Board for Methodological Innovations (deadline 31st July). Applications from ECRs and international scholars welcomed! Methodological Innovations: Sage Journals journals.sagepub.com/home/mio

Happening right now, at a sewage overflow near you.

BOOK CHAPTER | This chapter considers how mid-range (in-between ‘cryptomarkets’ & ‘texting’) virtual spaces are being utilised for drug supply & the extent to which this is ‘just more of the same’ or provides new structures & experiences > emerald.com/insight/conten… #researchpaper

I'm happy and excited to announce that our open access book Digital Transformations of Illicit Drug Markets: Reconfiguration and Continuity has been published. Thanks to all our contributors, FWF - Research Policy and Emerald Books for making this possible emerald.com/insight/public…