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We are also recruiting a Lecturer in Substance Use to join the team University of Stirling FoSS. It's a teaching and scholarship role, open ended, starting January 2024. stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-…

Wonderful to see our colleague Dr Richard Kjellgren University of Stirling will be a speaker at Scottish International #Policing Conference SIPR, discussing "Dark Spaces of Precarity”: Online Networks and Internet-mediated Exploitation in the UK’s Off-Street Sex Markets' eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-int…

We're recruiting for two new Research Assistants at #RMAScot with experience in quantitative or qualitative research 📍 Hybrid 💼 Full-time, permanent 💰 £32,647 - £35,773 Info: rma.scot/vacancy-resear… HWU Careers and Graduate Futures University of Strathclyde Careers Service UofStA Careers Centre QMU Careers and Jobs Abertay University Careers Service

📣New job post! Interested in peer support for people experiencing problem substance use & homelessness? We're looking for a part-time experienced Research Administrator to join us on the SHARPS2 study. Closing date 10th Dec. All details below 👇 stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-…

Criminologists sought for knowledge production research scottishlegal.com/articles/crimi…

We have created a briefing, featuring a fantastic painting by the talented Linda McGowan) which summarises our full study: crew.scot/wp-content/upl…. You can also check out the online hub which features all publications, and sign up for the newsletter: crew.scot/the-scottish-d…

Are you looking for PhD opportunities and interested in AI? Our competition is now open

SCCJR colleagues ran a Scottish Crime Data Hackathon pilot which produced three key projects. Read more below. sccjr.ac.uk/project/sccjr-… Thank you to Ben Matthews, Vicky Gorton, Ben Collier susan mcvie Richard Kjellgren & Dr Catriona Connell for organising.

New Policing the Pandemic in Scotland paper just published in the British Journal of Criminology. Explores the history of police Fixed Penalties in the UK and their use during the pandemic, including impact, inequity and #inequality. Dr Kath Murray Ben Matthews doi.org/10.1093/bjc/az…

New paper in Criminology and Criminal Justice Journal "The geographies and complexities of online networks in the off-street sex market", where I'm combining web scraping, SNA and PCA to better understand the diversity and geographical patterning of online networks journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

📃🚨 New publication: Dr Richard Kjellgren analyses the #geography and complexity of online networks in the off street sex market, with insights and implications for #policing human trafficking and identifying organised crime. SCCJR SIPR #Criminology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

New article 📝: The role of helplines in the anti-trafficking space. Using a major dataset from the UK’s Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline , we analyse patterns in helpline referrals and consider the complex systems involved. With Dr Lisa Tompson (lisatompson.bsky.social) 1/4

We're speaking at the International Network for Social Network Analysis conference next week. We'd 🩷 to see you! tinyurl.com/2xuv43yj #sunbelt2024 #edinburghsunbelt #scottishsunbelt #insna #socialnetworks #socialnetworkanalysis @sacasr Dave Griffiths Jessica Greenhalgh

Still accepting applications!

Great talk from Dr Catriona Connell on help-seeking around mental health and/or substance use for justice-involved people in Scotland #sunbelt2024

Great to see BBC Scotland News covering our University of Stirling research on the importance of time in nature for mental health and substance use support. Thanks to Gerry for sharing his story and Yvonne for showing the work at Eva Burrows The Salvation Army SACASR Stirling #alcohol #drugs #nature

This is tomorrow folks!!

Good to see University of Stirling research on #biometrics, #AI & #surveillance technologies in #policing mentioned in this article 👇 Researchers include Niall Hamilton-Smith Dr. Diana Miranda. SIPR Police Scotland 'investigating use of live facial recognition' heraldscotland.com/news/24604277.…

Nice to present our poster on the EbyE group for SHARPS with Wez at #ICTMC2024 yesterday and catch up with ACE (formerly HSRU) colleagues ☺️ SACASR Stirling National Institute for Health and Care Research

For all the hype around the “technology-trafficking nexus”, the realities are much messier. New editorial for our series about the intersections of tech and sexual violence, centred around neglected voices of lived experience. From me, Cameron Thibos & Sabra Boyd for Beyond Slavery