Alice Ievins

Louise, this is a massive achievement, and I’m sure the complexity and originality will do what it needs to do. I for one can’t wait to read it, and thank you for writing it. It’s important!

Almost there…there's no one I find more unrelatable than people who say things like “I cannot wait to see my book published!!”. The prospect of publishing is always one of the most nerve wracking feelings. Even as a selfconfessed publishing scaredy-cat, this does feel scarier than most...1

Given that people is asking me for the numbers, here the table provided by UKRI:

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

I wrote about the Manchester synagogue attack and attempts to blame Gaza protests
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"We should be more like Singapore"

"But far more 18 years old go to university there"

"Not like that"

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

Postcolonial Policing with Dr Zoha Waseem

Ep 1️⃣ of Series 2️⃣ of Justice Focus ✴️ Postcolonial Policing
How do histories of empire shape everyday realities of policing today?
I chat to Dr. Zoha Waseem @warwickuni.bsky.social about her research on policing, security, & urban violence in Pakistan.
PLEASE SHARE!
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Foreigners underrepresented among prisoners in England and Wales, report finds Analysis finds lower proportion of foreign inmates than would be expected if they were jailed at same rate as UK citizens of same age

Foreign nationals are underrepresented as a proportion of prisoners jailed in England and Wales when compared with rates of incarceration among British citizens of similar age, an analysis of government data has found

The Centre for People's Justice, based at @livunilawsj.bsky.social, is determined to put your priorities at the heart of their research. That's why they're following the progress of the new 'Hillsborough Law' from bill to enactment, and sharing the process as it happens.
#HillsboroughLaw

She’s so perfect. I’m thinking of you all xx

The moral and ethical worlds of coercive confinement: A prologue - Alice Ievins, Ryan Williams, 2025 ‘Morality’ and ‘ethics’ are terms which are peppered throughout political and academic discourse on coercive confinement, but which feature such diverse ways th...

If you want to wet your whistle, the introduction to the @incarceration issue is here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The moral and ethical worlds of coercive confinement: A prologue - Alice Ievins, Ryan Williams, 2025 ‘Morality’ and ‘ethics’ are terms which are peppered throughout political and academic discourse on coercive confinement, but which feature such diverse ways th...

The issue features a wide range of international contributions from confining institutions including prisons, nursing homes and post-release settings in England & Wales, Switzerland, the USA, Norway, Nicaragua and India.

Is it possible to live a good life in confinement? How do 'official' moral discourses shape what prison makes morally possible, inside and outside?

Join us on 17th Oct as we launch a special issue of Incarceration discussing these questions and more

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Signed.

I won't be able to make it as I'll be teaching, but this looks fantastic!

Justice beyond Criminal Justice A one-day symposium hosted by the University of Bath

1 Day Event @uniofbath.bsky.social: "Justice Beyond Criminal Justice"
Are you working on justice thinking or processes that sit outside the formal criminal justice system? If so, come & present your ideas Wed 29th Oct *Please share widely*

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-be...

What we’ve learned in ten years about county lines drug dealing The practice is becoming more localised, with fewer lines running between police forces

How has 'county lines' drug dealing evolved over recent years? @jennalcarr.bsky.social from the Dept of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology explores the changing tactics.

Yes - very long time, no see!

You're one step ahead of me David - I'm writing a paper for the same conference and have lots of ideas, but currently 0 words. I am, however, currently re-reading your 2018 Proximity, Pain and State Punishment paper, and finding it very useful, so thank you!

This letter is already at over 1000 signatures, showing the level of support in UK academia for these students - and hopefully increasing pressure on the Home Office and FCDO. Still open to sign.

Looks great Daria, really looking forward to reading it!

What a lovely way to start the week: 🚨 New publication alert! 🚨

My article about the lives of life-sentenced women in the community after release from prison is now available #OpenAccess in Theoretical Criminology: doi.org/10.1177/1362...

Key points:

If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Tech start-up aiming to ‘end rape’ spoke at far-right rally Ambassador of anti-rape company Enough took to stage after Tommy Robinson ally who called for ‘re-migration’

🔴NEW🔴 and exclusive...Part 2 of our investigation into anti-rape organisation Enough

Enough ambassador and "recovery coach" spoke at a far right rally along with Tommy Robinson supporters who called for "re-migration" and an end to "Islamic supremacy"

www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-en...

Hey #Criminology
If anyone is doing anything on #DigitalPermanance and #CriminalRecords this call may be of interest

(deadline is tomorrow for submission of abstracts)

@nicolacollett.bsky.social of interest??

Big employability has convinced a generation of decision makers/students that there’s a series of bitesize specific #lifehacks inherent in degree level study that they’ve added. But it’s always been about the journey of gaining competence/mastery of a subject and the things you develop along the way

Enough: Start-up targeting rape survivors at UK universities Launching in Bristol, Enough vowed to be the ‘breathalyser of rape’. But can fem tech really ‘deter’ sexual violence?

🔴NEW🔴 Back in February, an expert in sexual violence got in touch with me concerned about a start-up promising to "end rape" on campus.

What's the problem? Who doesn't want to end rape?

I started to investigate. Here's what I found

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There must be a reason, but I would love to be able to read reviews from previous tenants. Always feels odd I can read the views of thousands of people before I decide what restaurant to eat at, but I have to just hope for the best before I decide who to give more than £1000 a month to

*Another* heatwave arrives this week and it could be the most intense yet. But prisons are ill-prepared to protect prisoners & staff from environmental harm.

✍️ A new paper examines indoor environmental conditions across multiple prisons

❌ It’s not good.

www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/stale-and-st...