Projects (29)

Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response and Contact Technologies in Policing Sep 1, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
INTERACT (Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response and Contact Technologies in Policing) is a wide-ranging study of the use of technology in interactions between the police and public. It explores recent shifts towards technologically-mediated... Read More about Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response and Contact Technologies in Policing.

Embedding Public Health Approaches to the policing of alcohol in Kenya Aug 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2025
Heavy handed law enforcement approaches that have historically been deployed by the Kenyan government to regulate alcohol consumption seem to have failed. It is estimated that 12.5% of Kenyans aged 15-65, especially young men, currently use alcohol,... Read More about Embedding Public Health Approaches to the policing of alcohol in Kenya.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial. Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
This study (award: £2,497,467.37) is funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment, and is being delivered in partnership with The Salvation Army, the University of Aberdeen, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, the University... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial..

Mapping Capacities for a Community Policing of Cybercrime and Digital Harm Sep 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
Research exploring cybercrime policing has tended to focus on specialist policing units on the one hand (Harkin, Whelan and Change, 2018), and on the inherent limits of public policing organisations on the other; multi jurisdictional, insufficient tr... Read More about Mapping Capacities for a Community Policing of Cybercrime and Digital Harm.

Exploring Barriers Faced By Social Enterprises in Scotland Sep 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
This project is a follow up activity from the initial research conducted by the Social Value Lab (2023), commissioned by the Social Enterprise Scotland. This research project seeks to identify and analyses the primary barriers that impede the growth... Read More about Exploring Barriers Faced By Social Enterprises in Scotland.

Gender Equality Partnership project with UHAS (Ghana) Feb 1, 2025 - Jan 31, 2026
Reducing gender segregation in STEM subjects in Ghana through high school based intervention

A Qualitative exploration of Scottish-Pakistanis experiences of policing. Oct 1, 2020 - Apr 30, 2024
In providing an understanding of the experiences of Scottish Pakistanis, findings will be of significant benefit to policy makers and practitioners, and will assist policing organisations in Scotland to improve their engagement with minorities. This... Read More about A Qualitative exploration of Scottish-Pakistanis experiences of policing..

RESIST - Fostering Queer-Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
Anti-gender politics pose a grave threat to modern democratic formations because they challenge people's everyday survival, bodily integrity, and self-determination. Anti-gender spans the political spectrum and manifests not only in illiberal and aut... Read More about RESIST - Fostering Queer-Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics.

Modern Studies Project Knowledge Exchange 2024-2025 Oct 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025
This Knowledge Exchange project is funded by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice research (the SCCJR). Our team comprises Iga Gumulinska (ENU), Dr Estelle Clayton (ENU), Karyn Mabon (University of Glasgow). Proposed KE activity: to develop an a... Read More about Modern Studies Project Knowledge Exchange 2024-2025.

Optimal Policies in ICT Standardization Jul 1, 2025 - Jun 30, 2026
The research project, titled 'Optimal Policies in ICT Standardization' (OPICTS), aims at strengthening the intellectual property (IP) policies to be implemented in the context of standard development organizations (SDOs), and further explores the IP... Read More about Optimal Policies in ICT Standardization.

DEFINE project: Identifying best practice and learning opportunities for Neurodiversity support in Police Scotland. Nov 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2025

The aims of this project are to identify best practices, primary and secondary benefits, and learning outcomes from the DEFINE pilot in Police Scotland. In recognition of the need for policing to ensure wellbeing support for neurodiverse staff and... Read More about DEFINE project: Identifying best practice and learning opportunities for Neurodiversity support in Police Scotland..

COST Action Participant: CA23149 Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries Feb 1, 2025 - Jul 31, 2028
In the era of globalization after the 1990s, the states of Eastern Europe (EE) as well as the close European neighbours in the Near and Middle East (NME) underwent significant social changes and political developments, especially with regard to democ... Read More about COST Action Participant: CA23149 Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries.

Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online (3PO) Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
3PO will build an understanding of public-facing professionals -specific risks, harms and privacy needs; co-create advanced tools, mechanisms and solutions that are cognisant of PFP-specific challenges empowering secure participation online; re-confi... Read More about Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online (3PO).

Modern Studies teaching development work Feb 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
This Knowledge Exchange project was funded by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice research (the SCCJR). Our team comprised Dr Rebecca Foster (ENU, project lead), Dr Estelle Clayton (ENU), Karyn Mabon (University of Glasgow), Dr Katrina Morrison... Read More about Modern Studies teaching development work.

Photosynethics: Responsibility, Sustainability and Plant Work in Professional Kitchens Apr 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Photosynethics: Responsibility, Sustainability and Plant Work in Professional Kitchens

Policing a Crisis: A narrative account of pandemic policing, technological opportunities and ethical challenges Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2025
This PhD Studentship will employ narrative inquiry to map the technological opportunities and ethical challenges faced by Police Scotland when responding to the Pandemic. By inviting frontline officers, managers, and police staff to tell their story... Read More about Policing a Crisis: A narrative account of pandemic policing, technological opportunities and ethical challenges.

Police Stops COST project Sep 19, 2018 - Sep 18, 2022
Stop and search (S&S) is a worldwide practice carried out by the police which enables police officers to stop a person, prevent him or her from pursuing his or her passage (Bowling & Philips, 2007; Bowling & Weber, 2011) and if necessary, proceed wit... Read More about Police Stops COST project.

On the Margins - Collaborative Research Network Aug 31, 2023 - Aug 30, 2025
“On the Margins” is a Collaborative Research Network that will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners involved or interested in collaborative research, participatory methods and knowledge co-production, with specific focus on margina... Read More about On the Margins - Collaborative Research Network.

Expert reviews to support Scotlands response to, and recovery from, Covid-19 Mar 23, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
Project Aims
i)To review evidence from Scotland and beyond on experiences of covid19 in prisons and identify transferable learning to inform Scotland’s Covid Recovery Strategy.
ii)To focus on innovations in prison policy and practice that may prove... Read More about Expert reviews to support Scotlands response to, and recovery from, Covid-19.

Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice Nov 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice (RJ)
1. To consider and draw together a schema of the risks involved to facilitators and individual participants in RJ in individual cases, including both face-to-face and indirect RJ (mediation and confere... Read More about Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice.