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Assistant/Associate Professor in Sociology (SOCI22-3)

Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the field of Criminology (Violence and Abuse)  with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University.   The University provides a working and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with …

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Delivering Justice for Victims

  Delivering justice for victims: A consultation on improving victims’ experiences of the justice system Page summary:This consultation seeks to understand how victims can be better supported through and beyond the criminal justice process across England and Wales.  Change made:First published. Time updated:10:13am, 9 December 2021

3 Postdoctoral fellow positions @ Centre for Biomed, Self and Society, University of Edinburgh

We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/biomedicine-self-society), University of Edinburgh, is looking to employ three interdisciplinary postdoctoral research fellows to undertake a two-year research project and to contribute to the Centre’s scholarly and engagement activities.  The post-holders will develop an interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with two of the Centre’s …

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Survey Participants needed

Safe in public: understanding how sexual harassment affects people’s use of public space   The Centre for Abuse Research (CARe), based in the Institute for Social Justice & Crime at the University of Suffolk, is conducting a survey to learn more about UK people’s experiences of sexual harassment in public spaces, how people think we should talk about these …

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Research Participants Needed

Dear VAWGRN,  I am a PHD student at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CAWSU), London Metropolitan University. As a member of the Nigerian community I am concerned about the experiences of Nigerian women experiencing intimate partner violence and abuse. I would like to speak with victim-survivors and representatives of non-governmental organisation to have …

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fully-funded PhD studentship 1 October 2022 – Open University

The Open University is advertising a fully-funded PhD studentship beginning 1 October 2022. The student will have the opportunity to define their own project in the broad area of gender, sexuality and legal history (including recent legal history). They will be supervised by Dr Caroline Derry and Dr Andrew Gilbert, Open University Law School. (Applications …

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