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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to be running this Festival of Social Science event in Glasgow, on November 7th. If you are interested in LGBTQ+ equalities work or want to come along and learn more, sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-ba...

Looking Back, Looking Forward: LGBTQ+ Equalities

Let's look back, and look forward together

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Fiona Dyer @fionadyer.bsky.social · 22d

Come and work with us 👇👇

CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · 23d

📣 Research Associate role now open for recruitment at CYCJ!

If you're experienced in researching issues for children and young people/Scottish youth justice system - we want to hear from you.

Learn more and apply at our website:
buff.ly/luttoZD

#Recruitment #ResearchJob #YouthJustice

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Sep 10

My review of Transgender and Non-Binary Prisoners’ Experiences in England and Wales by Olga Suhomlinova and Saoirse Caitlin O’Shea is out! This is a fantastic book and a must-read if you’re interested in issues of gender and imprisonment.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jul 22

A wonderful sunny graduation last week in Bath ✨

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Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social · Jul 20

My PhD thesis - Memory and Museum Community Engagement - is available online!

The work sits in the intersection(s) of museum studies, memory studies and sociology and it explores memory (work) in three Scottish museum community engagement projects:

eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.50...

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm going to be sharing some prior work and thinking about what lessons we can take into the YJ space. How does structural harm impact LGBTQ+ youth in conflict with the law? How might we create safer spaces for LGBTQ+ youth in secure care or YOI's? What kind of care systems do we need instead?

CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · Jul 9

We’ve got two new webinars available to book now!

Places at our webinars are free of charge, and delivered on MS Teams so we can reach practitioners across the country who might find these topics helpful. Please share with your networks - you can book your places here:

buff.ly/JoTOHqQ

image of a laptop with text and headshots of two people who are delivering webinars for CYCJ. Text on the image reads: CYCJ webinar: LGBTQ+ informed care and treatment in women's prisons: tentative lessons for youth justice and CYCJ webinar: adjusting the volume: reflecting autistic young peoples experiences of secure care. White text on a purple background above and below the image of the laptop reads: upcoming webinars from CYCJ Autumn 2025 book via ticket tailor.

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jul 9

My full and final PhD thesis can now be accessed online. This is an alt format thesis that explores safety in queer spaces, LGBTQ+ experiences in women's prisons and the concept of 'queering' the prison
researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentTh...

The Imaginary Queer Prison: The Possibilities and Limitations of ‘Queering’ the Prison

researchportal.bath.ac.uk

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Marianiki Vlachou @marianiki-vlachou.bsky.social · Jun 11

Delighted to have everyone here for the @cycjscotland.bsky.social National Youth Justice Conference 2025 at the University of Stirling. Exciting days ahead 🌟 #YJConf25

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CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣 Our evaluation of the Scottish Child Interview Model for Joint Investigative Interviewing is out now.

Our research recognises the value of the Scottish Child Interview Model and we set out a series of recommendations for how it can be strengthened.

Read the report here 👉https://buff.ly/jzpnjAt

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jun 3

I wrote a wee blog post reflecting on the Spring into Methods Feminist Methodologies ECR panel, you can read it here:

www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/e...

Reflections From the Feminist Methodologies Early Career Researcher Panel | University of Strathclyde

www.strath.ac.uk

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CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you to everyone who listened to the Men Minds team sharing their reflections of conducting peer research into young men's mental health at Stories of Strathclyde.

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Yvette Taylor @yvettetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 22

Exhibiting Queer Social Justice is looking for FOUR people to produce creative outputs to represent the qualitative data gathered in the Queer Social Justice project (based on 60 interviews with LGBTQ+ people). Outputs will be displayed during LGBTQ+ History Month 2026!

Poster image of call for artist participants for the ´Exhibiting Queer Social Justice ´ project.

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Mar 14

The workshop will take place across the 29th and 30th April 2025. The deadline for students to apply is 𝟑𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟒𝐩𝐦.

To apply, visit the website below:
www.sgsss.ac.uk/training/spr...

Spring into Methods 2025 - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Spring into Methods Download Application Guidance Click Here to Apply The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science, in partnership with the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, announces ...

www.sgsss.ac.uk

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Mar 14

In this workshop, participants can expect to encounter hands-on learning about researcher positionality, the politics of feminist knowledge, intersectionality, decoloniality, power relationships, participatory methods, feminist writing and more!

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Mar 14

I'm going to be joining colleagues from the Universities of Edinburgh, Stirling, Strathclyde and Queen Margaret University to run a workshop exploring feminist research methodologies! The workshop is for everyone with an interest in the practice, processes, and potential of feminist research methods

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Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social · Feb 7

🆕 Young people who are care & justice experienced can now get a special support package

How to refer a young person 👇 @cycjscotland.bsky.social
bit.ly/4fLNTk2

We worked with care experienced young people to put together a page of helpful resources 👇
bit.ly/4gFR0LF

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Birthday Joe! I hope you have something nice planned after your teaching🎉

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 20

We are exploring justice inequalities and would love to hear your insights 🗣️

Take our short 10 minute survey on justice inequalities to help us understand these issues.

www.challengejustice.org/whatsnew

What's New — Challenging Justice Inequalities

www.challengejustice.org

Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 20

🌟 Are you working with young people in conflict with the law in Scotland? 🌟

Whether you are a teacher, a social worker, a police officer, court staff, residential worker, support worker or part of the third sector - your opinion matters.

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 14

Amazing news! Well done🎉

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 8

oh nooo, sorry to hear this Aurelien!!

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CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · Jan 8

Please share with your networks and be sure to make contact soon if you're interested, the advisory group will be starting in the near future: [email protected] 👇👇

Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Jan 7

I am looking for justice-experienced young people to join the Challenging Justice Inequalities Project.

✅aged 14-17
✅paid opportunity
✅able to travel to Glasgow once or twice a month (evenings/weekends)
✅no specific skills needed

Please share with any young people or organisations you know.

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 7

you can head over to our website to find out more about the project and please do connect, reach out, DM if you have any questions. Challengejustice.org

Challenging Justice Inequalities

Challengejustice.org

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 7

To do this, we are setting up a Youth Advisory Group who will help us plan and carry out this work. The group will meet twice a month - for approx. 9 months - in Glasgow. Of course, the group will be appropriately reimbursed financially and through other means (certificates, new skills)

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Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social · Jan 7

I haven't posted much on here yet, but looking to connect with youth workers, practitioners, social workers, teachers etc for the project I'm working on at the moment - Challenging Justice Inequalities. We are looking to co-produce a research project with 14-17 year olds about justice inequalities.

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