Excited to say that our MSc in #Criminology and Social Policy has a new start date of September 2026.

Want to come learn from dynamic researchers in a supportive and inclusive space? Find out more here:

www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

Our first online seminar of the year is a week TODAY

Dr Carly Guest will be presenting her and Rachel Seoighe's paper:

The Return to Holloway: Ghosts and Hauntings in the Power Play Documentary HOLLWAY

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-return...

Our cluster crew are out in force today enjoying this fascinating workshop, complete with brilliant paper by our own @bethweaver.bsky.social

Great to see a shout out to our own @bethweaver.bsky.social and Fern Gillon in this too!

*Recommended Reading Alert* for all academics (not just #criminologists) gearing up for conference season

Brill blog by @danicadarley.bsky.social Brittany Jackson and Holly Whyte on their experience of attending the BSC 2024 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social as non-academics

thebscblog.wordpress.com

The day has arrived! So excited to link up our @thesccjr.bsky.social PGRs with University of Cincinnati.

We can take no credit for the title, but we love it #scotcinnati

Exciting meeting yesterday planning our 2025-26 seminar programme.....

And kicking off Season 4 Gemma Flynn talks about her latest #criminology zine - ‘Slime: The State of Georgia v. Young Thug, The art of evidence in the war on gangs’ as she unpacks art as evidence in this extraordinary case:

www.sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/youn...

Sticking with the themes of #prison and connection, @cara-j-says.bsky.social talks about how #prison impacts upon families and the harms this creates:

www.sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/fami...

You can also tune in to hear @louisebrangan.bsky.social discuss her award winning work on the limits of Scottish penal exceptionalism:

www.sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/exce...

Fab away day with @thesccjr.bsky.social last week - here's a look back at some of our previous collaborations

First up - #criminology podcasts!

Listen to Laura Piacentini reflect on how poetry, pickled herring & vodka build connections in Russian #prisons

www.sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/conn...

It was great to catch up with the Portsmouth #BSC2025 team last week - brings back memories of a brill BSC2024 here at Strathclyde!

New academic year also means our new cohort of MSc Criminology and Social Policy have arrived on campus - we had a fab round of first classes last week!

Call for Papers: For Mid- and Early-Career Academics

A two day Punishment and Society Symposium hosted by @thesccjr.bsky.social in Glasgow, 27-28 August 2025.

For details and event organisers, see the image 👇

🔗Abstract submission form:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#Criminology #CrimSky

New (academic) year, new social media profile - looking forward to connecting with everyone here!