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Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social · 6d

Want to present at the 2026 Leeds Disability Studies Conference?

✅ Submissions are open for papers that engage with, challenge or provoke the principles & practice of Disability Studies - within or beyond the discipline.

‼️Abstract deadline: 12 Nov.

More info: https://ow.ly/OQ8Q50X5yKR

#CDS26

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 2h

🎉New blog alert! Our @drmitchtravis.bsky.social has co-written an accessible blog with Fae Garland in Feminists@law discussing the problems of biological sex in the FWS judgment. Check it out 👇

Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · 5h

New blog from Fae Garland and I in Feminists@law where we discuss the problems of biological sex in the recent FWS judgment

journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/fe...

It’s quite accessible and I’ll be using it as a resource with my students.

View of Sex is complicated

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 23h

We are delighted to announce the formation of the Technology, Governance and IP Law Group, which provides a central point for the School's outstanding research and teaching in Intellectual Property and Cyber Law, and areas related to information and emerging technologies.
👇
tinyurl.com/utcernk8

Blue background with technological wires and lines radiating out from a globe. #News flare.
Text reads: 'A vital new School of Law
research group has been founded to advance research on
technology, governance and IP law.'

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 23h

This promises to be an excellent and insightful webinar with our @dralimalik.bsky.social and Dr Anna Matczak. 👇

Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for our upcoming webinar “Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience”, which will explore findings from @dralimalik.bsky.social's (@lawatleeds.bsky.social) and Dr Anna Matczak's (THUAS) projects.

📅 13 November
🕛 12pm-1pm
📍 Online

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...

Webinar: Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience

This webinar will examine projects about how police and partner agencies are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to climate change.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 6d

⌛️ Less than 2 weeks to apply for the position of @vp-centre.bsky.social Research Fellow.

The role is full-time and fixed-term until 30 April 2027.

Salary: £41,064-£48,822
Based at: @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Deadline: 13 October 2025

Read more and apply 👇

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow, Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

Are you an ambitious, impact-focussed researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in policing and vulnerable groups, the interactions between them and other service pro...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 1d

📣School of Law academic in the news!
Our @echrhawk.bsky.social was interviewed on BBC News following Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that the Conservative Party intends to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights.

Read more of his thoughts on this issue below👇
tinyurl.com/68s7n933

Spoke to Damian Grammaticas on BBC News about the Conservative's policy plans to leave the ECHR. Didn't have a great deal of time to speak, so can give a more detailed response to Badenoch&#39...

Spoke to Damian Grammaticas on BBC News about the Conservative's policy plans to leave the ECHR. Didn't have a great deal of time to speak, so can give a more detailed response to Badenoch's speech he...

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 2d

🎉The School of Law is thrilled to welcome four new members of staff!

Meet them below!👇
tinyurl.com/yc86tsnv

@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #Academia #Criminology #Law

Background of Liberty Building at sunset. #News flare. Text reads: The School of Law welcomes four new staff members!
Then images of each person in a bubble. Clockwise: Drs Barlow, Nigro, Aslan, Ren.

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 3d

If there are no hiccups, I really look forward to spending part of my sabbatical next year as a Barbara Huber Senior Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, working with Ralf Poscher and other amazing colleagues in legal philosophy and public law.

Screenshot of webpage https://csl.mpg.de/en/barbara-huber-scholarship-holder

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Imogen Jones @drimogenjones.bsky.social · 8d

In my latest blog, I explore the role of postmortem examinations in delivering accurate data, supporting the bereaved, advancing public health, and serving justice. With limited resources and growing complexity, I consider whether death investigation is ‘educated guesswork’ and if that matters.

Educated Guesswork? Postmortems, Cause of Death and the Role of Law

A while ago I posted about resources and purpose. I wrote about an issue which had played on my mind for some time – the fact that there was, and remains, what I perceive to be an unwillingness to …

deadbodiesandthelaw.wordpress.com

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 7d

Vital new research by @dralimalik.bsky.social and funded by @vp-centre.bsky.social explores the role of Local Resilience Forums in preparing for and responding to the impacts of the climate crisis.
For his recommendations, check out the article below👇

tinyurl.com/3fsxdns9

@ccjsleeds.bsky.social

Photo of a flooded town. Photo of Dr Malik in a circle on top.

#News flare

Text reads: 'Dr Ali Malik undertakes vital research into climate vulnerability.

His new report explores the role of Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) in preparing for and responding to the impacts of the climate crisis.'

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 8d

Our Dr @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social has written a thoughtful and reassuring piece on pastoral care for the Association of Law Teachers' free guide to early career legal academia. Check it out below! 👇

James Greenwood-Reeves 🦇 @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 8d

I contributed a chapter on pastoral care to this guide for early career legal academia, produced by Association of Law Teachers! It's free to read and download here:

lawteacher.ac.uk/early-career...

Early Career Legal Academia: An Interactive Guide - Association of Law Teachers

Being an early career legal academic and navigating the challenges which come with modern higher education involves a complex mix of different identities and practices. Whilst no two journeys through ...

lawteacher.ac.uk

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 9d

Next year we will be hosting the 8th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health with @glepha.bsky.social.

The conference will focus on vulnerability, policing and public health.

🗓️ 6-9 September 2026
📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social, UK

Register your interest: leph2026.org

LEPH 2026

leph2026.org

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 8d

📣Our Liberty Lecture is happening tomorrow!!📣

Get your tickets 👇

University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 15d

In this year’s Liberty Lecture, Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the ECHR, will explore the role of courts in responding to climate change and ask whether the European Court of Human Rights should become ‘Europe’s environmental court’.

Don’t miss this conversation on climate and the law.

Register👇

University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Coming up!

Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, is coming to speak on climate change and human rights law at the School of Law in October!

⏰ 5-6:30pm
🗓️ 1st October
📍 School of Law, Leeds

For tickets and more 👇
tinyurl.com/3cjdvcrh

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 9d

As part of our ECR Development Fund, @dralimalik.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social led a project exploring the role of the police and Local Resilience Forums in preparing for and responding to extreme weather events.

Read more in the findings summary:

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/policing-vul...

Policing, vulnerability and community resilience in response to the climate crisis - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

This project provides insights into the role of police and Local Resilience Forums in preparing for and responding to extreme weather events.

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk

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James Greenwood-Reeves 🦇 @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 9d

Grateful for our amazing performers, our wonderful friend @charlienwrites.bsky.social who kept everything running, my colleagues @joytwemlow.bsky.social & @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social for being perfect, and @lawatleeds.bsky.social for funding the event.

Camp old time. Chuffed to bits mate. #lawsadrag

Law's a Drag @lawsadrag.bsky.social · 9d

Last night, Law's a Drag held its first ever CABARET!

We mixed lip syncs, comedy, and dance with a Q&A on the For Woman Scotland UKSC judgment, providing info about how it will affect equality law, and the lives of drag artists, and trans, nonbinary, intersex, and cis people in the UK

🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💖🎉🥰💋

James as Alice Aforethought (pink wig, highlighted facial hair, peace sign, grinning maniacally) taking a stage selfie with a packed audience at Wharf Chambers in Leeds!

Sue Pertrouper (brunette wig, trans pride coloured corset under a white gown), Rosie as Fox Populi (pink romper suit, trans pride blue and pink wig) and James as Alice Aforethought (black top and skirt, trans pride wig, bold facial hair) onstage during the Q and A on the current law on trans rights in the UK

Applause and a curtain call, as our acts clap for the audience watching. Alice Aforethought, Fox Populi, Liv Vicariously, Trash!, Hot Pot, Tommy Gunn, Jean Evans, and Sue Pertrouper on stage

While Packin Heat (Tommy Gunn and AJ 47) perform a Legally Blonde number onstage, a packed audience watches on

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 9d

Safer Parks guidance is back!
Created by our @annabarker.bsky.social and her partners, the new edition has tailored advice for different audiences, including park managers, local authorities, and Designing Out Crime Officers.
Read more about its contents and impact 👇
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4x9snzyt

Secured by Design - Making parks a place of safety for everyone: New guidance paves the way for women and girls

SBD News Category Blog

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 10d

💥 Today is the day 💥

🎉 Join us at our Leeds Institute for Societal Futures launch event - we want to know what YOU think are the biggest challenges to address in our 4 challenge areas.

🕒 3–5pm | 📍Great Hall, University of Leeds

🎫 Register bit.ly/46dcU54

@universityofleeds.bsky.social

A crowd of people at a demonstration, a child on someone's shoulders is holding up a display board with scribbles on - text says University of Leeds and Leeds Institute for Societal Futures

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 13d

🎉New publication alert!
Our @whiterxbbit.bsky.social @lsjleeds.bsky.social has the chapter: '"Abortion is healthcare": the promise and pitfalls of framing abortion under the right to health' in a new Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health with Edward Elgar. Check it out👇

Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 13d

I have a chapter on abortion and the right to health in this new Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health, edited by the wonderful Elizabeth Wicks and Nataly Papadopoulou! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health

‘Human rights law is both legal and ethical. This distinctive dual character is a deep challenge and a great strength. The editors of the Research Handbook describe it with a wonderful trio of adjecti...

www.e-elgar.com

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 13d

Meet Research Fellow Dr Pearl: A passionate advocate for disability rights, her research is shaping policy and driving real change. In the interview at the link below we’ll uncover the motivations and experiences that have shaped Dr Pearl’s journey through the world of research.
tinyurl.com/4efjzekz

Background of the Liberty building staircase. Smiling photo of Dr Pearl. #News flare. Text reads: “When I finished my PhD, I knew I wanted to spend some time trying to capitalise on the potential of my research, both in terms of its academic contribution, but also by engaging directly in law and policy reform and undertaking some impact-focused work at the grassroots level.”
'Meet Dr Alex Pearl: A passionate advocate for disability rights whose research is shaping policy and driving change.'

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 14d

🎉Congratulations to our @profpeterwhelan.bsky.social who has appeared in a national newspaper in Pakistan on the basis of the lecture he gave at the Competition Commission!
@cblpleeds.bsky.social

Peter Whelan @profpeterwhelan.bsky.social · 14d

I'm delighted that my lecture yesterday at the Competition Commission of Pakistan was featured in a national newspaper in Pakistan.

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 14d

Our Prof. Marie-Andrée Jacob has contributed to a article which warns against conflating migration with biological invasions. Emerging from a team of over 60 leading scholars, the work showcases the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Read more about this brilliant work 👇

Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social · 15d

Dr Roxana Barbulescu has co-led a new article which brings together over 60 scholars to warn against the dangers of linking biological invasion to human migration.

A powerful example of interdisciplinary collaboration 🤝

Read our press release: essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 14d

Important blog post from our @drimogenjones.bsky.social here! Check it out 👇

Imogen Jones @drimogenjones.bsky.social · 15d

Blog alert! I reflect on the need for a corpse desecration offence in England and Wales and how there is movement, at last, towards meaningful reform. I am looking forward to working with colleagues at the Law Commission in the near future.
deadbodiesandthelaw.wordpress.com?p=374

deadbodiesandthelaw.wordpress.com

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 15d

The @cblpleeds.bsky.social has a new research group!

TGIPG is a central point for our outstanding research and teaching in IP and Cyber Law, and areas related to information and emerging technologies.

Watch this space for cool new things emerging from this group! 👇

Andrea Zappalaglio @anzapp.bsky.social · 15d

Are you interested in IP Law, Technology and Governance of Innovation?

Our Technology, Governance and IP Law Group (TGIPG) is officially operational.

Stay tuned and contact us for more info.

@cblpleeds.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Technology, Governance and Intellectual Property Law Group (TGIPG)

essl.leeds.ac.uk

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 15d

In this year’s Liberty Lecture, Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the ECHR, will explore the role of courts in responding to climate change and ask whether the European Court of Human Rights should become ‘Europe’s environmental court’.

Don’t miss this conversation on climate and the law.

Register👇

University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Coming up!

Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, is coming to speak on climate change and human rights law at the School of Law in October!

⏰ 5-6:30pm
🗓️ 1st October
📍 School of Law, Leeds

For tickets and more 👇
tinyurl.com/3cjdvcrh

2025 Liberty Lecture: Climate Change and Human Rights Law

Ioannis Ktistakis will deliver the School of Law's annual Liberty Lecture on the topic Climate Change and Human Rights Law.

tinyurl.com

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 16d

📣New Event!!📣

Dr Rebecca Shaw and her partners are launching 'Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse', a creative, evidence based programme of Relationships, Sex and Health Education lessons on domestic abuse aimed at secondary school students.

Find out more and register 👇
tinyurl.com/y6kmmup4

Select tickets – ‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’: A New Educational Programme – Wellington House

‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’: A New Educational Programme – Wellington House, Fri 17 Oct 2025 - Introducing ‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’: A New Educational Programme From ...

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