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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

We did find it! @clanfear.bsky.social, Sam Langton & I will soon be testing experimentally whether motor traffic has the guardianship effect (i.e. discourages crime) that the crime prevention literature has long assumed. Thanks to the generous support of the Foundation for Integrated Transport.

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

Observational studies on decision-making rely on explanatory variables that are themselves partly constructed through the process under investigation. Here, @andrzej-uhl.bsky.social & I explore the implications of overlooking that problem using measurement error models, osf.io/preprints/so...

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

If you want to learn the ABC, D & E, of Survey and Questionnaire design, check out this neat little course that our colleague Peter King has put together in collaboration with the White Rose DTP and @srmleeds.bsky.social: wrdtp.ac.uk/methods-reso...

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Survey & Questionnaire Design: The ABCDE Framework

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💬 Does a PCI recommendation mean that my paper is published? No. A PCI recommendation is the outcome of a positive and public peer-review process. Once your preprint has been recommended, you can choose what comes next! 👉 peercommunityin.org/submit-a-pre...

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Submit a preprint to PCI - Peer Community In

Once an article has been recommended by a PCI, the authors can opt to leave it on a preprint server, to publish it in PCI Journal, to submit it to a PCI-friendly journal or to any other journal

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A new article is out in the free, generalist, open-access Peer Community Journal! Free public peer reviews and recommendations by PCI Ecotox & Env Chem: doi.org/10.24072/pci... 📣 You want to publish in PCJ? Submit your preprint to one of the 21 thematic PCI 👉 peercommunityin.org/submit-a-pre...

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PFAS Data Hub: An open data portal featuring geovisualisation

Martinon, Luc1 ; Guyot, Alexis2 ; Lysaniuk, Benjamin3; Henry, Emmanuel4 ; Vermeersch, Stéphanie5 ; Labadie, Pierre6 1Independent data journalist - Berlin, Germany2Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LIS -…

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European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Open Criminology Award for established researchers, sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, goes to Prof Scott Jacques, founder of @crimrxiv.com, for advancing transparent, accessible, and collaborative research practices in criminology. 🏆

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European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are glad to announce this year's winner of the early career Open Criminology Award, sponsored by @nscr-instituut.bsky.social: Danielle Stibbe! A PhD student on cybercriminal decision making, the committee was impressed by her consistent engagement with open science practices. Congratulations! 🎉

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Alex Trinidad @alextrinidad.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026

Back from #Eurocrim2026! Great organisation, panels, roundtables, and catching up with people I’ve been seeing around. Exciting discussions at CRIMLabs, the @opencriminology.bsky.social roundtable on Repeatability in Criminology, and a session organised by my colleagues at @unicologne.bsky.social.

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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And the answer was: the Mermaid of Warsaw‼️ You can locate any place with just three words (in this case: Domestic. Laptop. Bravery). what3words divides the world into a grid of 3m×3m squares, with each square being assigned a unique combination of three words. what3words.com/domestic.lap...

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dr Emily Moir will present a seminar on 29 October at 2 pm, exploring the application of environmental criminology to financial elder abuse Register 👉https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/882478d6-afd0-4821-b9b3-26cf334fb801@220f5dc3-9452-48e5-9b4f-888df42f7a2d?mc_cid=169b830316&mc_eid=UNIQID

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Ruben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 11/09/2026

Oh, I forgot one detail. Now that lots of issues with bug bounty in the title exist in my Github, other (I think more stupid) bots find my repo. Some of them seem to mistakenly think that I'm reporting the bug and they're the repo owner. github.com/rubenarslan/...

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Misclick simulation: aggregate daily false positives before correcting user prevalence · Issue #19 · rubenarslan/rubenarslan.github.io

The user/cycle correction in Modeling misclicks in an app interface can aggregate its fitted daily false-positive probabilities directly, avoiding an inaccurate extrapolation in the logit duration ...

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 11/09/2026

This is a wild story, but I also like the idea that if we declare bounties on the right things, some random guy who tells the AI “make me 50 usd make no mistakes” may lead to some good outcomes.

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Ruben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 11/09/2026

An interesting thing is happening to me at the moment. I have a standing bug bounty policy for my first authored scientific work. That means, I've committed to pay people who report bugs in my code, up to 750€ for severe errors. Since GPT-6 Astra came out, I'm now getting several bug reports daily.

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🏆 Dr David Buil-Gil (University of Manchester School of Social Sciences) has won the European Young #Criminologist Award 2026. Dr Buil-Gil was recognised for his article, The Structure of Unstructured Time and Crime: A Spare Time Model (ow.ly/JmF250ZJuHl). 🔗 ow.ly/pxp950ZJuHk

A man delivering a presentation, with a purple overlay on the photo. Text reads: University of Manchester academic wins European Young Criminologist Award 2026.

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026

New short article with @ianloader.bsky.social and @alextrinidad.eurosky.social, 'On the importance of subjective perceptions of safety: Limits of the 2026 UK road safety strategy'. We predict that the new strategy will fail to encourage active travel, serena.sharepress.it/tema/article...

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Juanjo Medina 🍉🇺🇦 @jmedina1.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026

ok, hilo sobre como va el manual de introduccion a la criminologia 1/

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Beth Clarke @bethclarke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’m hiring a PhD student to work with me on metascience in psychology at @zpid.bsky.social! The position is very open - could cover a wide range of topics/themes 🤸🏻‍♀️✨ If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st. leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...

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PhD in Psychological Meta-Science (m/f/d)

Become part of the open science movement The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) in Trier (Germany) is an internationally recognized research-based psychology service center located in...

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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Are you around Manchester on 7 October? We've invited @iainbrennan.bsky.social to deliver a public seminar at @criminologyuom.bsky.social titled “Focused deterrence: Evaluating America's most successful violence intervention in an English context”. Registrations: eventbrite.co.uk/e/prof-iain-...

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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do you have some exciting research ideas? Apply for a three-year postdoc position in sociology at Nuffield College starting September 2027. Apply by 21/9. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A Spanish translation of my textbook Improving Your Statistical Inferences, made by Juan G. Fernández Fernández, is now available here: juangff85.github.io/inferencias-... I am very grateful Juan worked so hard to made the contents available to Spanish speakers!

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Mejora de tus Inferencias Estadísticas

Traducción al castellano de “Improving Your Statistical Inferences” de Daniël Lakens

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We were honoured to join colleagues in farewelling Professor Richard Wortley on his retirement. A pioneer of crime science, Richard's work helped reshape how we understand the role of environments in preventing harm. Thank you, Richard, and best wishes for a well-earned retirement! #TePunaHaumaru

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

R submissions to FDA are feasible, but they must be easy to reproduce and review. Practical guidance from the R Consortium Submissions Working Group: r-consortium.org/posts/making... #RStats #FDA

Sponsors can reduce the likelihood of requests for SAS-equivalent code by designing the R submission package around the reviewer’s experience.

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Dr Linda Fatialofa from Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington shared findings from her research on pathways into offending for young men in Aotearoa New Zealand. Watch the full seminar recording on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLtD... #YouthJustice #AotearoaResearch

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

12 #Cars&Crime apostles.

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

‼️ New paper alert: In this study, Dr Jordan Tomkins, AProf @lisatompson.bsky.social and Prof Devon Polaschek found that stalking may not warrant a special status in predicting IPV recurrence, because it often co-occurs with other risk factors that collectively provide stronger predictive utility 🤔

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Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Running order for next issue of @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🤝 As the University of Leeds brings together the Faculties of Social Sciences and Environment, a new grant has been announced to support ten Social Science-led projects. 🚗 Prof @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social has been awarded this faculty funding for his Cars & Crime Project 👇 tinyurl.com/ab5cwxkk

Background of traffic. Photo of Professor Jose Pina-Sánchez in a circle frame. #News flare. Text reads: 'Professor Jose Pina-Sánchez has been awarded faculty funding for the
Cars & Crime Project.'

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Oh man, in bits at Iñaki Williams message to his brother Nico 😭

Image: an Instagram post by footballer Iñaki Williams with a picture of his brother Nico kissing the World Cup.
Text: Hermano,
You've won the World Cup. You've made history.
But beyond the trophy, thanks for this: you have made millions of immigrants like our parents feel proud that their future children one day can live what you have lived and that millions of Spaniards empathize with our history that is not just ours but that of all the people who leave everything behind for a better future, because you have touched the sky with your fingers and shown that with work and effort everything is possible.
Today the world has known you more if it fits and you have put our last name in infinity, for centuries and centuries.
I stand in awe of you. I love you. Champion of the world✊🏿🏆🥹

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Dr Julia Yesburg presenting her work (w/ @jolliffesimpson.bsky.social ) on the relationship between procedural justice and levels of support in NZ for the 2024 Gangs Act #ARCJC2026

Dr Yesburg presenting her conceptual model of the relationship between procedural justice and support for new police powers in NZ

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Juanjo Medina 🍉🇺🇦 @jmedina1.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026

Comparto el análisis de fondo del reportaje de El Salto sobre los mitos del verano y la violencia sexual. Pero creo que el uso de los datos de la Macroencuesta para desmontar el mito confunde niveles de análisis. Hilo 🧵

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The recording of this talk is now available on our youtube channel! youtu.be/jf6A_jq7qIQ

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Key Findings of the Youth Victimisation and Harm Report 2025

YouTube video by Te Puna Haumaru

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Join us for a free online seminar later this month where Dr Linda Fatialofa will present the descriptive model of youth offending that she developed during her PhD research 💡 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c8714b...

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026

We have a new study led by Hulya Seyidoglu, in Crime Science, linking google mobility data with crime, in the context of the covid pandemic, link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186... Most crimes increase when people come outdoors, as could be expected, but not for drug offences and anti-social behaviour.

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European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📢 Interested in collaborative replication, open science, and research methods in criminology? Join us at the inaugural meeting of #CRIMLabs, a new international Many Labs initiative, at @opencriminology.bsky.social pre-conference meeting (9 Sept 2026). Details in the leaflet 👇

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Alex Trinidad @alextrinidad.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026

⏰A quick reminder that nominations are closing soon! Submit your nomination before the deadline (16/07/2026)!

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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

WE ARE HIRING! Come work with us (me + @malte.the100.ci) on developing and validating RegCheck. PhD or postdoc applications welcome. Folk with backgrounds in meta-science, psychology, (pre)clinical trials, and/or economics are especially invited to apply. jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science - Universität Bern

Universität Bern is looking for PhD Student/ Postdoc Position in Meta-Science

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Cyberpsychology Journal @cyberpsy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

3️⃣ A comparative study on online victimization perceptions (cyberbullying, dating violence, and sexual harassment) and psychological symptoms in sexual and gender minority youth ✍ Maite Azabal-Gallego, Alexander Trinidad, Verónica Marcos, Mercedes Novo, Laura Vozmediano doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Register for the next instalment of the Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series where Laura Adlam and Patrick Neilands from the Ministry of Justice Research and Evaluation team will present findings from the recently published report into youth victimisation & harm: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/734ea7...

Seminar being held on 16 July 2026 from 2-3pm NZ time

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Charles C. Lanfear @clanfear.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Now at JDLCC: @oliveiratr.bsky.social and I's accessible (but opinionated) guidance on testing theories with reciprocal effects using panel models. We argue for centering theory, making sure your data can answer your question, and defaulting to robust estimators. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Reciprocal causal relationships are a common feature of criminological theories. For example, stable employment may reduce offending while offending may lead to unemployment, and perceived disorder may increase fear of crime while fear of crime may increase sensitivity to signs of disorder. When multiple observations over time are available, cross-lagged panel models are commonly used to estimate these reciprocal effects. Yet this is often done without careful attention to how they map on to the theoretical process they are meant to capture or whether key assumptions of the models are satisfied. This may result in estimates that are not substantively meaningful or are biased or even reversed in sign. Reciprocal relationships also pose challenges for causal assumptions based on graphical tools; theories that posit reciprocal causation often rely on underlying macro–micro mechanisms not explicitly represented in empirical models. We provide guidance on how to align theory, model specification, and choice of estimator, illustrated with two motivating examples: the relationship between employment and offending and the relationship between perceived disorder and fear of crime. We distinguish theoretical reciprocality—in which feedback processes are of substantive interest—from reverse causality—in which reciprocal processes are a nuisance threatening identification of an effect of interest—and discuss three common issues for cross-lagged panel models: unobserved time-stable heterogeneity, improperly specified temporal order, and insufficient variation over time. We conclude by reminding researchers of the importance of aligning methods with theory in longitudinal research.

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026

If you happen to know someone from an UK police force interested on this topic, who might want to endorse the project let us know, as this is crucial to getting the funding we require.

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026

@clanfear.bsky.social and I have a new research proposal: "Recent studies provide evidence of a causal effect of traffic on street crime. Yet, the mechanisms underpinning this relationship remain poorly understood. This project uses VR to conduct the first randomised controlled trial on this topic."

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026

This goes straight to next years slides on the importance of disentangling cohort from age effects.

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Evidence Base @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New open access paper by Pickartz and Nagel. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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languagemit.bsky.social @languagemit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

—— Open Mind is MIT Press’s Diamond Open Access Cognitive Science journal. We now have our first Impact Factor: 2.9 as of June 2026 Submit your papers to Open Mind direct.mit.edu/opmi

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