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Helen Gair

@helengair.bsky.social
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Research Associate @criminologyuom.bsky.social History PhD working in Crim, researching life imprisonment, right to hope, ageing in prison. Interested in all things punishment, resettlement & desistance, then and now.

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Helen Gair @helengair.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Pleased to announce our new report on Meaningful Activities for older prisoners. In it we focus on what older prisoners themselves considered to be meaningful, and reframe current approaches toward purposeful activity provision based on their specific needs and experiences #academicsky #criminology
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Helen Gair @helengair.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I'm pleased to share a new blog I've written with @marionvannier sharing some of our early findings from #UKRI project In Search of Hope. We discuss some of our initial reflections on the meaning of hope amongst older prisoners serving life sentences. #lifeimprisonment #hope #ageing #prisoners
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Criminology University of Manchester @criminologyuom.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🗣️Understanding and rehumanising the harms of hate - powerful reflections from Professor @NeilChakraborti in today’s talk on how we discuss and address hate in society.
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University of Manchester School of Social Sciences @uomsoss.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🚨 Manchester is now home to M-PACE – a new Policing Academic Centre of Excellence! Co-led by @rsolymosi.bsky.social & Jon Bannister, M-PACE brings research + policing together to tackle crime, build trust & boost community safety 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m... @criminologyuom.bsky.social
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