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Steve Kirkwood (he/him)

@stevekirkwood.bsky.social
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Head of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. Interested in asylum, restorative justice and justice social work. Raises children, goes running, eats cake. Views shared on here are my own. www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/steve-kirkwo…

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Dr Jackie Gulland @drjackiegulland.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My article with PhD colleague Emilie McSwiggan has been published 'Older caregivers: challenging and enriching our assumptions about ageing and about caring'. We discuss the global issues arising for unpaid caregivers who are 'over pension age' @uoe-sps.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social
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Steve Kirkwood (he/him) @stevekirkwood.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My new article with Dr Rahul Sambaraju on the far-right, British values and the UK riots of 2024 is unfortunately as relevant now as when we starting writing it, given the disturbing events in Southampton, Belfast, Glasgow, and other parts of the UK bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Social psychological research has shown how far-right leaders mobilize people by claiming that majority populations are threatened or silenced. This paper builds on this work to examine a related pro...
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
One more sleep until this book is published! It features about 30 chapters & contributions from my recent PhD students past and present, led by Piki and Tawona and their respective practices, shared, given support and permission to shape shift. 1/
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Exploring Restorative Intercultural Practices
This book is a groundbreaking introduction to restorative intercultural practices. It explores how Indigenous people and refugees can lead the development of research methods in the social sciences. F...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🎤SCCJR has launch a new PhD podcast series called ‘Just Ask…’ Listen now! www.sccjr.ac.uk/project/sccj... 👏Thank you to @margueritesch.bsky.social @andy8chi.bsky.social @stevekirkwood.bsky.social for their support. Hosts @justrachelle.bsky.social & @karynmabon.bsky.social
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We've seen a lot of divisive language and misinformation about people seeking safety lately. This is the reality of claiming asylum and being a refugee in Scotland 👇
Graphic explains that people seeking asylum receive very little money from the government. UK asylum system support covers £9.95 weekly in hotels or £49.18 in self-catered housing.An asylum seeker is someone who has asked for protection in the UK and is waiting for the Home Office to make a decision on their claim. 

A refugee is someone whose claim has been accepted because they have proven they’re at risk of serious harm in their home country. Less than 7,000 people are seeking asylum in Scotland. People seeking asylum do not get priority access to housing or healthcare. People seeking asylum do not live in luxury hotels, they live in cramped hotel rooms with strangers. Infographic explaining why most refugees stay in neighboring countries and the UK hosts less than 1% of the world’s refugees due to connections and language.
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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Professor Kate Wright and colleagues win International Studies Association Award for Best Book Professor Kate Wright and her co-authors have won the Award for Best Book in International Communications, given by the International Studies Association. Read more: edin.ac/4curfyO
Copies of the book 'Capturing News, Capturing Democracy' sit in a pile. Text reads:
Professor Kate Wright and colleagues win International Studies Association Award for Best Book Professor Kate Wright and her co-authors have won the Award for Best Book in International Communications, given by the International Studies Association. This follows a previous award and runner-up prizes for their book Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and Voice of America.
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Jimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How community service showed me a different way to live. "I would probably still be out there in the madness and causing bother. I now know through community service that there's a different way to live." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How community service showed me a different way to live
Josh Andrews tells BBC Scotland News that prison would have derailed his recovery and left him anchored in a life of crime.
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Netherlands: Probation algorithm may be discriminatory, often underestimates risk of reoffending. Dutch #probation use an algorithm, OxRec, that has allegedly never accurately predicted risk of reoffending and is used ~44,000 times a year to advise judges and prosecutors. nltimes.nl/2026/02/12/p...
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Probation algorithm may be discriminatory, often underestimates chance of reoffending
Dutch probation services are reportedly relying on a computer algorithm, OxRec, that has allegedly never accurately predicted the risk of reoffending and is used about 44,000 times a year to advise ju...
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Steve Kirkwood (he/him) @stevekirkwood.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Great to see this Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission report with a range of helpful recommendations on dealing with the use of imprisonment in Scotland: www.gov.scot/publications...
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Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission report: Justice That Works
The final report and recommendations of the independent Commission on Sentencing and Penal Policy.
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The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
EVENT: Reframing Criminal Justice Dec 3rd | 10am-2:30pm | EFI Join us for a half-day seminar on creative, community-led justice reform, and explore lived experience shaping policy, research and practice. Open to researchers, practitioners & the community - all welcome! More: edin.ac/4p684yn
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Sacro @sacroscotland.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
There’s still time to register for the 7th Webinar of the Scottish Network of Restorative Justice Researchers on Trauma and Restorative Justice. This event will be discussing international research, practices and exploring the future for Scotland. Register at: buff.ly/rGjujl2 #RJWeek #RJWeek2025
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Solidarity in action on the picket line at George Square! @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Picket line at George square Edinburgh
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Steve Kirkwood (he/him) @stevekirkwood.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Our article with @evemull.bsky.social and Peter Raynor on Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice is now out in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice - Eve Mullins, Steve Kirkwood, Peter Raynor, 2025
Challenging antisocial behaviour is central to probation practice. Non-confrontational challenge has been identified as the most effective approach. Using conve...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Textbook Launch Event🚀 Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going. Register your place now 👇 bit.ly/criminal-jus...
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The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook
This event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We're striking to stop budget cuts and mass redundancies and standing up for the future of our students' education. There is no deficit.
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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Today's @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally to defend jobs and oppose cuts at Edinburgh university #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
That’s Pinar - doing the good stuff @pinaraksu.bsky.social and the hard stuff. Always learning (proud supervisor moment) www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
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What I learned from talking to anti-refugee protesters in Falkirk
IT has been very unsettling to witness what we are all experiencing as a society in the past few weeks. The constant hate being shared across the…
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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
📄 NEW report by Aaron Sheridan (Strathclyde), Colin Atkinson (UWS), @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling), Richard @kjellgren.bsky.social (Stirling), Susan McVie (Edinburgh Uni), @frasoliman.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier), and Kerry Hannigan (UHI). [2/2] www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
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Inverness and Cromarty Green Freeport: Assessing crime and security risks - SCCJR
The following report was funded by the SCCJR Research Development Grant. This report presents a review of research evidence into […]
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Francesca Soliman @frasoliman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My brilliant colleagues' recent funding successes have opened up 2 fixed term positions in our criminology team at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social; if you are an early career researcher, or you are finishing up/just out of a PhD, we would love to hear from you.
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh 🚲 🌳🗻🎨✍️ @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
So happy to share this article which we hope will be helpful for anyone doing #socialworkassessments with children and families. Integrating issues around the #digitalworld can be tricky - this article brings together research and practice wisdom to help www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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My Whole World: Integrating the Digital into Social Work Assessments with Children and Young People
Most children and young people now live a significant proportion of their lives online, a situation that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic which required many services, including educat...
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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Just Images is a new #podcast about crime & culture created by students at University of Stirling in Cultural and Creative #Criminology module, led by Dr Phil Crockett Thomas. All episodes made by students, apart from the first (an interview with Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén) justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk
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Just Images Podcast
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My copies arrived plus additional purchases for those folk who supported me in leading underpinning the research with Esa Aldegheri & Dan Fisher @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
JOB: Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at the University of Glasgow. Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social #Criminology #AcademicSky #Research www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...
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Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at University of Glasgow
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Criminology (R&T). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Sacro @sacroscotland.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
These group discussions will be safe, supportive and led by people who understand how complex these experiences can be. All participants will receive a small shopping voucher for taking part. To book or for more information on Glasgow, Dundee or online sessions, contact @nextchapterscotland.org.uk
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Steve Kirkwood (he/him) @stevekirkwood.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Great piece here by colleague @kevindonovan.bsky.social on a new politics of rivers:
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Scotland’s distinctive criminal justice system is nicely summarised in the first chapter (free to read) of James Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrisons new book *Criminal Justice in Scotland* s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-store-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/978100337288...
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Steve Kirkwood (he/him) @stevekirkwood.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Great to see this article just out in the British Journal of Criminology by my PhD student Rikki Wolkind - 'Penal Policy on Families of Imprisoned People—An Impossible Situation?' doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
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Penal Policy on Families of Imprisoned People—An Impossible Situation? Understanding Scottish Prison Policy Through Prison Staff’s Moral Sensibilities
Abstract. Scottish penal policy emphasizes the rights and well-being of the families of imprisoned people, yet reports suggest persistent gaps between disc
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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 04/06/2025
The first 20-25min of this committee hearing are worth watching in full: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...
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Education, Children and Young People Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
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The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🎨✨ Zine-making & the Research of Community – Taster Session ✨🎨 Mon 16 June | 2-4pm | Online Curious about how creativity can shape research? Join us for a session exploring zine-making as a research method, led by Dr Jimmy Turner. No experience needed! Register: edin.ac/3SzVRDM
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Zine-making and the research of community – A taster session
Join the Binks Hub and KomSI for an online taster session on the use of zine-making in research into community and communities.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📕Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson @spookademic.bsky.social & Robin Gålnander @robingalnander.bsky.social Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social 🗓️ 11 June, 1pm (UK time) 📌 Online 🔻Register bit.ly/3HdaR89
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Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy
Join us for this author-meets-readers event! Authors: Tea Fredriksson & Robin Gålnander, Stockholm University.
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Ali Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Incredibly proud of this new podcast with @robbiejourno.bsky.social and the Big Light. Young people are demonised on the street but what happens if we look through the stereotype and listen instead?
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Colette Barry @colettebarry.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
We are hiring a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology at UCD. It's a really lovely place to work - join us! Closes 3rd June at 12pm (Irish time). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB652/l...
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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology - Temp 5-year at University College Dublin
Apply for the Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology - Temp 5-year role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
More @thesccjr.bsky.social Criminology Webinar action: Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo Thursday 3 April - 1000-1100hrs BST (GMT/UTC+1) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/permissive...
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Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo
Dr Patrick Mutahi unpacks how power, relationships and sovereignty are negotiated through everyday policing practices and public performance
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