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Northern Police Research Webinar
The international Northern Police Research Webinar presents recent research in the field of policing for researchers, practitioners and other interested parties in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The webinar is arranged approximately every three weeks. On this page you will find the webinar program and information about the topics and presenters.
There is a separate registration link for each day of the webinar series. Once you have signed up, you will receive a Teams link to the event.
The webinars will not be recorded.
The Police University College and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) are responsible for the practical arrangements of the webinar series.
Further information: [email protected]
Webinar program autumn 2023
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12:00–13:15 CEST
Presenter: Vesa Huotari, Police University College, Finland
Vesa Huotari, PhD (education) is a senior researcher at Police University College. In his career at the Police University College he has tackled a wide range of research topics from police education, leadership, equality, evaluation of effectiveness, innovations, to technology. While he all but abhor empiricist approaches, whether quantitative or qualitative, he is most at home with questions that relate to philosophical, methodological and theoretical dimensions in research.
12:00–13:15 CEST
Presenter: Maja Feng Mikalsen, Norwegian Police University College, and Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway
Maja Feng Mikalsen is a Sociologist, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Police University College in Oslo, and an externally funded PhD candidate at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo. Her research topics are crime prevention, (online) grooming, social inequality, diversity and inclusion, and discrimination. She is currently working on her PhD project: ‘Grooming: phenomenon and holistic consequences’, funded by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (JD) / the National Police Directorate (POD).
12:00–13:15 CEST
Presenter: Rannveig Þórisdóttir, National Police Commissioner of Iceland
Rannveig Thorisdottir is a division manager at the National Police Commissioner of Iceland amongst other in charge of IT, statistical analysis and research. She is also an adjunct at the University of Iceland. She holds a MA in Sociology for the University of Iceland and is currently a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Iceland focusing on Police Legitimacy. Her research focus has mainly been on victimization surveys, for example trust in the police, fear of crime and protective measures. She has also worked with official data, mostly police data and has taken part in the European sourcebook publication. Most of her work has been in the field of criminology publishing in journals such as Nordisk Samarbeidsråd for Kriminologi, and YOUNG.
12:00–13:30 CEST
Presenters: Lorna Dennison-Wilkins, University of Dundee and Surrey and Sussex Police & Jon Rees, CEFAS – Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Scotland
Dr Lorna Dennison Wilkins, Police Search Advisor at Sussex Police with PhD (Dundee University) and BSc (Hons) in Criminology, began the ‘Body Recovery from Water Study’ in 2008. She collected and analysed data on deceased human bodies in inland water, did supplementary experimentation, and learned about factors affecting body movement and location which support search parameters more effectively and increase the chances of successful search operations and associated investigations. Lorna uses the knowledge gained through her research and network of interested parties for the benefit of missing person and crime investigations.
Jon Rees, Principal Physical Oceanographer at CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) with degrees from Warwick, Southampton, and UEA, is part of CEFAS’s Emergency response team giving advice to government departments on the fate and impact of oil and chemical spills around the UK. He has further developed the tools to predict the fate of missing persons in the marine environment and conversely, the potential entry point into the sea of missing persons found along the coastline. These predictions enable the police to use their resources in an effective and efficient manner to recover/identify the Missing Persons.
12:00–13:30 CET
Presenter: Mikael Emsing, Umea University, Sweden
Mikael Emsing, PhD in Medical Sciences with an orientation towards public health and epidemiology, MSc. in pedagogy, and also trained at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden where he studied Afro/jazz music. He is currently working as a teacher at the Unit for Police Education where he teaches at the basic police training programme, and at the bachelor's and master's programmes. He is also active as a musician, albeit not professionally, but in his own trio New Orbits. His current research projects relate to the propensity to report intimate partner violence, and the stress and mental health among Colombian police recruits.
12:00–13:15 CET
Presenter: Ciara Aucoin Delloue
Ciara Aucoin Delloue was a PhD researcher in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University from 2019–2023 as a EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow. Her research was on the public order policing practices of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). She completed her PhD viva (external examiner Prof. Tim Newburn) in June 2023 and is currently working on papers for publication. She currently works as a consultant on an international research project funded by the EU and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
12:00–13:15 CET
Presenters: Ian D. Marder, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology and Deputy Director of the Maynooth Centre for Criminology Research & Yvonne Daly, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland
Ian Marder is Assistant Professor in Criminology at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology and Deputy Director of the Maynooth Centre for Criminology Research. His work focuses on criminal justice reform, and includes policymaking and practice development, in addition to research. His work in restorative justice and restorative practices involves engaging with all stages of the criminal justice process. In the policing context, he has conducted research on the police’s facilitation of restorative justice processes, the use of restorative practices to build police-community relations, and public attitudes towards restorative policing.
Yvonne Daly is Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. She is an expert on criminal evidence and procedure, with a specific research focus on effective criminal defence and the legal regulation of criminal investigations. She is committed to research with real-world impact and her work on access to legal assistance in police custody, on the right to silence, and on the consequences of improperly obtained evidence has been foundational in the creation of training for police station lawyers. She has published widely on criminal evidence and procedure, and in 2023 she published Criminal Defence Representation at Garda Stations (Bloomsbury Professional), a first-of-its-kind study which she undertook with her late colleague Dr Vicky Conway.
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Webinar program spring 2023
Northern Police Research Webinar spring 2023 haitari en
13:00–14:15 CET
Presenters: Nadine Dougall, Inga Heyman and Andy Tatnell, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Dr Nadine Dougall is Professor of Mental Health & Data Science, Head of Health & Social Care Sciences and Lead for Early Career Researchers within the School of Health & Social Care. She is Co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Policing & Public Health (SCLEPH). SCLEPH has its academic base within the School of Health & Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University and strong links with the Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR). Nadine’s research interests are focused around suicide, vulnerability and agency response to suicidal behavior and mental health distress.
Dr Inga Hayman is an Associate Professor at Edinburg Napier University. She is a registered Adult and Mental Health Nurse and teacher with a clinical, educational and research career in Australia and Scotland spanning 41 years. She is Co-Director of the Scottish collaboration for policing and public Health (SCLEPH). SCLEPH is an international academic and practice collaboration with key external stakeholders including Police Scotland, people and communities with experience of the police/health intersect, The Mental Health Foundation Scotland, the Global Law Enforcement & Public Health Association (GLEPHA), and the Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health (CLEPH, Melbourne, Australia) amongst others. SCLEPH has its academic base within the School of Health & Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University and has strong links with the Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR).
Dr Andy Tatnell retired from Police Scotland at the rank of Superintendent in 2014 after 30 years police service. Since then, he has completed his PhD with the University of the West of Scotland and undertaken a number of Research Assistant roles supporting principal researchers with policing related academic research studies. These have included exploring the influence of organisational and occupational culture on the co-location of public agencies within the Scottish Crime Campus; the impact of Police Reform in Scotland on the role of Divisional Commanders and Departmental Heads; Policing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Scotland; and most recently, how cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing. Andy’s work has been recognised by SIPR with his appointment as a SIPR Associate.
12:00–13:15 CET
Presenter: Shane Mac Giollabhuí, Ulster University, Ireland
Shane Mac Giollabhuí is a Lecturer in Criminology at Ulster University, Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His research and teaching focuses on the culture and organization of liberation movements, political parties, and police forces. His research has been published in journals across the social sciences, including African Affairs, Democratization, Party Politics, The British Journal of Criminology, Qualitative Research, and in peer-reviewed books and edited volumes from Palgrave and Routledge.
12:00–13.15 CET
Presenters: Marianne Mela and Jarmo Houtsonen, Police University College, Finland
Marianne Mela, MSocSc, is a Researcher at the Police University College and a PhD student at the Helsinki University. Her current research focuses on police response on domestic violence. Previously she has worked in projects focusing on domestic violence, vulnerable individuals, and societal resilience. She has 16 years of experience as a police officer.
Jarmo Houtsonen, PhD, is a Senior Researcher at the Police University College. His current research deals with domestic violence and digital violence against women. He has been involved in several national and international research and innovation projects funded by European Commission, NordForsk and the Academy of Finland.
12:00–13:15 CEST
Presenters: Guðmundur Oddsson and Andrew Paul Hill, University of Akureyri, Iceland, and Thoroddur Bjarnason, University of Iceland and University of Akureyri, Iceland
Guðmundur Oddsson is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Akureyri. His research focuses on social control, deviance, and class inequality, particularly the subjective dimensions of class. He has published in journals such as Acta Sociologica, Current Sociology, and The Sociological Quarterly and is the lead author of a chapter in The Making of a Police Officer: Comparative Perspectives on Police Education and Recruitment published by Routledge in 2020.
Andrew Paul Hill is Assistant Professor of Police Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Akureyri. His research interests include police education, ethical police practice, equality and diversity in the workplace, and adult dyslexia in the professions. His publications include an article arguing for police and probation officers to complete an extended period in Higher Education as preparation for practice. He co-authored a chapter in The Making of a Police Officer: Comparative Perspectives on Police Education and Recruitment published by Routledge in 2020.
Thoroddur Bjarnason is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics at the University of Iceland and Research Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Akureyri. His research primarily focuses on rural issues and regional development, and his recent publications include articles on social mobility and tolerance published in Ethnic and Racial Studies (2019) and Population, Space and Place (2020, 2021), school bullying, sexual orientation and adolescent migration intentions in Culture, Health and Sexuality (2020) and Population, Space and Place (2021) and book chapters on the myth of the immobile rural (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) and changing ruralities in Icelandic cinema (Routledge, 2021).
12:00–13:15 CEST
Presenter: Gunnar Thomassen, Norwegian Police University College, Norway
Gunnar Thomassen is a Political Scientist and Associate Professor at the Police University College in Oslo. His research topics include police accountability, trust in the police, and police corruption. He is currently working on a project about corruption in a Nordic context commissioned by the Norwegian Police Directorate (POD).
12:00–13:15 CEST
Presenter: Erik Borglund, Mid University and Umeå University, Sweden
Erik Borglund is Professor in Archives and information science at Mid University and Visiting Professor at the Police Education Unit, Umeå University. He has 20 years of experience as a sworn police officer, of which 7 years in the Swedish Police counter terrorism unit. Erik has extensive experience of tactics and weapons training as well as education. Since 2004, he has been researching information management and the use of information technology in police practice.