Andy Aydın-Aitchison
@andy8chi.bsky.social
Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
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Jennifer Fleetwood, City St George's, University of London, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 25 March to give a talk on 'From private concerns to public narratives: tracing the rise of personal stories about crime'.
It's in-person, no need to register, all welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/from-p...
It's in-person, no need to register, all welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/from-p...
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Jennifer Fleetwood, City St George's, University of London, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 25 March to give a talk on 'From private concerns to public narratives: tracing the rise of personal stories about crime'.
It's in-person, no need to register, all welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/from-p...
It's in-person, no need to register, all welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/from-p...
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And tomorrow I’m speaking in Edinburgh hca.ed.ac.uk/about-us/equ...
The Class Series | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology
This series of events aims to amplify working-class voices and foreground working-class perspectives on the human past and current issues of interest to HCA staff and students. It features student-led...
hca.ed.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
And tomorrow I’m speaking in Edinburgh hca.ed.ac.uk/about-us/equ...
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This is the link to the talk I am giving on Thursday 12th Feb (5-6pm) at the Inst. of Criminology @ Cambridge:
www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...
www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...
Exploring the individual-level effects of New Labour’s social policy agenda on crime over the life-course: outlining a strategically-paired cohort study | Institute of Criminology
As part of the Institute of Criminology's Lent term public seminar series, Professor Stephen Farrall will speak on 'Exploring the individual-level effects of New Labour’s social policy agenda on crime...
www.crim.cam.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is the link to the talk I am giving on Thursday 12th Feb (5-6pm) at the Inst. of Criminology @ Cambridge:
www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...
www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...
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NEW: the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission 🏴 final report and recommendations have been published today.
As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change.
🔗 link to report
www.gov.scot/publications...
As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change.
🔗 link to report
www.gov.scot/publications...
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
NEW: the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission 🏴 final report and recommendations have been published today.
As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change.
🔗 link to report
www.gov.scot/publications...
As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change.
🔗 link to report
www.gov.scot/publications...
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Join a union - www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Join a union - www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union
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Our amazing @sophisteria.bsky.social recently gave evidence, alongside reps from other Scottish HEIs, to the Education, Children and Young People's Committee at a special session on HE funding at the Scottish parliament. We have made a 2.5 minute video mash up of her best moments. Enjoy! #UCU
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Our amazing @sophisteria.bsky.social recently gave evidence, alongside reps from other Scottish HEIs, to the Education, Children and Young People's Committee at a special session on HE funding at the Scottish parliament. We have made a 2.5 minute video mash up of her best moments. Enjoy! #UCU
Very enjoyable for the responses...
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Very enjoyable for the responses...
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‘haphazard’ and ‘uncoordinated’ is a real through line in cost cutting in the university sector
it’s almost like the people making decisions here fail to understand that universities are very complex institutions and that very few people (if any) ‘do the same job’ within them
it’s almost like the people making decisions here fail to understand that universities are very complex institutions and that very few people (if any) ‘do the same job’ within them
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
‘haphazard’ and ‘uncoordinated’ is a real through line in cost cutting in the university sector
it’s almost like the people making decisions here fail to understand that universities are very complex institutions and that very few people (if any) ‘do the same job’ within them
it’s almost like the people making decisions here fail to understand that universities are very complex institutions and that very few people (if any) ‘do the same job’ within them
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My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥
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And they've arrived!! Thank you @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
And they've arrived!! Thank you @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
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This academic year I taught my Master course on the Legal, Ethical and Social Issues of Artificial Intelligence at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for the fifth time! #AI /1
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
This academic year I taught my Master course on the Legal, Ethical and Social Issues of Artificial Intelligence at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for the fifth time! #AI /1
Joshua Page speaking in Glasgow on Predatory aspects of US criminal justice on 11 March.
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Joshua Page speaking in Glasgow on Predatory aspects of US criminal justice on 11 March.
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research
Defence counsel and witness breaking into song at the ICTY?
Perhaps.
Taken from the 7 June 2007 hearing in Prlić et al.
Perhaps.
Taken from the 7 June 2007 hearing in Prlić et al.
![Text taken from herling in Prlic et al case on 7 June 2007 in which defence counsel questions Bo Pellnas, a Swedish Brigadier General who served as part of the UN Monitoring mission:
7 Q. All right. I need to move on very quickly.
8 In 2003, General, did you give an interview to a Swedish newspaper 9 called Aftonbladet? 10 A. Perhaps. 11 Q. Perhaps? 12 A. Perhaps.
13 Q. Let me remind you. Did you at any time make a comment to a [text ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z2oc4iiedgavndovfo6vq62q/bafkreibxhdwfrwjwtvpmszvtcfbefrpdl7mwagvgut5nneji6lbcwsboke@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Defence counsel and witness breaking into song at the ICTY?
Perhaps.
Taken from the 7 June 2007 hearing in Prlić et al.
Perhaps.
Taken from the 7 June 2007 hearing in Prlić et al.
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FT first broke the scoop re £10k yesterday afternoon (Epstein to Mandelson's partner)
then we revealed other payments of £13k, £2k, £4k etc (Epstein to Mandelson's partner)
now we're revealing direct payments of 3 x $25,000 from Epstein to Mandelson himself
then we revealed other payments of £13k, £2k, £4k etc (Epstein to Mandelson's partner)
now we're revealing direct payments of 3 x $25,000 from Epstein to Mandelson himself
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 PM
FT first broke the scoop re £10k yesterday afternoon (Epstein to Mandelson's partner)
then we revealed other payments of £13k, £2k, £4k etc (Epstein to Mandelson's partner)
now we're revealing direct payments of 3 x $25,000 from Epstein to Mandelson himself
then we revealed other payments of £13k, £2k, £4k etc (Epstein to Mandelson's partner)
now we're revealing direct payments of 3 x $25,000 from Epstein to Mandelson himself
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the story now makes clear it was far more than just £10,000, regular payments from Epstein to Mandelson partner
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
the story now makes clear it was far more than just £10,000, regular payments from Epstein to Mandelson partner
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The results of the 3rd Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2025 have just been announced: The cultural support fund of the Council of Europe @coe.int will support the co-production of 33 feature films, including new films by Miguel Gomes, Jasmila Žbanić & Florian Zeller.
cineuropa.org/486705
cineuropa.org/486705
Eurimages supports 33 co-productions
02/12/2025 - New films by Miguel Gomes, Jasmila Žbanić, Florian Zeller, Guillaume Gallienne and Alain Gagnol are among the selection
cineuropa.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The results of the 3rd Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2025 have just been announced: The cultural support fund of the Council of Europe @coe.int will support the co-production of 33 feature films, including new films by Miguel Gomes, Jasmila Žbanić & Florian Zeller.
cineuropa.org/486705
cineuropa.org/486705
Preparations for filming of follow up to Quo Vadis Aida are at an advanced stage:
www.klix.ba/magazin/kult...
#Srebrenica #BiH #Bosnia #ExYu #TransitionalJustice #Justice #Film
www.klix.ba/magazin/kult...
#Srebrenica #BiH #Bosnia #ExYu #TransitionalJustice #Justice #Film
Održan radni sastanak o snimanju filma "Quo Vadis, Aida? - Dio koji nedostaje": Posljednje pripreme u toku
Predstavnici radne grupe, pod vodstvom premijera Kantona Sarajevo Nihada Uka, održali su sastanak s predstavnicima relevantnih kantonalnih ustanova i produkcijs...
www.klix.ba
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Preparations for filming of follow up to Quo Vadis Aida are at an advanced stage:
www.klix.ba/magazin/kult...
#Srebrenica #BiH #Bosnia #ExYu #TransitionalJustice #Justice #Film
www.klix.ba/magazin/kult...
#Srebrenica #BiH #Bosnia #ExYu #TransitionalJustice #Justice #Film
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The directorship of SSEES has been advertised. Closing date 15th February. Spread the word!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The directorship of SSEES has been advertised. Closing date 15th February. Spread the word!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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A date for your diary
@harryannison.bsky.social is in Edinburgh, Thursday 5 February at 4pm (UTC), talking on "Contesting Parole: Notes on the Politics of Conditional Prison Release"
Full details and registration:
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Politics #Research
@harryannison.bsky.social is in Edinburgh, Thursday 5 February at 4pm (UTC), talking on "Contesting Parole: Notes on the Politics of Conditional Prison Release"
Full details and registration:
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Politics #Research
Contesting Parole: Notes on the Politics of Conditional Prison Release | Edinburgh Law School
www.law.ed.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A date for your diary
@harryannison.bsky.social is in Edinburgh, Thursday 5 February at 4pm (UTC), talking on "Contesting Parole: Notes on the Politics of Conditional Prison Release"
Full details and registration:
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Politics #Research
@harryannison.bsky.social is in Edinburgh, Thursday 5 February at 4pm (UTC), talking on "Contesting Parole: Notes on the Politics of Conditional Prison Release"
Full details and registration:
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Politics #Research
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Isn’t it insane how one man can erode an institution of such repute. Trust, reputation, esteem. Innovation. Boundary pushing. These are core currencies in academia and take decades, if not centuries to produce. Edinburgh won’t recover from this quickly and it is v sad to watch
New analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions.
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground — UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Isn’t it insane how one man can erode an institution of such repute. Trust, reputation, esteem. Innovation. Boundary pushing. These are core currencies in academia and take decades, if not centuries to produce. Edinburgh won’t recover from this quickly and it is v sad to watch
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i’ve said this before but the way some of the biggest and richest universities in the UK frame their own mismanagement as justification for job cuts (even if there’s still a surplus!) is detrimental to the rest of us
‘look, even X is in bad shape, of course these cuts are the only way!’
‘look, even X is in bad shape, of course these cuts are the only way!’
New analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions.
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground — UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:04 AM
i’ve said this before but the way some of the biggest and richest universities in the UK frame their own mismanagement as justification for job cuts (even if there’s still a surplus!) is detrimental to the rest of us
‘look, even X is in bad shape, of course these cuts are the only way!’
‘look, even X is in bad shape, of course these cuts are the only way!’
New analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions.
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground — UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 AM
New analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions.
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
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💫 Glad my early women of European integration found an issue and volume www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and what an issue, with my PhD supervisor, a colleague whose research is always a pleasure to read on the case of Croatia and someone, I do not know, but shares my same surname :)
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
💫 Glad my early women of European integration found an issue and volume www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and what an issue, with my PhD supervisor, a colleague whose research is always a pleasure to read on the case of Croatia and someone, I do not know, but shares my same surname :)
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Read online the second editorial of our last issue:
Towards a Global, Anti-Colonial Criminology of War, Genocide and Resistance.
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
Written by our guest editors:
@hannahwilkinson.bsky.social
@drtdegenhardt.bsky.social
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
Towards a Global, Anti-Colonial Criminology of War, Genocide and Resistance.
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
Written by our guest editors:
@hannahwilkinson.bsky.social
@drtdegenhardt.bsky.social
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
Editorial for the Thematic Section: Towards a Global, Anti-Colonial Criminology of War, Genocide and Resistance
| Criminological Encounters
www.criminologicalencounters.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Read online the second editorial of our last issue:
Towards a Global, Anti-Colonial Criminology of War, Genocide and Resistance.
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
Written by our guest editors:
@hannahwilkinson.bsky.social
@drtdegenhardt.bsky.social
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
Towards a Global, Anti-Colonial Criminology of War, Genocide and Resistance.
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
Written by our guest editors:
@hannahwilkinson.bsky.social
@drtdegenhardt.bsky.social
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social