Conor O'Reilly
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Professor of Transnational Crime & Security @ccjsleeds.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social | Father of Twins | Views My Own
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Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:
ESC General Assembly shows overwhelming support for motion; ESC Board denies vote
We, Criminologists for Palestine, are writing to express our profound shock at the decision of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) Executive Board to openly subvert the democratic will of its…
criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:
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📣Our @jpinasanchez.bsky.social and @toby-davies.bsky.social have a new preprint available!
In it, they explore the effect of #motor #traffic on street #crime.
Check it out below👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #AcademicSky #CrimSky
In it, they explore the effect of #motor #traffic on street #crime.
Check it out below👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #AcademicSky #CrimSky
'Exploring the effect of motor #traffic on street #crime'. New preprint with @toby-davies.bsky.social jmpinasanchez.github.io/static/Traff...
When neighbourhoods are affected by 'heavy traffic' perceptions of vandalism, burglary and theft grow from 6% to 9%, and that is most likely an underestimate.
When neighbourhoods are affected by 'heavy traffic' perceptions of vandalism, burglary and theft grow from 6% to 9%, and that is most likely an underestimate.
August 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📣Our @jpinasanchez.bsky.social and @toby-davies.bsky.social have a new preprint available!
In it, they explore the effect of #motor #traffic on street #crime.
Check it out below👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #AcademicSky #CrimSky
In it, they explore the effect of #motor #traffic on street #crime.
Check it out below👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social #LawSky #AcademicSky #CrimSky
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We are delighted to share the inaugural edition of our brand new CCJS newsletter. Every quarter we will be sharing the latest research developments, impact activities, events and other news from across our community. Read the first edition here: campaignmonitor.leeds.ac.uk/t/y-e-cuidyo...
Welcome to your first Centre for Criminal Justice Studies newsletter!
campaignmonitor.leeds.ac.uk
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We are delighted to share the inaugural edition of our brand new CCJS newsletter. Every quarter we will be sharing the latest research developments, impact activities, events and other news from across our community. Read the first edition here: campaignmonitor.leeds.ac.uk/t/y-e-cuidyo...
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
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‘The Fourteen Stations’. Derry, 30 January 2022. Photographs taken on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday documenting (as closely as is now possible) the spots where the fourteen people fatally shot by the British Army that day fell.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
‘The Fourteen Stations’. Derry, 30 January 2022. Photographs taken on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday documenting (as closely as is now possible) the spots where the fourteen people fatally shot by the British Army that day fell.
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GAH.
Sorry!
We're so sorry. But if we had to look at it, so do you.
We don't make the rules of scientific trauma.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Sorry!
We're so sorry. But if we had to look at it, so do you.
We don't make the rules of scientific trauma.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Fungus-infected zombie spiders discovered in Northern Ireland
Gibellula attenboroughii was found in an abandoned gunpowder storeroom.
www.popsci.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
GAH.
Sorry!
We're so sorry. But if we had to look at it, so do you.
We don't make the rules of scientific trauma.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Sorry!
We're so sorry. But if we had to look at it, so do you.
We don't make the rules of scientific trauma.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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We are excited to join BlueSky and share all the amazing work of our Centre members. Stay tuned for more information about this year's Annual Lecture and Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture, both taking place later this semester.
January 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We are excited to join BlueSky and share all the amazing work of our Centre members. Stay tuned for more information about this year's Annual Lecture and Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture, both taking place later this semester.
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Our @delaferiar.bsky.social weighing in on tax evasion with her customary eloquence. 'The Law applies to everyone, no matter how rich you are'. 👏
#AcademicSky, #LawSky, #Tax
#AcademicSky, #LawSky, #Tax
Brief hiatus to my research leave, as many will have seen my name cited in this morning's news break - now on BBC, Guardian, etc. The Law applies to everyone, no matter how rich you are. The Rule of Law is the Rule of Law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Abramovich dodged millions in tax with superyachts-for-hire scheme
Shell companies were used to charter the sanctioned oligarch’s yachts to himself, evading VAT, BBC reveals.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Our @delaferiar.bsky.social weighing in on tax evasion with her customary eloquence. 'The Law applies to everyone, no matter how rich you are'. 👏
#AcademicSky, #LawSky, #Tax
#AcademicSky, #LawSky, #Tax
Blogpost on exciting artivist work on fuel laundering in Irish borderlands by my friend Anna Marie Savage.
Excited to collab with her for my research project on Petro-Culture & Informal Fuel Economy - stay tuned!
www.annamariesavage.com/blog-2-1/uisce-salachdirty-water
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Excited to collab with her for my research project on Petro-Culture & Informal Fuel Economy - stay tuned!
www.annamariesavage.com/blog-2-1/uisce-salachdirty-water
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Uisce Salach/Dirty Water — ANNA MARIE SAVAGE
Well, hello everyone, I’m back into blogland!!! As I always say (and let me stress that this is only me), I always need a project, a concept, a ‘meaning’ to paint what I paint. A lot of abstract pain...
www.annamariesavage.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Blogpost on exciting artivist work on fuel laundering in Irish borderlands by my friend Anna Marie Savage.
Excited to collab with her for my research project on Petro-Culture & Informal Fuel Economy - stay tuned!
www.annamariesavage.com/blog-2-1/uisce-salachdirty-water
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Excited to collab with her for my research project on Petro-Culture & Informal Fuel Economy - stay tuned!
www.annamariesavage.com/blog-2-1/uisce-salachdirty-water
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
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📣 Calling all PhD students 📣
Applications are now open for the Vulnerability and Policing International PhD Summer School!
📅 Monday 7 – Friday 11 July 2025
📍 University of York, UK
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2025.
Read more and apply:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/vulnerabilit...
Applications are now open for the Vulnerability and Policing International PhD Summer School!
📅 Monday 7 – Friday 11 July 2025
📍 University of York, UK
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2025.
Read more and apply:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/vulnerabilit...
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk
January 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📣 Calling all PhD students 📣
Applications are now open for the Vulnerability and Policing International PhD Summer School!
📅 Monday 7 – Friday 11 July 2025
📍 University of York, UK
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2025.
Read more and apply:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/vulnerabilit...
Applications are now open for the Vulnerability and Policing International PhD Summer School!
📅 Monday 7 – Friday 11 July 2025
📍 University of York, UK
Deadline for applications: 28 February 2025.
Read more and apply:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/vulnerabilit...
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@universityofleeds.bsky.social are the latest university to cease posting on X. They are the first one I have seen to have made a formal statement about it.
January 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
@universityofleeds.bsky.social are the latest university to cease posting on X. They are the first one I have seen to have made a formal statement about it.
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🍍Our @annabarker.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Pineapple Awards!!
Read more about the awards and her project below👇
tinyurl.com/yfky2vze
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social @greenflagaward.bsky.social
#LawSky
Read more about the awards and her project below👇
tinyurl.com/yfky2vze
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social @greenflagaward.bsky.social
#LawSky
Shortlist for The Pineapples 2025 awards announced
The 2025 shortlist for The Pineapples awards for place has been announced with 110 projects in the running for a golden pineapple for their contribution to place
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January 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🍍Our @annabarker.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Pineapple Awards!!
Read more about the awards and her project below👇
tinyurl.com/yfky2vze
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social @greenflagaward.bsky.social
#LawSky
Read more about the awards and her project below👇
tinyurl.com/yfky2vze
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social @greenflagaward.bsky.social
#LawSky
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Finally, big news: my paper, with the results of the Taxation and Inequalities project, is out!! Drawing upon extensive new law data, from 33 countries, and informed by a wide range of disciplines, it provides a new policy roadmap for addressing inequalities through tax systems.
January 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Finally, big news: my paper, with the results of the Taxation and Inequalities project, is out!! Drawing upon extensive new law data, from 33 countries, and informed by a wide range of disciplines, it provides a new policy roadmap for addressing inequalities through tax systems.
I'm assuming contractual but meanwhile...financial pressures on university sector etc
A vice-chancellor who stepped down suddenly left the University of Leeds with a final pay packet worth more than £430,000, it has emerged
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Vice-chancellor got £288,000 payout on sudden exit from Leeds
Simone Buitendijk worked just a few months of the last academic year but received over £430,000 in total remuneration
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:02 AM
I'm assuming contractual but meanwhile...financial pressures on university sector etc
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Exciting-as-exciting can be assistant prof with endowed chair job alert at the Citizen Lab: citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assi...
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Digital Technologies - The Citizen Lab
The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time
citizenlab.ca
November 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Exciting-as-exciting can be assistant prof with endowed chair job alert at the Citizen Lab: citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assi...
Legacy issues of The Troubles and dirty war of informants, disappearances, state agents & collusion definitely having cultural reach beyond North. Worth checking these out & works/projects preceding them:
www.fxnetworks.com/shows/say-nothing
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k39tdz
tinyurl.com/yc2zh6cm
www.fxnetworks.com/shows/say-nothing
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k39tdz
tinyurl.com/yc2zh6cm
November 28, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Legacy issues of The Troubles and dirty war of informants, disappearances, state agents & collusion definitely having cultural reach beyond North. Worth checking these out & works/projects preceding them:
www.fxnetworks.com/shows/say-nothing
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k39tdz
tinyurl.com/yc2zh6cm
www.fxnetworks.com/shows/say-nothing
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k39tdz
tinyurl.com/yc2zh6cm
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Alert: ESRC funded collaborative doctoral studentship to work on insecurity and regulatory deficits in everyday life. Based in @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, supervised by me and Dan Taylor @oupolitics.bsky.social. Collaboration with @unchecked-uk.bsky.social.
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/bridging-the...
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/bridging-the...
Bridging the protection gap: Lived experiences of insecurity and regulatory deficits
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Alert: ESRC funded collaborative doctoral studentship to work on insecurity and regulatory deficits in everyday life. Based in @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, supervised by me and Dan Taylor @oupolitics.bsky.social. Collaboration with @unchecked-uk.bsky.social.
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/bridging-the...
www.granduniondtp.ac.uk/bridging-the...
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Today, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re spotlighting @drsamjlewis.bsky.social’s work on rural domestic abuse.
Her research highlights the unique challenges rural communities face and drives meaningful. Learn more.👇
tinyurl.com/52jt9wdt
Her research highlights the unique challenges rural communities face and drives meaningful. Learn more.👇
tinyurl.com/52jt9wdt
Spotlight on Research: Tackling Rural Domestic Abuse
YouTube video by University of Leeds
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November 25, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Today, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re spotlighting @drsamjlewis.bsky.social’s work on rural domestic abuse.
Her research highlights the unique challenges rural communities face and drives meaningful. Learn more.👇
tinyurl.com/52jt9wdt
Her research highlights the unique challenges rural communities face and drives meaningful. Learn more.👇
tinyurl.com/52jt9wdt
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We’re thrilled to celebrate our researchers’ success at the 2024 Research Impact and Engagement Awards! 🏆
👏 Dr @annabarker.bsky.social's team won the Mature Policy Impact Award
👏 Dr Laura Bainbridge’s team won the Emerging Policy Impact Award
Read more: tinyurl.com/3caanses
👏 Dr @annabarker.bsky.social's team won the Mature Policy Impact Award
👏 Dr Laura Bainbridge’s team won the Emerging Policy Impact Award
Read more: tinyurl.com/3caanses
Faculty success at the 2024 Research Impact and Engagement Awards
Faculty of Social Sciences researchers pick up two Research Impact and Engagement Awards at this years' inaugural awards celebrating the long road of engagement and resulting impact.
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November 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
We’re thrilled to celebrate our researchers’ success at the 2024 Research Impact and Engagement Awards! 🏆
👏 Dr @annabarker.bsky.social's team won the Mature Policy Impact Award
👏 Dr Laura Bainbridge’s team won the Emerging Policy Impact Award
Read more: tinyurl.com/3caanses
👏 Dr @annabarker.bsky.social's team won the Mature Policy Impact Award
👏 Dr Laura Bainbridge’s team won the Emerging Policy Impact Award
Read more: tinyurl.com/3caanses
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
As @delaferiar.bsky.social often reminds me... #TheresAlwaysATaxAngle
I have just submitted the blurb for my latest book on "Taxation and Inequalities". Out Summer 2025!
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM
As @delaferiar.bsky.social often reminds me... #TheresAlwaysATaxAngle
Excellent idea! It seems this is my academic self...word-clouded
#criminology #AcademicSky #ScholarGoggler
#criminology #AcademicSky #ScholarGoggler
November 21, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Excellent idea! It seems this is my academic self...word-clouded
#criminology #AcademicSky #ScholarGoggler
#criminology #AcademicSky #ScholarGoggler
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Last night at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social Awards we celebrated the positive impact the #SaferParks project is having on policy and practice. 🏆
The real strength is the collaborative partnership’s commitment to bring about change and the value of doing this by engaging with women and girls.
The real strength is the collaborative partnership’s commitment to bring about change and the value of doing this by engaging with women and girls.
November 21, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Last night at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social Awards we celebrated the positive impact the #SaferParks project is having on policy and practice. 🏆
The real strength is the collaborative partnership’s commitment to bring about change and the value of doing this by engaging with women and girls.
The real strength is the collaborative partnership’s commitment to bring about change and the value of doing this by engaging with women and girls.
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New thread to summarise what the various #GE24 party manifestos have to say on drug policy:
First, @fiannafailparty.bsky.social:
7358484.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/735848...
Manifesto commits to decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs
Copy & paste of #CADrugUse recommendations
First, @fiannafailparty.bsky.social:
7358484.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/735848...
Manifesto commits to decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs
Copy & paste of #CADrugUse recommendations
November 18, 2024 at 10:15 PM
New thread to summarise what the various #GE24 party manifestos have to say on drug policy:
First, @fiannafailparty.bsky.social:
7358484.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/735848...
Manifesto commits to decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs
Copy & paste of #CADrugUse recommendations
First, @fiannafailparty.bsky.social:
7358484.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/735848...
Manifesto commits to decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs
Copy & paste of #CADrugUse recommendations
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How to get started with academic Bluesky blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
How to get started with academic Bluesky
As prominent individual and institutional accounts eschew Twitter/X for new social media platforms, Bluesky is having a moment. Drawing on the experience of colleagues on the platform, Ned Potter, …
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November 18, 2024 at 11:34 AM
How to get started with academic Bluesky blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...