Dr Kajsa Dinesson
@dinesson.bsky.social
Lecturer in law, University of York. Criminal law, criminal process, and evidence; some mental health. Primarily working on terror-law/policy and discretion: 'Criminalizing Terror' forthcoming with OUP.
The Commission's report assesses the effectiveness and proportionality of the UK's counter-terrorism framework. It makes a number of important recommendations for reform in an area in dire need of change across law and practice 👇🏼
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Commission's report assesses the effectiveness and proportionality of the UK's counter-terrorism framework. It makes a number of important recommendations for reform in an area in dire need of change across law and practice 👇🏼
There is still time to get your abstract in! See details below - and please share with your network 👇🏼
📣 Call for contributors 📣
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There is still time to get your abstract in! See details below - and please share with your network 👇🏼
We are the university - don't forget to return your ballots
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We are the university - don't forget to return your ballots
📣 Call for contributors 📣
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
October 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📣 Call for contributors 📣
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
Yesterday I had the privilege of having some brilliant colleagues join me for a manuscript workshop on the draft chapters for my forthcoming book: Criminalizing Terrorism. I am very grateful to the Morrell Centre for Legal and Political Philosophy for funding this fantastic full day workshop!
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Yesterday I had the privilege of having some brilliant colleagues join me for a manuscript workshop on the draft chapters for my forthcoming book: Criminalizing Terrorism. I am very grateful to the Morrell Centre for Legal and Political Philosophy for funding this fantastic full day workshop!
I am so pleased to share that as of March 2026 I will be PI on a 2 year British Academy/Leverhulme funded project on mind-set material 🔎🧠
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I am so pleased to share that as of March 2026 I will be PI on a 2 year British Academy/Leverhulme funded project on mind-set material 🔎🧠
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Another excellent @europeangroup.bsky.social conference this year in Malmö: programme packed with critical and radical voices and clear commitment in support of Palestine. Grateful for the kind and attentive audience listening to my and @dinesson.bsky.social's paper on zemiology of counterterrorism
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Another excellent @europeangroup.bsky.social conference this year in Malmö: programme packed with critical and radical voices and clear commitment in support of Palestine. Grateful for the kind and attentive audience listening to my and @dinesson.bsky.social's paper on zemiology of counterterrorism
Do you have some interesting musings going on related to criminal law? We'd love to hear about it! Deadline 10 Oct - plenty of time to get thinking and writing👀
Call for Abstracts for the Spring 2026 seminar series. Details in the image, and we hope to hear from you with your abstracts by 10 October. Please circulate widely and feel free to contact us with any questions. See you online!
September 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Do you have some interesting musings going on related to criminal law? We'd love to hear about it! Deadline 10 Oct - plenty of time to get thinking and writing👀
Report on the Terrorism Acts (operation in 2023) is now published.
It continues important discussions about terrorism and the internet. Glad to see discussion of young people online, and flattered to be cited on this issue! For those interested, the work cited is forthcoming with OUP 👀
It continues important discussions about terrorism and the internet. Glad to see discussion of young people online, and flattered to be cited on this issue! For those interested, the work cited is forthcoming with OUP 👀
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July 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Report on the Terrorism Acts (operation in 2023) is now published.
It continues important discussions about terrorism and the internet. Glad to see discussion of young people online, and flattered to be cited on this issue! For those interested, the work cited is forthcoming with OUP 👀
It continues important discussions about terrorism and the internet. Glad to see discussion of young people online, and flattered to be cited on this issue! For those interested, the work cited is forthcoming with OUP 👀
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And of course, great to see that "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism" by @dinesson.bsky.social and myself is settled in its new home: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
And of course, great to see that "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism" by @dinesson.bsky.social and myself is settled in its new home: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
My talented colleague Dr Alice Welsh has published a brilliant book on work and free movement rights. Open access link below!
Are the EU free movement rules wildly out of step with the new realities of work? My new book, the MARKET CITIZENSHIP ILLUSION answers this by looking at the law in action – and it is available now to *everyone for free*! www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
🧵on key arguments... (1/10)
🧵on key arguments... (1/10)
May 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My talented colleague Dr Alice Welsh has published a brilliant book on work and free movement rights. Open access link below!
York Law School is advertising an open funded full-time on-campus PhD position,with stipend + fee waiver at the home rate.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally renowned university and a vibrant law school, supervised by our fantastic academic staff.
Closing date May 31st.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally renowned university and a vibrant law school, supervised by our fantastic academic staff.
Closing date May 31st.
York Law School Studentship - York Law School, University of York
York Law School has funding available to support one full-time campus-based PhD studentship.
www.york.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
York Law School is advertising an open funded full-time on-campus PhD position,with stipend + fee waiver at the home rate.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally renowned university and a vibrant law school, supervised by our fantastic academic staff.
Closing date May 31st.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally renowned university and a vibrant law school, supervised by our fantastic academic staff.
Closing date May 31st.
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A great hybrid session of the Virtual Criminal Law Group with @mattmatravers.bsky.social in Edinburgh, speaking about public nuisance offences and their rationales. Lovely to see friends and to have such a great discussion!
March 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A great hybrid session of the Virtual Criminal Law Group with @mattmatravers.bsky.social in Edinburgh, speaking about public nuisance offences and their rationales. Lovely to see friends and to have such a great discussion!
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Dr Kajsa Dinesson @dinesson.bsky.social has supported Liberty in submitting evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. The Bill proposes introducing offences aimed at organised immigration crime.
#Asylum #Immigration #YLS #UoY #Law #UKLaw #Research
#Asylum #Immigration #YLS #UoY #Law #UKLaw #Research
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March 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Dr Kajsa Dinesson @dinesson.bsky.social has supported Liberty in submitting evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. The Bill proposes introducing offences aimed at organised immigration crime.
#Asylum #Immigration #YLS #UoY #Law #UKLaw #Research
#Asylum #Immigration #YLS #UoY #Law #UKLaw #Research
@frasoliman.bsky.social and I are among BUPs most downloaded authors of 2024!
You can read our paper "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism" and the whole collection free until Feb 28th!
Most downloaded collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/most-re...
You can read our paper "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism" and the whole collection free until Feb 28th!
Most downloaded collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/most-re...
Most read articles collection
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@frasoliman.bsky.social and I are among BUPs most downloaded authors of 2024!
You can read our paper "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism" and the whole collection free until Feb 28th!
Most downloaded collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/most-re...
You can read our paper "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism" and the whole collection free until Feb 28th!
Most downloaded collection: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/most-re...
Prosecutions, evidence, and mind-set material in terrorism cases 📄
Fresh off the presses and delivered this week to enjoy in print form. For anyone who does not receive Legal Studies in the mail however, fear not! The paper is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fresh off the presses and delivered this week to enjoy in print form. For anyone who does not receive Legal Studies in the mail however, fear not! The paper is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Prosecutions, evidence, and mind-set material in terrorism cases 📄
Fresh off the presses and delivered this week to enjoy in print form. For anyone who does not receive Legal Studies in the mail however, fear not! The paper is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fresh off the presses and delivered this week to enjoy in print form. For anyone who does not receive Legal Studies in the mail however, fear not! The paper is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Just arrived. Currently working on: LGBTQ+ menopause; older LGBTQ+ rights in care contexts; older people & armed conflict; building international research network on older persons' human rights with @cahr-york.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk. If you've similar interests in one/all areas do get in touch.
December 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Just arrived. Currently working on: LGBTQ+ menopause; older LGBTQ+ rights in care contexts; older people & armed conflict; building international research network on older persons' human rights with @cahr-york.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk. If you've similar interests in one/all areas do get in touch.
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At the Royal Courts of Justice today sharing insights and challenges around the sentencing of autistic young people for terrorism offences.
This included reflections on courtrooms, expert evidence, reasonable excuses and curiosity, and mind-set material: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This included reflections on courtrooms, expert evidence, reasonable excuses and curiosity, and mind-set material: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM
At the Royal Courts of Justice today sharing insights and challenges around the sentencing of autistic young people for terrorism offences.
This included reflections on courtrooms, expert evidence, reasonable excuses and curiosity, and mind-set material: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This included reflections on courtrooms, expert evidence, reasonable excuses and curiosity, and mind-set material: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Independent Reviewer's report on the Terrorism Acts in 2022 is finally here (click to download): t.co/wZEC2MbdQE
Notable comments and recommendations on both proscription and terrorist travel - proposing a new offence on the later.
Notable comments and recommendations on both proscription and terrorist travel - proposing a new offence on the later.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674848622ac8a6da30723942/E03236791_-_IRTL_Annual_Report_2022_Accessible.pdf
t.co
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM
The Independent Reviewer's report on the Terrorism Acts in 2022 is finally here (click to download): t.co/wZEC2MbdQE
Notable comments and recommendations on both proscription and terrorist travel - proposing a new offence on the later.
Notable comments and recommendations on both proscription and terrorist travel - proposing a new offence on the later.
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I'm editor of the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory & Philosophy. We're in need of contributors on: (1) Raz, Joseph; (2) Critical Race Theory & Law; (3) Discourse Theory & Law; (4) Empirical Legal Studies; & (5) Law & Risk. If you're interested, let me know via email. #academicsky
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I'm editor of the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory & Philosophy. We're in need of contributors on: (1) Raz, Joseph; (2) Critical Race Theory & Law; (3) Discourse Theory & Law; (4) Empirical Legal Studies; & (5) Law & Risk. If you're interested, let me know via email. #academicsky
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We won the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Impact last night. An inspiring evening, learning about projects making profound differences, highlighting the power of research (see: Yvonne McDermott Rees; @richardmoorhead.bsky.social; and many more)
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
We won the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Impact last night. An inspiring evening, learning about projects making profound differences, highlighting the power of research (see: Yvonne McDermott Rees; @richardmoorhead.bsky.social; and many more)
One to keep an eye out for!
The book comes out in April 2025 and I'm delighted that it's open access!
But if you prefer to turn physical pages you can pre-order it now: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/market-ci...
But if you prefer to turn physical pages you can pre-order it now: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/market-ci...
The Market Citizenship Illusion
This open access book challenges the existing focus in EU citizenship scholarship which tends to look only at the economically active. Arguing that the delibera…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM
One to keep an eye out for!
The fantastic Charlotte O'Brien has joined! You should check out this cool video about her work 👇🏼
Bluesky inaugural post!!
The team who put this lovely video together about our work at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub have worked wonders, and such an honour to have comments from Ellie Sibley at the AIRE Centre - thank you!
youtu.be/EaYpCmVPNy8?...
The team who put this lovely video together about our work at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub have worked wonders, and such an honour to have comments from Ellie Sibley at the AIRE Centre - thank you!
youtu.be/EaYpCmVPNy8?...
Securing the rights of EU nationals post Brexit | ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2024
YouTube video by ESRC Social
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November 14, 2024 at 12:01 PM
The fantastic Charlotte O'Brien has joined! You should check out this cool video about her work 👇🏼
Delighted to share that as of last month I am writing a monograph, entitled Criminalizing Terrorism, forthcoming with Oxford University Press! 📖
The book critically examines the use of criminal law as a tool to counter terrorism in the UK, analysing the implementation of preventive offences.
The book critically examines the use of criminal law as a tool to counter terrorism in the UK, analysing the implementation of preventive offences.
November 12, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Delighted to share that as of last month I am writing a monograph, entitled Criminalizing Terrorism, forthcoming with Oxford University Press! 📖
The book critically examines the use of criminal law as a tool to counter terrorism in the UK, analysing the implementation of preventive offences.
The book critically examines the use of criminal law as a tool to counter terrorism in the UK, analysing the implementation of preventive offences.