Shane Horgan
@drshanehorgan.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ Edinburgh Napier University. Cybercrime, policing, security, influence
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Come join the UCL CT Research Group. www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-g...
Computational threat assessments: The relationship between online threats and real-world action | Paul Gill
Fully funded PhD available in our research group - https://lnkd.in/e2FFxzEf
www.linkedin.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Come join the UCL CT Research Group. www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-g...
Reposted by Shane Horgan
SIPR is pleased to announce Dr. Niall Hamilton-Smith and Dr. Shane Horgan as new Associate Directors. Huge thanks to Professors Megan O’Neill and Lesley McMillan for their leadership and contributions. Exciting times ahead for SIPR’s research and collaboration. #SIPR
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
SIPR is pleased to announce Dr. Niall Hamilton-Smith and Dr. Shane Horgan as new Associate Directors. Huge thanks to Professors Megan O’Neill and Lesley McMillan for their leadership and contributions. Exciting times ahead for SIPR’s research and collaboration. #SIPR
Reposted by Shane Horgan
We love speaking to pupils/learners at schools and colleges about all things Criminology and Social Sciences - thanks for having us! @drshanehorgan.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We love speaking to pupils/learners at schools and colleges about all things Criminology and Social Sciences - thanks for having us! @drshanehorgan.bsky.social
Reposted by Shane Horgan
📢 2 fixed term positions are currently available within our criminology team 📢
1 Lecturer in Criminology
Full time (35 hours p/w), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 6 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH075/l...
1 Lecturer in Criminology
Full time (35 hours p/w), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 6 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH075/l...
Lecturer in Criminology, Full time, Fixed Term at Edinburgh Napier University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Criminology, Full time, Fixed Term opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📢 2 fixed term positions are currently available within our criminology team 📢
1 Lecturer in Criminology
Full time (35 hours p/w), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 6 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH075/l...
1 Lecturer in Criminology
Full time (35 hours p/w), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 6 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH075/l...
Check out our awesome colleague kicking ass and taking names at Edinburgh book festival. 👏👏👏👏
In addition to their fantastic edited collection, keep your eyes peeled for the innovative work they are developing on arts in prisons in Scotland. Exciting stuff to come! @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
In addition to their fantastic edited collection, keep your eyes peeled for the innovative work they are developing on arts in prisons in Scotland. Exciting stuff to come! @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
Our colleague Dr @kir-anderson.bsky.social was discussing her recent book "The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation", the first detailed analysis of a unique time in the history of Scottish prisons. The book is available here: www.watersidepress.co.uk/books/barlin... #EdBookFest
August 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Check out our awesome colleague kicking ass and taking names at Edinburgh book festival. 👏👏👏👏
In addition to their fantastic edited collection, keep your eyes peeled for the innovative work they are developing on arts in prisons in Scotland. Exciting stuff to come! @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
In addition to their fantastic edited collection, keep your eyes peeled for the innovative work they are developing on arts in prisons in Scotland. Exciting stuff to come! @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
Exciting funding opportunity to pursue research that addresses questions at the heart of current policing challenges in Scotland with scope for significant impact 👇👇
EOIs due 4th of July with application deadline of 23rd July
EOIs due 4th of July with application deadline of 23rd July
June 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Exciting funding opportunity to pursue research that addresses questions at the heart of current policing challenges in Scotland with scope for significant impact 👇👇
EOIs due 4th of July with application deadline of 23rd July
EOIs due 4th of July with application deadline of 23rd July
Reposted by Shane Horgan
🎓 Fully funded PhD at Abertay University & SIPR: Enabling People to Identify Deepfakes. £20,780/year, fees paid, starts Oct 2025. Use eye-tracking to research deepfake detection. Apply by 30 June 👉 www.abertay.ac.uk/about/workin... #PhD #Cybersecurity #Deepfakes
June 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎓 Fully funded PhD at Abertay University & SIPR: Enabling People to Identify Deepfakes. £20,780/year, fees paid, starts Oct 2025. Use eye-tracking to research deepfake detection. Apply by 30 June 👉 www.abertay.ac.uk/about/workin... #PhD #Cybersecurity #Deepfakes
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Stirling criminologist and social statistics lecturer Dr Ben Matthews is interviewed in a @1919magazine.bsky.social article on crime rates and the difficulties of comparative analysis.
@thesccjr.bsky.social @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social #Criminology
🔗 Article 1919magazine.co.uk/june2025/sco...
@thesccjr.bsky.social @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social #Criminology
🔗 Article 1919magazine.co.uk/june2025/sco...
June 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Stirling criminologist and social statistics lecturer Dr Ben Matthews is interviewed in a @1919magazine.bsky.social article on crime rates and the difficulties of comparative analysis.
@thesccjr.bsky.social @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social #Criminology
🔗 Article 1919magazine.co.uk/june2025/sco...
@thesccjr.bsky.social @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social #Criminology
🔗 Article 1919magazine.co.uk/june2025/sco...
An optimal conclusion to an Irish marathon
June 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
An optimal conclusion to an Irish marathon
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Scenes from #SIPC2025
@drshanehorgan.bsky.social opening the day, welcoming @drlisasugiura.bsky.social who delivered a powerful keynote on GBV, technology and radicalisation; then a great panel on police use of tech including Dr Estelle Clayton and Prof Sofie de Kimpe.
@drshanehorgan.bsky.social opening the day, welcoming @drlisasugiura.bsky.social who delivered a powerful keynote on GBV, technology and radicalisation; then a great panel on police use of tech including Dr Estelle Clayton and Prof Sofie de Kimpe.
May 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Scenes from #SIPC2025
@drshanehorgan.bsky.social opening the day, welcoming @drlisasugiura.bsky.social who delivered a powerful keynote on GBV, technology and radicalisation; then a great panel on police use of tech including Dr Estelle Clayton and Prof Sofie de Kimpe.
@drshanehorgan.bsky.social opening the day, welcoming @drlisasugiura.bsky.social who delivered a powerful keynote on GBV, technology and radicalisation; then a great panel on police use of tech including Dr Estelle Clayton and Prof Sofie de Kimpe.
Reposted by Shane Horgan
SIPC2025 is live! 🎉 A great welcome from Prof Gary Hutchison, Dean of Applied Sciences at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social , highlighted the power of research in policing. @drshanehorgan.bsky.social opened the event. Presenting is Dr Lisa Sugiura’s Nick Fyfe Lecture #SIPC2025
May 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
SIPC2025 is live! 🎉 A great welcome from Prof Gary Hutchison, Dean of Applied Sciences at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social , highlighted the power of research in policing. @drshanehorgan.bsky.social opened the event. Presenting is Dr Lisa Sugiura’s Nick Fyfe Lecture #SIPC2025
Reposted by Shane Horgan
This past year it has felt particularly important to connect with all my students individually, and work my hardest to help them bring their experiences and understanding of the world into the classroom. I am truly SO thankful for this "Best Lecturer" nomination, perhaps I might be onto something.
🎉 EIGHT 🎉 Crim & SocSci colleagues nominated for ENSA Excellence Awards 2025 across 4 categories: Best Lecturer; Significant Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; Exceptional Academic Support; and Best Research Supervisor 🏆
@napierstudents.bsky.social
www.napierstudents.com/excellence/e...
@napierstudents.bsky.social
www.napierstudents.com/excellence/e...
Excellence Awards 2025 Nominees
The full list of staff and services at Edinburgh Napier who have been nominated for a 2025 Excellence Award.
www.napierstudents.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This past year it has felt particularly important to connect with all my students individually, and work my hardest to help them bring their experiences and understanding of the world into the classroom. I am truly SO thankful for this "Best Lecturer" nomination, perhaps I might be onto something.
Reposted by Shane Horgan
"Kirstin Anderson opened by pulling no punches". I have zero trouble believing that! As always, here's @kir-anderson.bsky.social taking hard questions head on and leading exactly the kind of conversation we should be having about prisons: about social harms, academic pavidity, and lessons unlearned.
Many thanks to @joesmithcreative.bsky.social for an excellent write up of our session at the Paisley Book Festival last month paisleybookfestival.com/blog-buildin...
Blog: Building Hope: Art, Architecture, and the Possibility of Abolition - Paisley Book Festival
Dr Kirstin Anderson, lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, and Professor Yvonne Jewkes, one of the
paisleybookfestival.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Kirstin Anderson opened by pulling no punches". I have zero trouble believing that! As always, here's @kir-anderson.bsky.social taking hard questions head on and leading exactly the kind of conversation we should be having about prisons: about social harms, academic pavidity, and lessons unlearned.
Delighted to have the opportunity to visit School of Law and Criminology at @maynoothuniversity.ie tomorrow to speak about some recent work on strategic communications and ‘influence policing’. @the-sipr.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Delighted to have the opportunity to visit School of Law and Criminology at @maynoothuniversity.ie tomorrow to speak about some recent work on strategic communications and ‘influence policing’. @the-sipr.bsky.social
Reposted by Shane Horgan
**New paper** 'Abstract Policing, Covid-19 and the 'rural idyll' in Scotland' has been published in Policing and Society
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to the team Jamie Buchan, @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and Andy Tatnell
@edinburghnapier.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to the team Jamie Buchan, @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and Andy Tatnell
@edinburghnapier.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social
Abstract policing, Covid-19 and the ‘rural idyll’ in Scotland
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rural ‘policing’ (broadly defined to include a range of institutions involved in order maintenance) remains relatively under-discussed and under-theorised. Th...
www.tandfonline.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
**New paper** 'Abstract Policing, Covid-19 and the 'rural idyll' in Scotland' has been published in Policing and Society
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to the team Jamie Buchan, @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and Andy Tatnell
@edinburghnapier.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to the team Jamie Buchan, @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and Andy Tatnell
@edinburghnapier.bsky.social @socscinapier.bsky.social
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Did you know? We now offer 3 #masters degrees as part of our subject area's masters suite: in criminology, in joint criminology and forensic psychology, and in social research. All 3 programmes focus on applied learning and offer an optional work placement 💼
Check out the information below 👇
Check out the information below 👇
March 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Did you know? We now offer 3 #masters degrees as part of our subject area's masters suite: in criminology, in joint criminology and forensic psychology, and in social research. All 3 programmes focus on applied learning and offer an optional work placement 💼
Check out the information below 👇
Check out the information below 👇
Reposted by Shane Horgan
An insight into real world practice as our students heard statements from the Scottish Police Federation and GEOAmey on the impact of COVID-19 on their organisations. Thanks to @kir-anderson.bsky.social and @frasoliman.bsky.social for organising and @covid19inquiry.scot for a warm welcome.
On Monday, we were pleased to welcome Criminology, Policing and Social Sciences students from @edinburghnapier.bsky.social to the Inquiry's hearing suite.
The group were welcomed by our Chair, Lord Brailsford, and Chief Executive, Ian Duddy, and attended one of our impact hearings.
The group were welcomed by our Chair, Lord Brailsford, and Chief Executive, Ian Duddy, and attended one of our impact hearings.
February 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
An insight into real world practice as our students heard statements from the Scottish Police Federation and GEOAmey on the impact of COVID-19 on their organisations. Thanks to @kir-anderson.bsky.social and @frasoliman.bsky.social for organising and @covid19inquiry.scot for a warm welcome.
Reposted by Shane Horgan
🚨Call for Papers Alert 🚨
#LukeHubbard #LisaSugiura and I are Seeking Contributions for an Edited Collection Focused on Researching Hate! Further Details can be Found Below 👇👇
Closing date for submissions is Friday 28th March! #Retweet #SpreadtheWord #Methods #Ethics #ResearcherSafety
#LukeHubbard #LisaSugiura and I are Seeking Contributions for an Edited Collection Focused on Researching Hate! Further Details can be Found Below 👇👇
Closing date for submissions is Friday 28th March! #Retweet #SpreadtheWord #Methods #Ethics #ResearcherSafety
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨Call for Papers Alert 🚨
#LukeHubbard #LisaSugiura and I are Seeking Contributions for an Edited Collection Focused on Researching Hate! Further Details can be Found Below 👇👇
Closing date for submissions is Friday 28th March! #Retweet #SpreadtheWord #Methods #Ethics #ResearcherSafety
#LukeHubbard #LisaSugiura and I are Seeking Contributions for an Edited Collection Focused on Researching Hate! Further Details can be Found Below 👇👇
Closing date for submissions is Friday 28th March! #Retweet #SpreadtheWord #Methods #Ethics #ResearcherSafety
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Giving a talk at Manchester Digital Futures today on Influence Policing work with @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and other lovely people - events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... I'll explore some of the emerging ways that police and counter terror are using active digital influence for Prevent policing
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr. Ben Collier | Events at The University of Manchester
events.manchester.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Giving a talk at Manchester Digital Futures today on Influence Policing work with @drshanehorgan.bsky.social and other lovely people - events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... I'll explore some of the emerging ways that police and counter terror are using active digital influence for Prevent policing
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Hi 👋 Criminologists and those interested in narrative methods - please share…
Abstracts have been extended to 3rd March for the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium - takes place from 15th-17th June 2025 in Swansea, Wales, UK
#narrativecriminology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...
Abstracts have been extended to 3rd March for the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium - takes place from 15th-17th June 2025 in Swansea, Wales, UK
#narrativecriminology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...
Narrative Criminology Symposium 2025: Narrating Harm, Narrating Hope.
Hosted by the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, Swansea University.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hi 👋 Criminologists and those interested in narrative methods - please share…
Abstracts have been extended to 3rd March for the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium - takes place from 15th-17th June 2025 in Swansea, Wales, UK
#narrativecriminology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...
Abstracts have been extended to 3rd March for the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium - takes place from 15th-17th June 2025 in Swansea, Wales, UK
#narrativecriminology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...
Reposted by Shane Horgan
Very cool to get my copy of this, written by my brilliant colleague. #antiracism #highereducation #equality #equity #EDI #DEI
December 20, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Very cool to get my copy of this, written by my brilliant colleague. #antiracism #highereducation #equality #equity #EDI #DEI
Reposted by Shane Horgan
🔊Scottish Parliament TV could become a target for deepfakes says new research published today by SCCJR.
Authors Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social Morgan Currie & Benedetta Catanzariti @benedetta.bsky.social
#deepfakes #AI #artificialintelligence #chamberfakes #scottish #research
Authors Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social Morgan Currie & Benedetta Catanzariti @benedetta.bsky.social
#deepfakes #AI #artificialintelligence #chamberfakes #scottish #research
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM
🔊Scottish Parliament TV could become a target for deepfakes says new research published today by SCCJR.
Authors Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social Morgan Currie & Benedetta Catanzariti @benedetta.bsky.social
#deepfakes #AI #artificialintelligence #chamberfakes #scottish #research
Authors Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social Morgan Currie & Benedetta Catanzariti @benedetta.bsky.social
#deepfakes #AI #artificialintelligence #chamberfakes #scottish #research
Reposted by Shane Horgan
We were commissioned by Scottish Parliament to look at the threats posed to them by emerging 'deepfake' technology - so-called 'chamberfakes' of parliamentary business. Report published today with SCCJR www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
December 10, 2024 at 9:37 AM
We were commissioned by Scottish Parliament to look at the threats posed to them by emerging 'deepfake' technology - so-called 'chamberfakes' of parliamentary business. Report published today with SCCJR www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...