Steve Kirkwood (he/him)
@stevekirkwood.bsky.social
Head of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. Interested in asylum, restorative justice and justice social work. Raises children, goes running, eats cake. Views shared on here are my own. https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/steve-kirkwood
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Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice - Eve Mullins, Steve Kirkwood, Peter Raynor, 2025
Challenging antisocial behaviour is central to probation practice. Non-confrontational challenge has been identified as the most effective approach. Using conve...
doi.org
Our article with @evemull.bsky.social and Peter Raynor on Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice is now out in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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EVENT: Reframing Criminal Justice
Dec 3rd | 10am-2:30pm | EFI
Join us for a half-day seminar on creative, community-led justice reform, and explore lived experience shaping policy, research and practice. Open to researchers, practitioners & the community - all welcome!
More: edin.ac/4p684yn
Dec 3rd | 10am-2:30pm | EFI
Join us for a half-day seminar on creative, community-led justice reform, and explore lived experience shaping policy, research and practice. Open to researchers, practitioners & the community - all welcome!
More: edin.ac/4p684yn
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
EVENT: Reframing Criminal Justice
Dec 3rd | 10am-2:30pm | EFI
Join us for a half-day seminar on creative, community-led justice reform, and explore lived experience shaping policy, research and practice. Open to researchers, practitioners & the community - all welcome!
More: edin.ac/4p684yn
Dec 3rd | 10am-2:30pm | EFI
Join us for a half-day seminar on creative, community-led justice reform, and explore lived experience shaping policy, research and practice. Open to researchers, practitioners & the community - all welcome!
More: edin.ac/4p684yn
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There’s still time to register for the 7th Webinar of the Scottish Network of Restorative Justice Researchers on Trauma and Restorative Justice. This event will be discussing international research, practices and exploring the future for Scotland. Register at: buff.ly/rGjujl2
#RJWeek #RJWeek2025
#RJWeek #RJWeek2025
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There’s still time to register for the 7th Webinar of the Scottish Network of Restorative Justice Researchers on Trauma and Restorative Justice. This event will be discussing international research, practices and exploring the future for Scotland. Register at: buff.ly/rGjujl2
#RJWeek #RJWeek2025
#RJWeek #RJWeek2025
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
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Solidarity in action on the picket line at George Square! @ucuscotland.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Solidarity in action on the picket line at George Square! @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Our article with @evemull.bsky.social and Peter Raynor on Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice is now out in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice - Eve Mullins, Steve Kirkwood, Peter Raynor, 2025
Challenging antisocial behaviour is central to probation practice. Non-confrontational challenge has been identified as the most effective approach. Using conve...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Our article with @evemull.bsky.social and Peter Raynor on Challenging Antisocial Behaviour in Probation Practice is now out in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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Textbook Launch Event🚀
Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...
Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...
The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook
This event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Textbook Launch Event🚀
Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...
Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...
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We're striking to stop budget cuts and mass redundancies and standing up for the future of our students' education. There is no deficit.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We're striking to stop budget cuts and mass redundancies and standing up for the future of our students' education. There is no deficit.
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Today's @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally to defend jobs and oppose cuts at Edinburgh university #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
September 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today's @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally to defend jobs and oppose cuts at Edinburgh university #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
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That’s Pinar - doing the good stuff @pinaraksu.bsky.social and the hard stuff.
Always learning (proud supervisor moment)
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
Always learning (proud supervisor moment)
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
What I learned from talking to anti-refugee protesters in Falkirk
IT has been very unsettling to witness what we are all experiencing as a society in the past few weeks. The constant hate being shared across the…
www.thenational.scot
August 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
That’s Pinar - doing the good stuff @pinaraksu.bsky.social and the hard stuff.
Always learning (proud supervisor moment)
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
Always learning (proud supervisor moment)
www.thenational.scot/politics/254...
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📄 NEW report by Aaron Sheridan (Strathclyde), Colin Atkinson (UWS), @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling), Richard @kjellgren.bsky.social (Stirling), Susan McVie (Edinburgh Uni), @frasoliman.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier), and Kerry Hannigan (UHI). [2/2]
www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
Inverness and Cromarty Green Freeport: Assessing crime and security risks - SCCJR
The following report was funded by the SCCJR Research Development Grant. This report presents a review of research evidence into […]
www.sccjr.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📄 NEW report by Aaron Sheridan (Strathclyde), Colin Atkinson (UWS), @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling), Richard @kjellgren.bsky.social (Stirling), Susan McVie (Edinburgh Uni), @frasoliman.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier), and Kerry Hannigan (UHI). [2/2]
www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
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My brilliant colleagues' recent funding successes have opened up 2 fixed term positions in our criminology team at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social; if you are an early career researcher, or you are finishing up/just out of a PhD, we would love to hear from you.
📢 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.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
My brilliant colleagues' recent funding successes have opened up 2 fixed term positions in our criminology team at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social; if you are an early career researcher, or you are finishing up/just out of a PhD, we would love to hear from you.
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So happy to share this article which we hope will be helpful for anyone doing #socialworkassessments with children and families. Integrating issues around the #digitalworld can be tricky - this article brings together research and practice wisdom to help www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My Whole World: Integrating the Digital into Social Work Assessments with Children and Young People
Most children and young people now live a significant proportion of their lives online, a situation that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic which required many services, including educat...
www.tandfonline.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
So happy to share this article which we hope will be helpful for anyone doing #socialworkassessments with children and families. Integrating issues around the #digitalworld can be tricky - this article brings together research and practice wisdom to help www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Just Images is a new #podcast about crime & culture created by students at University of Stirling in Cultural and Creative #Criminology module, led by Dr Phil Crockett Thomas. All episodes made by students, apart from the first (an interview with Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén) justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk
Just Images Podcast
justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Just Images is a new #podcast about crime & culture created by students at University of Stirling in Cultural and Creative #Criminology module, led by Dr Phil Crockett Thomas. All episodes made by students, apart from the first (an interview with Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén) justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk
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My copies arrived plus additional purchases for those folk who supported me in leading underpinning the research with Esa Aldegheri & Dan Fisher @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social
www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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August 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My copies arrived plus additional purchases for those folk who supported me in leading underpinning the research with Esa Aldegheri & Dan Fisher @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social
www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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JOB: Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at the University of Glasgow.
Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social
#Criminology #AcademicSky #Research
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...
Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social
#Criminology #AcademicSky #Research
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...
Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at University of Glasgow
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Criminology (R&T). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
JOB: Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at the University of Glasgow.
Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social
#Criminology #AcademicSky #Research
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...
Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social
#Criminology #AcademicSky #Research
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...
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These group discussions will be safe, supportive and led by people who understand how complex these experiences can be. All participants will receive a small shopping voucher for taking part. To book or for more information on Glasgow, Dundee or online sessions, contact @nextchapterscotland.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
These group discussions will be safe, supportive and led by people who understand how complex these experiences can be. All participants will receive a small shopping voucher for taking part. To book or for more information on Glasgow, Dundee or online sessions, contact @nextchapterscotland.org.uk
Great piece here by colleague @kevindonovan.bsky.social on a new politics of rivers:
I wrote about dams, using new books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, James C. Scott, and Yuvan Aves to discuss a remarkable transformation on the Klamath River where four large dams have been removed to restore the watershed. 🧵
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
What Does It Take to Topple a Dam? - Boston Review
A new politics of rivers is emerging.
www.bostonreview.net
July 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great piece here by colleague @kevindonovan.bsky.social on a new politics of rivers:
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Scotland’s distinctive criminal justice system is nicely summarised in the first chapter (free to read) of James Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrisons new book *Criminal Justice in Scotland* s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-store-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/978100337288...
July 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Scotland’s distinctive criminal justice system is nicely summarised in the first chapter (free to read) of James Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrisons new book *Criminal Justice in Scotland* s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-store-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/978100337288...
Great to see this article just out in the British Journal of Criminology by my PhD student Rikki Wolkind - 'Penal Policy on Families of Imprisoned People—An Impossible Situation?' doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
Penal Policy on Families of Imprisoned People—An Impossible Situation? Understanding Scottish Prison Policy Through Prison Staff’s Moral Sensibilities
Abstract. Scottish penal policy emphasizes the rights and well-being of the families of imprisoned people, yet reports suggest persistent gaps between disc
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July 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Great to see this article just out in the British Journal of Criminology by my PhD student Rikki Wolkind - 'Penal Policy on Families of Imprisoned People—An Impossible Situation?' doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
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The first 20-25min of this committee hearing are worth watching in full: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...
June 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The first 20-25min of this committee hearing are worth watching in full: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...
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🎨✨ Zine-making & the Research of Community – Taster Session ✨🎨
Mon 16 June | 2-4pm | Online
Curious about how creativity can shape research? Join us for a session exploring zine-making as a research method, led by Dr Jimmy Turner. No experience needed!
Register: edin.ac/3SzVRDM
Mon 16 June | 2-4pm | Online
Curious about how creativity can shape research? Join us for a session exploring zine-making as a research method, led by Dr Jimmy Turner. No experience needed!
Register: edin.ac/3SzVRDM
Zine-making and the research of community – A taster session
Join the Binks Hub and KomSI for an online taster session on the use of zine-making in research into community and communities.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🎨✨ Zine-making & the Research of Community – Taster Session ✨🎨
Mon 16 June | 2-4pm | Online
Curious about how creativity can shape research? Join us for a session exploring zine-making as a research method, led by Dr Jimmy Turner. No experience needed!
Register: edin.ac/3SzVRDM
Mon 16 June | 2-4pm | Online
Curious about how creativity can shape research? Join us for a session exploring zine-making as a research method, led by Dr Jimmy Turner. No experience needed!
Register: edin.ac/3SzVRDM
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📕Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson @spookademic.bsky.social & Robin Gålnander @robingalnander.bsky.social
Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
🗓️ 11 June, 1pm (UK time)
📌 Online
🔻Register bit.ly/3HdaR89
Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
🗓️ 11 June, 1pm (UK time)
📌 Online
🔻Register bit.ly/3HdaR89
Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy
Join us for this author-meets-readers event!
Authors: Tea Fredriksson & Robin Gålnander, Stockholm University.
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May 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📕Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson @spookademic.bsky.social & Robin Gålnander @robingalnander.bsky.social
Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
🗓️ 11 June, 1pm (UK time)
📌 Online
🔻Register bit.ly/3HdaR89
Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
🗓️ 11 June, 1pm (UK time)
📌 Online
🔻Register bit.ly/3HdaR89
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Incredibly proud of this new podcast with @robbiejourno.bsky.social and the Big Light. Young people are demonised on the street but what happens if we look through the stereotype and listen instead?
Really enjoying listening to this new podcast series 'Young Warriors', featuring @crmnlgy.bsky.social exploring youth-led projects achieving positive social change across the UK: open.spotify.com/show/1KLXLNF... 1/2
Young Warriors
Podcast · Ali Fraser · Young people are often demonised on the street, but what happens if we look beyond the stereotypes and listen to what they can teach us instead? Follow criminologist Professor A...
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May 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Incredibly proud of this new podcast with @robbiejourno.bsky.social and the Big Light. Young people are demonised on the street but what happens if we look through the stereotype and listen instead?
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We are hiring a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology at UCD. It's a really lovely place to work - join us! Closes 3rd June at 12pm (Irish time). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB652/l...
Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology - Temp 5-year at University College Dublin
Apply for the Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology - Temp 5-year role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We are hiring a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Criminology at UCD. It's a really lovely place to work - join us! Closes 3rd June at 12pm (Irish time). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB652/l...
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More @thesccjr.bsky.social Criminology Webinar action:
Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo
Thursday 3 April - 1000-1100hrs BST (GMT/UTC+1)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/permissive...
Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo
Thursday 3 April - 1000-1100hrs BST (GMT/UTC+1)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/permissive...
Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo
Dr Patrick Mutahi unpacks how power, relationships and sovereignty are negotiated through everyday policing practices and public performance
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
More @thesccjr.bsky.social Criminology Webinar action:
Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo
Thursday 3 April - 1000-1100hrs BST (GMT/UTC+1)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/permissive...
Permissive Space and Policing Practices in Mathare and Kaptembwo
Thursday 3 April - 1000-1100hrs BST (GMT/UTC+1)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/permissive...