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Newsletter: October 2024
Welcome to the Justice & Violence Studies @ Exeter Research Network newsletter.
The Justice & Violence Studies Network brings together researchers, students and experts across all career stages, from different backgrounds, with the aim to change and challenge inequality and injustice. With expertise and interests spanning disciplines, such as geography, history, psychology, political sciences and forensic science, this Network is perfectly placed to help create a fair, socially just and inclusive society.
Thank you for being a member of the Network, and we'd like to hear from you!
What are you working on, have you started a new project, is your new book coming out soon? Do you have any events coming up that other members would be interested in? Do you need help with your work or research in progress?
Contents:
OPPORTUNITIES | EVENTS | NEWS
OPPORTUNITIES
Justice & Violence Studies @ Exeter is keen to support members with their research and events.
Funding Opportunity: Locally Unlocking Culture through Inclusive Access (LUCIA)
We would like to highlight this call from the UKRI and provide members with a space for discussion to explore potential collaborative bids.
The LUCIA programme aims to empower communities across the UK by improving access to cultural policy design, promoting urban renewal, and supporting economic growth. It focuses on partnerships that amplify underrepresented voices, foster diverse cultural identities, and encourage creative expression, with the goal of enhancing community participation and civic discourse.
Key details:
Internal deadline: Please log your intention to submit on WorkTribe by 8th November 2024. Research services will be unable to support bids not logged by this date.
External deadline: 10th April 2025
Funding available: Up to 4 bids will be funded, each at £100k.
If you’d like to meet to discuss potential collaboration opportunities please join us on Wednesday 30th October at 12pm via TEAMS or email justice-violencestudies@exeter.ac.uk
Mapping Exercise: Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (P-ACEs) funding
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are offering funding for nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACEs). This initiative aims to strengthen collaboration between academic researchers and policing professionals, enhancing access to top-tier research, science, technology, and postgraduate training within the UK. The deadline to apply is 3rd December 2024, at 4:00 pm.
Colleagues from within the Network are looking to identify researchers interested in collaboration, particularly potential co-leads for various roles, such as evidence consolidation and evaluation.
If you are interested, please complete this mapping document outlining how your research fits under the required and optional research areas, and your capacity to contribute to bid development. Researchers at all levels are encouraged to participate, even if this is your first time engaging in a project of this nature.
The deadline for submission is 1st November at 3:00 pm. For more information, please contact Abi Dymond or Katherine Boyd.
Have Your Say on the Future of Policing in Devon & Cornwall
A public consultation has been launched for the 2025-29 Police and Crime Plan, which outlines the strategic priorities for Devon & Cornwall Police and the services it commissions. The plan will focus on tackling key issues such as drugs and alcohol, antisocial behaviour, violence and theft.
Please complete this public survey Have Your Say Today - Police and Crime Plan 2024-29: Public survey - Devon And Cornwall Police And Crime Commissioner’s Office (commonplace.is) before midnight on Sunday, October 27th for your feedback to be included and to help guide the future of policing in our area. For more details and to access the full plan, visit their website Your voice in policing – The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (devonandcornwall-pcc.gov.uk).
Building Stronger Links Between Policy and Academia: An Invitation to Collaborate
Jenny Jurga is a Community Safety Policy Officer at Devon County Council. Her team work in crime and violence prevention in areas such as: interpersonal and gender-based violence, youth crime and violence, hate-related issues, radicalisation and extremism. They operate across sectors, collaborating with local government, healthcare, policing, voluntary sector partners and more.
She is looking to connect with any network members interested in exploring opportunities for collaboration and to strengthen the relationship between her team and academic research, ensuring that evidence-based insights shape strategy and service delivery.
Upcoming opportunities for involvement include the recommissioning of a Domestic Abuse Service, featuring an integrated model with a single-entry gateway, and responding to the Serious Violence Duty. If you're interested in collaborating or hearing more, please contact Jenny jenny.jurga@devon.gov.uk
Apply Now for the 2024/25 Landmark Futures Scheme
This scheme offers academic organisations and research groups the opportunity to apply for a free stay in one of their historic buildings to enhance your work. The aim is for time away from daily pressures to spark creativity, inspire fresh ideas, and breakthroughs in your research.
To find out more and to apply please visit the Landmark Trust website. The deadline for applications is midnight on Monday, 4 November 2024.
Volunteer with LOCATE International, a charity dedicated to helping families of unsolved missing persons.
The J&V Network is partnering with LOCATE international, a UK-registered charity committed to finding missing persons and identifying the unidentified, providing answers for families in unsolved/ cold cases. We are seeking Expressions of Interest to join an interdisciplinary team of volunteers to help review and investigate unsolved missing persons and unidentified remains cases. This is a unique opportunity to apply your skills to real-world challenges and make a meaningful impact on communities. If you are interested, please email justice-violencestudies@exeter.ac.uk
EVENTS
Opportunities to share your Research In Progress
Wednesday 16th October 3:30pm- 4:30pm in Building One, Constantine Leventis Teaching Room or via TEAMS
The Justice and Violence Studies Research Network is delighted to continue with our monthly, "Research in Progress" series, an informal opportunity for colleagues at all career stages to present their ongoing work and gain feedback in a supportive and constructive environment.
What are you currently working on? Do you need input, critique, friendly advice in a supportive environment? This is the perfect opportunity for you to draw on the expertise and experience of other network members.
If you are interested in taking part and presenting your work or you have any questions, please email justice-violencestudies@exeter.ac.uk
NEWS
Profiles System – check your Research Networks ‘label’!
All University of Exeter staff and PGRs can now access the new university profiles system based in Symplectic Elements. One of the improvements is the enhanced information about the Exeter Research Networks and their members on network webpages. A reminder to please log onto Symplectic Elements to review your profile and check your Justice and Violence Studies Network ‘label’ has been applied for you. There is guidance available here which explains how to add any missing labels.
This label enables you to be identified (including by people outside the university) as a member of a research network (and will allow this information to be reflected on networks’ websites) but is not linked to your communication preferences. Therefore, if you remove this label from your profile, you will continue to receive communications from the network but will not be visible as a member outside the network. If you have any questions, please contact researchnetworks@exeter.ac.uk.
Explore PIVOT-RP: set up personalised alerts for research funding opportunities
PIVOT-RP has replaced Research Professional as a place to search for research funding. PIVOT-RP can help you to access over 35,000 funding opportunities and £101.56 billion in available funding. You can use advanced search options, searching by keyword or funder, discover internal opportunities, share and track funding with colleagues, and explore the funding discovery wheel. It can help you: stay informed with research news; access Funding Insight articles; subscribe to digital magazines; search for upcoming conferences ;and search for calls for papers.
Create your user account today at pivot.proquest.com and streamline your research funding journey. If you have any feedback or queries, or want to discuss how to engage your teams, please get in touch with Suzanne at researchprofessional@exeter.ac.uk. PIVOT-RP will be formally rolled out at the end of October, so please look out for communications over the forthcoming weeks.
Starting a new project or applying for funding? Tag the Network in Worktribe
Tagging the Justice and Violence Studies Research Network in your projects on Worktribe highlights the value of the Network, supports its growth and capacity to provide more support to members. If the Justice and Violence Studies Network has contributed to your project, you or your team as members can tag it to showcase that support. Examples include receiving seed funding, discovering funding opportunities via network communications, forming collaborations through the network, or using the network for engagement activities.
Recognising network contributions not only strengthens your project but also enhances the visibility and impact of the networks themselves. Tagging Networks is very simple to do and will enable them to track the bids and projects which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of network membership. Very brief guidance is available here.
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