An image of the full Justice conference programme in Glasgow on 3rd June, with agenda and timings, titles of plenaries and workshops, and speakers.

Looking forward to @socworkscot.bsky.social Justice Conference.

I'll be speaking on:
🟪 Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission, with fellow Commissioner Lynsey Smith.
🟪 Our comparative #probation & Justice #SocialWork research 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇮🇪; (PI: Prof Nicola Carr).

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A must read: "Contentious Spaces is an urgent, formidable work, attentive to the complicated humanity of the people who inhabit its pages."
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

We’re not asking men like Malachi to feel shame over violence against women but we need change Malachi O’Doherty’s recent article in the Belfast Telegraph, written in response to the murder of Natalie McNally, is an unnecessary intervention.

When a male journalist decides to cover a femicide on the line of "why should I feel ashamed for what others have done". I've had it too. @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comment/were...

Next Saturday ☀️

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Still time to register for this event taking place in @tcddublin.bsky.social this evening: www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...

Join us on 2nd April when @michbar.bsky.social will deliver Social Work &Social Policy Annual Lecture @tcddublin.bsky.social: Queer Optimism in Hard Times. Followed by panel discussion: Sen. Lynn Ruane, Megan Atkinson, Ruadhán Ó Críodáin & Maurice Devlin. Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/school-of-...

Good analysis

I always remember Monica McWilliams’ description of ‘armed patriarchy’ …perfectly capturing the gendered nature of violence against women

Peak Financial Times

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We are really looking forward to Dr Michael Barron delivering TCD School of Social Work & Social Policy annual lecture on Queer Optimism in Hard Times: Memory, Power and the Future of Community-led change. April 2nd at 6pm in Trinity College Dublin. Register www.eventbrite.ie/e/school-of-...

Academics object to development on mother and baby site Human rights academics have written to An Coimisiún Pleanála expressing their objection to the construction of a large-scale residential development on the site of the Bessborough Mother and Baby inst...

Objections to development at Bessborough: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

The successful candidate to this part-time Research Associate post will be working in a research team of wonderful people/academics:
@bethweaver.bsky.social
@nicolacarr.bsky.social
@jakephillips.bsky.social
@fergusmcneill.bsky.social
Sarah Doxat-Pratt, Jan Flaherty,
and me!

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JOB: Research Associate, @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

Fixed term, part-time (0.5 FTE) between 19th May - 1st October 2026 on a comparative research project funded by Leverhulme, 'Penal Supervision in Comparative Context.'
🔗 👇 #Criminology #SocialWork
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Interested in the nexus between algorithmic bias and right-wing extremism?
Take a look this paper based on my most recent research project: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The 2026 @acjrd.bsky.social annual conference is on 11th June - Prevention First: Designing Safer Communities from Systems to Streets - launched by Senator Lynn Ruane (Ashling Hotel, Dublin 8), registration details to follow, early info here: www.acjrd.ie/news/events/...

Sweden's prisons prepare to house young teens North of Stockholm, the Rosersberg prison is making preparations to house children as young as 13 in response to a much-criticised juvenile judicial reform expected to take effect in July.

Sweden reducing age of criminal responsibility a hugely retrograde step www.rte.ie/news/newslen...

Normalisation of war unacceptable, says Connolly in St Patrick’s Day message ‘Peace is not merely the absence of war but also the presence of justice’

“As a neutral, independent country, a postcolonial society, & a people marked by famine & forced migration, we are uniquely placed to offer a valuable perspective on the challenges facing our world, not least war and displacement.” - Irish pres Catherine Connolly www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Research Policy Officer job opportunity at Confederation of European Probation (CEP. Closing date 1st April: www.cep-probation.org/vacancies/re...

Penned by former commanders in the British army no less. Give us a break 🤔

People deserve the chance to move on from their past.

Lynn Ruane’s Spent Convictions Bill would give people a real second chance to work, volunteer and rebuild their lives.

Because people shouldn’t be defined forever by mistakes they’ve already paid for.

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“Never has solidarity been more important from feminist-queer-decolonial perspective: solidarity across different political traditions, among those trying to resist new and old forms of fascism and across axes of obliterative oppression.”
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Endless rain... roll on end of February

UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal

Some sense at last - Ban on the direct action group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws was disproportionate and unlawful.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Same - two near misses this morning, in equally fetching gear.

And of course the inestimable @drhannahgraham.bsky.social!!!