Our @drlaurabainbridge.bsky.social is part of the team behind this new journal article published in Policing & Society. Check it out below👇

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🚨 New journal article 🚨 Our County Lines project team has published a new article in Policing & Society: “When exploitation becomes local: county lines, policing and criminal exploitation in the UK”. Read below 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’m doing a webinar on Oct 14 for @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social Title: ‘Applying human ingenuity to advance zero hunger - a global imperative’. I argue we need to rethink the meaning of innovation. It’s free to register, please see below. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Applying human ingenuity to advance zero hunger - a global imperative

Is innovation bias getting in the way? Questioning conventional assumptions about Innovation

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Our @paolosandro.bsky.social is a Barbara Huber Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Crime, Security, and Law in Freiburg! Check out their introduction interview with him👇

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Colleagues in law should absolutely considering applying to visit the Max Planck Institute for Crime, Security, and Law in Freiburg - it is as close as it gets to a research paradise lnkd.in/p/dyZgt2HU

Dr Ci Ren (of @cblpleeds.bsky.social) submitted a joint response to the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England Call for Input, The Future of Tokenisation: A Joint Vision from the Authorities for UK Wholesale Financial Markets. Read more on this important submission👇 tinyurl.com/2hmf778f

Dr Ci Ren contributes to the policy development of UK wholesale financial markets

Dr Ren submitted a response to the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England Call for Input, The Future of Tokenisation: A Joint Vision from the Authorities for UK Wholesale Financial Markets.

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In July, the School of Law welcomed a group of UK and international scholars for the workshop “Authoritarianism and the Rule of Law: A UK Perspective” hosted by the Legal Professions Research Group. Read more about this important event below 👇 tinyurl.com/4nw46tw7

📢 New Substack blog! Professor Graham Dutfield has penned the piece: 'Africa and the making of international intellectual property law'. Check it out below 👇

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New posting on Substack of possible interest to some. I set out the case that Africans and African nations have played a much larger role in the making of international intellectual property norms than they are typically credited for. grahamdutfield.substack.com/p/africa-and...

Professor Hilary Sommerlad convened a sub-group and presented at the International Working Group on the Legal Profession 2026. The theme was "what it means to be a lawyer in an era marked by global crises, shifting societal expectations and rapid technological change". More 👇 tinyurl.com/y97vndxb

The UK government has published the outcome of their Call for Evidence: Variations in sex characteristics (VSC): experiences of life in the UK for people with VSC and those who care for them. It features citations of @profmitchtravis.bsky.social's work. Read more below👇

Mitch Travis@profmitchtravis.bsky.social · 2w ago

A few weeks ago, after a 7 year delay, the UK government quietly dropped the results of their 2019 Call for Evidence on variations in sex characteristics The results are striking but will of course seem deeply familiar to anyone working in this field. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Alex Batesmith was invited to the @gvagrad.bsky.social to participate in an invite-only workshop for the Emotions in International Law project. It explored the role and function of emotions across different areas of international law. Read more about this workshop below 👇 tinyurl.com/ufc963s4

Check out the @vp-centre.bsky.social's annual report for some great info about projects that our academics have been engaged in! 👇

Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre@vp-centre.bsky.social · 2w ago

Check out our latest newsletter to: 📒 View our annual report 🗓️ Register for #LEPH2026 🧒 Read a report calling for a national connected data model to transform children’s services and boost UK economy mailchi.mp/10397bce78f6...

📣New event alert! The Technology, Governance and Intellectual Property Law Group, part of @cblpleeds.bsky.social at the School of Law, University of Leeds, will host the UK Intellectual Property Office Northern IP Network event. Weds 16 Sept 2026 10:30 – 18:00 Learn more👇 tinyurl.com/y9we8xw7

UK Intellectual Property Office Northern IP Network event

The Technology, Governance and Intellectual Property Law Group at the School of Law, University of Leeds, will host the UK Intellectual Property Office Northern IP Network event.

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Our @whiterxbbit.bsky.social has a chapter setting out a decolonial feminist approach to violence against animals in this newly published Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law. Learn more👇 @lsjleeds.bsky.social

Zoe Tongue@whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have a chapter setting out a decolonial feminist approach to violence against animals in this newly published Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law, edited by Nikki Godden-Rasul and Sidonia Lucia Kula www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

📢 New event! 'Climate crisis, Policing, and Public Safety' will explore the implications of the climate crisis for policing, public safety and multi-agency partnership working. Stay tuned for speakers TBC in the Summer! 14.09.26 10 AM - 5 PM Leeds Playhouse Register: tinyurl.com/2h4pekuz

Climate crisis, Policing, and Public Safety

TYP-ACE flagship event on the climate crisis and its impacts on policing and public safety

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📢 New article alert! @dralimalik.bsky.social's #OpenAccess article 'The policing role within local emergency governance in response to extreme weather: welfare, partnership work, and leadership' has been published in Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice. Read it👇 tinyurl.com/3mrzxf8a

The policing role within local emergency governance in response to extreme weather: welfare, partnership work, and leadership

Abstract. Climate-related extreme weather is reshaping the role of police organizations within local emergency governance, yet the ways in which policing i

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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Virág Blazsek @cblpleeds.bsky.social, who has been appointed to the list of arbitrators of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA, and to the Insolvency Scholars Forum of the Insolvency Law Academy. Read more about these appointments 👇 tinyurl.com/48cckex6

A new report has been co-edited by Prof Dan Birks: 'Intelligent and informed delivery to support every child to succeed’. It warns that children are being exposed to avoidable harm because services do not share and link the information they already hold.👇 tinyurl.com/4ehvtptv @vp-centre.bsky.social

📰 School of Law academic in the news! 💷 Dr Federica Casano is quoted in openDemocracy on how Palantir is benefiting from millions of pounds of tax deductions in the UK. 🔗 Check it out 👇 tinyurl.com/4rn4a3yc @cblpleeds.bsky.social

Exclusive: How Palantir harvested millions in UK tax breaks

In 2024, Palantir’s effective tax rate was just 8%, far less than the usual 25%, despite £25.3m of pre-tax profits

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The newly published ‘Open Access International Human Rights Law,’ is the culmination of a huge, award-winning collaboration between academics, post-graduate researchers, LLM and undergraduate students at the School of Law. The book is accessible to all and free of charge. 👇 tinyurl.com/4rbpuvhz

🤖 Professor @subhajitbasu.bsky.social has advised Parliament on the growing use of Facial Age Estimation (FAE) technology. He highlights key questions around accuracy, bias, privacy, safeguarding and accountability, especially in FAE's use in areas like immigration. Read more👇 tinyurl.com/45v7jxb4

"Human Rights are supposed to be universal, we believe knowledge and understanding of them should be universal too!" - Associate Professor Stuart Wallace The new textbook 'Open Access International Human Rights Law' has been published!👇 tinyurl.com/4h26x826

Open Access International Human Rights Law

<p><em>Open Access International Human Rights Law</em> provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the principles, institutions and substantive protections that underpin international hum...

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🤝 As the University of Leeds brings together the Faculties of Social Sciences and Environment, a new grant has been announced to support ten Social Science-led projects. 🚗 Prof @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social has been awarded this faculty funding for his Cars & Crime Project 👇 tinyurl.com/ab5cwxkk

⌛ Only 1 month left to register for #LEPH2026! Join researchers, practitioners, policymakers and community leaders from around the world at @universityofleeds.bsky.social (6–9 Sept 2026) to explore vulnerability, policing & public health. 📅 Registration closes 21 August. Register 👇 leph2026.org

🎉The @britishacademy.bsky.social has elected Prof @adamcrawford.bsky.social to its prestigious Fellowship. He has been elected as an 'Interstitial' Fellow, which straddles 2 of the Academy's disciplinary sections: Law; and Sociology, Demography, and Social Statistics. Read more👇 tinyurl.com/ufphjs7w

🎧 Listen to our podcast Crossing the Line: Rethinking the ‘Alpha Victim’. Three child criminal exploitation experts discuss key themes from our short film, exploring the complex realities facing young people involved in county lines drug trafficking. vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/project-al-v...

Crossing the Line: Rethinking the 'Alpha Victim' - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

Project AL-V (Alpha Victim) explores the complex realities facing young people caught up in county lines drug trafficking.

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Welcome to our Research Interview Series, starting with Dr Laurène Soubise, who specialises in comparative criminal justice and criminal law. Read all about her work on the partial defence to murder of ‘loss of control’ 👇 tinyurl.com/597fex5x @ccjsleeds.bsky.social

Spotlight on our Research – Dr Laurène Soubise

Welcome to our Research Interview Series where we hear from academics and researchers across the School of Law making an impact in the field through their areas of expertise.

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🥇Dr Eun Hye Kim wins the Academic Society of Competition Law (ASCOLA) Best Junior Paper Award 2026! 🎉Huge congratulations to Dr Kim on this important prize. 🔗Read more for the jury's comments on her paper👇 tinyurl.com/dhawafhw @cblpleeds.bsky.social

🎉Huge congratulations to @adamcrawford.bsky.social, who has received the @britishcriminology.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award at the @bsc2026conf-ntu.bsky.social! 👏 Read his acceptance speech👇

Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre@vp-centre.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to our Co-Director @adamcrawford.bsky.social, who has today received the @britishcriminology.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award at the @bsc2026conf-ntu.bsky.social 👏 You can read Adam’s acceptance speech on our website: vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/professor-cr...

In June, @cblpleeds.bsky.social hosted the 5th Conference on Financial Law and Regulation, bringing together academics, regulators, policymakers, practitioners and postgraduate researchers from across the United Kingdom and a large number of other jurisdictions. Read more👇 tinyurl.com/2v25sna9

Shihao Xu has a new Op-Ed for EU Law Live, now available open access! It builds on his doctoral research at the School of Law, and extends it into the context of the Digital Services Act, platform-generated information and AI-mediated search.👇 tinyurl.com/mv2zt6fb @cblpleeds.bsky.social

Op-Ed: “Attributable Answers: Two German Orders on Google’s AI Overviews, EU Trade Mark Law and the DSA” - EU Law Live

When does a platform’s generative answer become its own legal act? Two German interim orders on Google’s AI Overviews, one in Munich and one in Berlin, put that question …

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Our 2025–26 Annual Report is now available! 🎉 Discover a year of impactful research, collaboration, and engagement as we showcase the work of the Centre and the difference it's making. Read the report on our website 👇 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/wp-content/u...