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Projects Awarded under our TNOC 2018 Funding Call Announced

Tue 6, Nov 2018

The ESRC has announced £1.7m of funding for the 'Transnational Organised Crime: Deepening and broadening our understanding 2018' Call. These five projects will run for up to 36 months and commence in January 2019.

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Youth Endowment Fund – Open for Early Engagement

Fri 2, Nov 2018

The Fund will support delivery of the UK Government's key serious violence policy aims, particularly in relation to outcomes relating to early intervention and prevention. CLOSING DATE: 5 November 2018.

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Serious and Organised Crime Strategy 2018

Alongside development of the 2018 SOC Strategy Home Office analysts have identified a set of prioritised evidence needs to support delivery of the strategy.

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Annual Privacy Forum 2019: Call for papers

Wed 26, Sep 2018

The ENISA Annual Privacy Forum (APF) is a conference, organised yearly, on the conjuncture of information security and privacy that brings together contributions from policy, research and the industry. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 11 January 2019.

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Postdoctoral Research Positions in Islamic Law – Vacancies at the University of Exeter

Thu 20, Sep 2018

The University of Exeter is recruiting three Research Fellows to participate in the Law, Authority and Learning in Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) ERC Advanced project, awarded to Professor Robert Gleave.

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How We Remember War and Violence: Theory and Practice [A 4-week MOOC]

Wed 19, Sep 2018

This free online memory models course will showcase new memory theory research over the course of four weeks.

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Accelerator Competition: Airport Vehicle Checkpoint Screening

Thu 5, Jul 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will be soon launching a competition focused on new solutions to the challenge of vehicle checkpoint (VCP) screening at airports, in order to prevent explosives, weapons and other threats from accessing the secure airside area.

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Knife Crime Market Exploration

Tue 3, Jul 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and the Home Office (HO) are scoping the potential for an innovation challenge addressing knife crime in the UK. To aid in the design of the challenge, they are looking for solutions that can detect people carrying a wide variety of steel-bladed knives in open spaces, crowds and uncontrolled areas. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 20 July 2018.

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Professor Kevin Bales Wins the ESRC 2018 Outstanding International Impact Prize

Mon 25, Jun 2018

ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward the successes of ESRC-funded researchers who have achieved, or are currently achieving, outstanding economic and societal impacts.

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DFID Early Market Engagement on Protection Research

Wed 20, Jun 2018

The Department for International Development (DFID) is holding an Online Early Market Engagement about a planned four-year research programme into Protection of Persons Affected by Conflict. DEADLINE: 28 June 2018.

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