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Venture Scientists: Commercialising Research with Conception X
In this week’s guest blog post, Aurora Percannella, the Digital Marketing Lead at Conception X, writes about her work at a the not-for-profit organisation supporting PhD researchers interested in commercialising their research, and shares details about their nine-month programme for PhD students. The day after the US Food and Drug Administration set out to ban […]
Paid Opportunity for Conference Moderators/Note-Takers in September 2021
Serious Organised Crime Conference (September 2021) Paid Opportunity for Conference Moderators/Note-Takers (CMNT) LOCATION: Remote Working (from home) REFERENCE: SOC CMNT (2021). CLOSING DATE: 16 July 2021 UKRI’s Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) is recruiting seven university graduates or post-graduates, to act as work-stream moderators and note-takers at a virtual conference on Serious […]
Languages at War
In late May 2021, PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sat down with the University of Reading’s Professor Hilary Footitt to discuss her work on the Languages at war: policies and practices of language contacts in conflict project. This project was funded by the AHRC. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity and concision. […]
Reflection on a Policy Placement with PaCCS and the TISCreport
Reported by Yongyu Zeng The research report “Progress & Challenges in Tackling Modern Slavery in Local Government Supply Chains” emerged from a three-month Policy Placement that I undertook with the Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) and the TISCreport. I was delighted to be involved in the organisations’ work, and to have the […]
The Development of Guidance for Civil Servants on Risk
PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sat down with the University of Stavanger’s Professor Frederic Bouder to discuss his work on the ESRC-funded Development of Guidance for Civil Servants on Risk. Kate McNeil: Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. Would you mind getting started by telling me a little bit about […]
The Science Team: Public Views of Uncertainty
Earlier this month, PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sat down with Dr Emma Soane, an Assistant Professor at LSE’s Department of Management, to discuss her work on the Science Team project, a program of work focused on public views of uncertainty which was funded by the EPSRC and accredited as a Global Uncertainties Project. Kate […]
Expertise Under Pressure: Disaster Response
Reported by Kate McNeil, PaCCS Communications Officer In the context of a disaster response, what type of knowledge and evidence should inform emergency responses? How should uncertainty be factored into decisions made under pressure? When seeking expert advice during a crisis, what constitutes an expert? Earlier this year, a group of academics, including early career […]
Forensic Psychology: Interviewing Suspects of Serious Crimes
In early March, PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sat down with the University of Derby’s Professor Ray Bull to discuss his work on D-SCENT: Raising challenges to deception attempts using data scent trails. Here, his work focused on exploring the tools for interviewing used to produce clear evidence for arrests and prosecutions. This project was […]
Disease Emergence in Urban Environments
In this week’s blog post, PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil chatted with Professor Eric Fèvre, Chair of Veterinary Infectious Diseases at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health. Based in Nairobi, jointly with the International Livestock Research Institute, Professor Fèvre’s MRC-funded work on the epidemiology, ecology and the socioeconomics of disease emergence […]
Automotive Cybersecurity – An Interview with Professor Siraj Ahmed Shaikh
Reported by Kate McNeil, PaCCS Communications Officer For the final post in our October Cyber Series, PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sat down with Prof Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, Professor at Coventry University’s Institute for Future Transport and Cities to discuss automotive cybersecurity. Professor Shaikh has previously worked with PaCCS on PaCCS/KTN Policy Briefing on “Innovation Challenges […]