SIPR – Scottish Institute for Policing Research

SIPR is a strategic collaboration between 14 of Scotland's universities, Police Scotland and The Scottish Police Authority.

Our mission is to support internationally excellent, multi-disciplinary policing research to enable evidence-informed policy & practice.

SIPR Annual Report 2021/22

Annual Report and Accounts for the academic year ending 31 August 2022

Our Annual Report for 2021/22 includes articles from academics from the consortium universities, as well as Practitioner Fellows, with particular emphasis this year, on research with real-world impact, including articles from our inaugural SIPR Impact Award winners.

SIPR Annual Review 2021/22

31/10/2022

We are delighted to present the fifteenth SIPR Annual Report for 2021/22 which can be downloaded here.

New Funding Scheme Launched: “Think Big” Leverage Fund

01/09/2022

James Smart Memorial Lecture

03/08/2022

New Publication: Evidence Review into Public Experience and Confidence of Body Word Video in a Policing Context

04/07/2022

Scottish Justice Fellowship Winners Announced

20/04/2022

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Scottish Justice Fellowships. Congratulations to Konstantinos Kosmas Gaitis, Katie Gambier-Ross, Tia Simanovic, Ryan Casey, Lucy Cathcart Frödén & Kate Thomson.

SIPC 2022 – Call for Posters

08/04/2022

Would you like to showcase your research to an international audience of peers? Then submit your poster for exhibition at SIPR’s upcoming Scottish International Policing Conference! Posters are welcome on any area relevant to Policing Research and can represent research at any stage of the process. SIPR particularly welcome submissions from Early Career Researchers. An individual from each poster contributed will be provided with complimentary tickets to both days of the conference. There will also be a prize presented to winner of ‘Best Poster’ during the conference.