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Through this blog we hope to:

• To expand and extend critical debate nationally and internationally about current matters of policing practice, learning and leadership.
• To promote the use of research evidence in policing practice and policy.
• To share knowledge about policing among police practitioners and leaders, researchers, educators, policymakers and community.

October 3, 2025
📢 SIPR Researchers: Join Our Virtual Writing Retreats to Enhance Your Productivity!
📢 SIPR Researchers: Join Our Virtual Writing Retreats to Enhance Your Productivity!We are delighted to announce that Professor...
October 3, 2025
Press Release 
 Friday, 4 October 2025  SIPR Publishes 2024/25 Annual Report: A Year of Transition, Innovation and Impact  The Scottish...
September 25, 2025
Seminar on 'Policing, procedural justice and mental health' (Professor Ben Bradford, UCL)
Afternoon 14th October 2025 Professor Ben Bradford (Professor of Global City Policing at the Department of Security and...
September 1, 2025
Applications Invited 
     SIPR Associate Director    To lead network covering public protection and technology, and digital policing   Professor Lesley McMillan...
September 1, 2025
Applications Invited 
SIPR Associate Director – Police-Community Relations Network  Professor Megan O’Neill will be stepping down from her role as...
August 21, 2025
SIPR Knowledge Exchange & Dissemination Fund 2025/26. This Grant is Now Open.
Focus of Grant SIPR is providing £5,000 to support dissemination and impact efforts for policing research.  A maximum...
August 19, 2025
SIPR Funding Call - Responsive Research Fund 'Retail Crime Taskforce'
Background Following a funding allocation from the Scottish Government, Police Scotland has created a Retail Crime Taskforce to...
July 10, 2025
SIPR Funding Call - Responsive Research Fund “Policing and Visibility”
Background The Police Scotland 2030 vision for policing identifies that “visibility and connection to local priorities should remain...
June 20, 2025
Grant Funding Announcement £40,000 Awarded under SIPR's Policing Contemporary Social Harms and...
Grant Funding Announcement | £40,000 Awarded We are delighted to announce that approximately £40,000 has been awarded across...
June 19, 2025
New Director of Scottish Institute of Policing Research announced
We are delighted to announce that Dr Andrew Wooff has been appointed as the new Director for the...
June 6, 2025
Congratulations to Dr Andy Tatnell, winner of the Early Career Impact Award
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Andy Tatnell, winner of the Early Career Impact Award at the Scottish International Policing...
June 5, 2025
Fully Funded PhD Research Studentship
Project Title: Enabling People to Identify Deepfakes PhD Studentship: Funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)...

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