SCCJR PhD students to turn their theses into policy briefings

Six of our postgraduate researchers have taken on the challenge of turning their PhD theses into short, accessible briefing papers aimed at engaging and informing policymakers.

Each paper will pull out the key messages from their research and set out the recommendations they believe could help drive meaningful change in their policy area.

Considering that a full PhD thesis can run to 80,000–100,000 words, condensing that work into a 2,000‑word policy briefing is no small task. To support them along the way, every student will be paired with a mentor who will guide them through the process.

As well as a mentor, they will also receive a training session from policy experts on how to write a policy briefing. Once complete it will be professionally designed and published on our website. SCCJR will also host an online webinar for external stakeholders where our six postgraduate colleagues will have the opportunity to present their work.

The six papers are;

• Ülkü Baturoğlu Balcı, University of Glasgow, Gender-Based Violence in Rural Scotland: Complex Experiences and Intersecting Inequalities, mentored by Anna Souhami, University of Edinburgh.
• Emily Qvist-Baudry, University of Edinburgh, Visualising Prison Violence – Exploring the Micro-Dynamics of Violence in Men’s Prisons using Video Data, will be mentored by Katrina Morrison, Edinburgh Napier University.
• Nicola Ceesay, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Labouring in the Shadows: Hope, Fear and Bureaucratic harms in navigating risk with “dangerous people” An examination of Scotland’s Order for Lifelong Restriction, mentored by Marguerite Schinkel, University of Glasgow.
• Jeanne Duley, University of Glasgow, Framing Shamima Begum: A Feminist Media Analysis of Victimhood, Agency and Othering in the British News Media, mentored by Milena Tripkovic, University of Edinburgh.
• Andreea Mihut, University of Edinburgh, “Stolen Stories?”: Language, Narrative, and Power in the Contemporary Criminal Courts, and will be mentored by Cara Jardine, University of Strathclyde.
• Jean-Pierre Roux, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Police adoption of body-worn video technology in England and Wales: A Socio-technical analysis of change, mentored by Kelly Johnson, University of Glasgow.

The briefings are now available under our ‘Publications’ section here: https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/our-work/publications/