Socio-legal news
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- Publications
- Research and funding
- Vacancies
- Consultations, inquiries and surveys
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SLSA events
Reforming Legal and Policy Responses to Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence, QUB: call for papers
Disability and Rights: The possibilities and limits of rights discourse under neoliberalism, online: call for abstracts
Pracademia in Law Schools – An international community of practice, online from Leeds Beckett Law School
Workshop: Legal perspectives on climate reparations, University of Bristol: call for expressions of interest
Law, Drugs, and the Moving Body, Manchester
Other events
Book Launch - Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law, by Chloë Kennedy, QMUL, London
Exploring New Frontiers in Legal and Criminal Justice Education, Bolton
The Value of Reparations, or the Values of Reparation, London
Legal Action Group Housing Law Conference, Holborn, London
Kevin Tobia, Georgetown University: ‘Experimental jurisprudence, Edinburgh
Exploring Approaches to Climate Change Litigation, Edinburgh
Sound, Law and Place: Legal otologies, London
Rethinking Rights, London
Precarious Dwelling: Encounters with housing crisis, London
Mistreating Consent, London and online
The Stories We Tell: Or why can’t we remember the Magdalene Laundries?, Queen's University Belfast
25 Years of the Human Rights Act, Leeds: call for papers
Journal of Environmental Law Workshop 2025: On 'Greenwashing', Bristol
LHub Seminar Series: Necrosonics: Rap, Race, and Policing, IALS, London
Speaking Out About Sexual Violence: Researching public survivors before and after MeToo, London
Workshop: In the Name of National Security: The fragility of human rights, Madrid – call for papers
Publications
VRuG: Call for socio-legal book reviews
Judging Your Future: March 2025 issue of the Judicial Appointments Commission newsletter
Vacancies
Scientific Director, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain
Other
2025 Podgórecki Prize – call now open
Vacancies
Scientific Director, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain
The International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) located in Oñati, Spain, is issuing a call through the Research Committee for the Sociology of Law (RCSL) of the International Sociological Association for expressions of interest for the position of Scientific Director. Outstanding scholars around the world working in the field of law and society are invited to submit an expression of interest. Closing date: 30 April 2025. See website for details.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships: open for applications
Applications are invited from early career researchers or innovators for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UKRI’s remit. See website for details. Closing date: 18 June 2025.
REF 2029 Main and Sub-panel Recruitment: call for applications
The REF main and sub-panels are at the heart of the REF assessment process, and they bring together specialist expertise in each Unit of Assessment (UoA). Within the REF there are four main panels and 34 sub-panels. Applications are invited from individuals wishing to apply for these roles. Applicants must have the support of their employing organisation for their appointment, and applications welcomed from diverse groups. See website for details. Closing date: 28 April 2025
Barbara Huber Scholarship Program: Max Planck Institute – call for applications
The program is open to outstanding academics from foreign research institutions for particularly innovative research projects that contribute significantly to scientific progress through new perspective, questions, or findings in the subject areas of Criminology, Public Law, or Criminal Law. Each department may award one Barbara Huber Scholarship per calendar year. See website for details. Closing date: 30 September 2025.
Consultations and surveys
Sentencing Council: Hare coursing sentencing guidelines – consultation
The Sentencing Council has published a consultation paper on draft hare coursing sentencing guidelines. See website for details. Closing date: 25 April 2025.
Other announcements
2025 Podgórecki Prize – Call now open
The 2025 RCSL Podgórecki, to be awarded to a senior socio-legal scholar for distinguished and outstanding lifetime achievements, is now open for nominations. It will close on 31 May 2025. See website for details.
Improvising Methods: Experiencing Collaborative, Inventive, Apposite and Original Methods, Manchester – call for contributions
NCRM is inviting researchers to present at a new event that will explore ways of improvising research methods. The event will take place on 9-10 July 2025 at the University of Manchester. It will give presenters the opportunity to discuss their experiences of using situated or inventive methods.
To register their interest, researchers must submit a 200-word outline of their talk by Thursday, 10 April 2025. See website for details.
Academic Mentoring: Professor Didi Herman
Professor Didi Herman has retired from Kent Law School and is now offering confidential help to individuals and universities looking to improve scholarship for publication, mentoring, and the REF. See her website for details.
Professor Herman is now also offering expert consultancy to law schools for advance preparation for REF 2028.