A £2.5 million bid supported by N8 PRP has been awarded to the Co-POWeR consortium, led by Professor Iyiola Solanke at the University of Leeds. Co-POWeR is a consortium from eight UK universities who have been funded by UKRI/ESRC to research the impact of COVID-19 and...
The sixth N8 PRP Policing Innovation Forum began on Wednesday with a lively and varied session on ‘What Works in Police Partnerships?’ The session was chaired by Professor Joanna Shapland, Edward Bramley Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Sheffield,...
Universities and Forces have committed to support the work of the partnership until September 2024 In September 2021 the N8 Policing Research Partnership moves to a new phase of research co-production and knowledge exchange after it secured funding to continue its...
Introduction Since 2013, the N8 PRP has been pioneering a major collaboration between eight research intensive universities and eleven police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners in the north of England in its quest to co-produce new knowledge that addresses the...
The N8 Policing Research Partnership is delighted to announce the funding of four COVID Small Grant projects, as part of our effort to support research into the COVID-19 pandemic. These projects are in addition to the two funded projects from our 5th round of annual...
A team of 6 Leeds and UCL academics have begun an 18-month research project to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on crime in England after securing a £666,000 grant. The grant was awarded to the team by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of their initiative...
We are pleased to announce that a new date has now been confirmed for the postponed N8 PRP Showcase Conference 'The future of research-informed policing'. Originally planned for 16/17 June 2020, the conference will now take place on 23/24 November 2020, at Weetwood...
The N8 Policing Research Partnership is pleased to announce that the 5th round of Small Grants have now been awarded. We received a number of strong applications this year and, as with previous years, it was a difficult task deciding which of the proposals to fund....
Chief Superintendent Ngaire Waine, Head of Criminal Justice at Merseyside Police, has been appointed as the new Policing Director of the N8 Policing Research Partnership. N8 PRP was established in 2013 to enable and foster collaborations that will help address the...
Dr Geoff Pearson, senior lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Manchester, has been appointed as the new Academic Director of the N8 Policing Research Partnership (N8 PRP). Dr Pearson has been involved with the N8 PRP for several years, as co-lead on the...
