Events
NRiPN Webinar
Policing Research Methods: Focus Groups and Interviews
Friday 7 Nov 2025, 10:00 – 11:00
PGRs and ECRs are invited to join a discussion with academics about using interviews and focus groups in policing research. They will focus on the benefits and challenges of using these methods and offer advice to PGRs and ECRs on how best to embed interviews and focus groups in their research with police. Attendees will hear from Professor Stuart Lister (University of Leeds), Professor Denise Martin (Northumbria University) and Dr Karen Lumsden (Qualitative Training) about their own research, followed by a Q & A session, where attendees are encouraged to ask questions about developing their own work.
NRiPN Webinar
Policing Research Methods: Creative Methods
Tuesday 2 Dec 2025, 10:00 – 11:00
PGRs and ECRs are invited to join a discussion with academics about using creative methods in policing research. They will focus on the benefits and challenges of using these methods and offer advice to PGRs and ECRs on how best to embed creative methods in their research with police. Attendees will hear from Dr Sarah-Jane Lennie (Anglia Ruskin University), Professor Kate Brown (University of York), Dr Rachel Lewis (University of Warwick) and Professor Jacqueline Hodgson (University of Warwick) about their research, followed by a Q&A session, where attendees are encouraged to ask questions about developing their own work.
We’re currently planning more events – to stay informed, ask your N8 PRP lead to include you in updates, follow us on twitter @n8prp, on bluesky @n8prp.bsky.social, on LinkedIn, or watch this space!







