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Policing Network
The Policing Network is a partnership between the University of Lincoln and Lincolnshire Police. It was launched in September 2021, with this blog post concentrating on an away day in April 2022 and a subsequent Dragon’s Den event in October 2022. To date the Network hosts four research groups. These…
Transforming the Culture of Student Employment in Hospitality
The combination of rising costs of living, declining state support and the UK government’s refusal to raise student loans in line with inflation has led to increased financial hardships for students from less wealthy backgrounds. In consequence, there is an increasing need for university students to take on part-time work…
Does Legislature Size Impact Public Service Provision?
Since the early eighteenth century, scholars have suggested that there is a trade-off between political representation and government efficiency. On the one hand, larger legislatures offer greater opportunities for ethnic and political minorities to elect their candidates, which can democratise access to public goods. On the other hand, adding representatives…
‘Think Sharp’: Developing Effective Responses to Knife-enabled Crime Amongst Young People in Lincolnshire
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, England and Wales was experiencing an ‘epidemic’ of knife-enabled violence. Figures from the Home Office’s Homicide Index indicated that in 2018 murders involving a knife or sharp instrument hit an all time high. Both police recorded crime and hospital admissions data indicated that in the…
The Lincoln Climate Commission: Creating Place-based Community Engagement and Policy Impact in Greater Lincolnshire
In response to the UK and local governments declaring a climate emergency (including Lincoln City Council in July 2019), public, private and third sector organisations across the city of Lincoln have established a Lincoln Climate Commission. Co-founded by the University of Lincoln, Transition Lincoln and Lincoln City Council, and formally…
Further Controls Needed to Limit Campylobacter Food Poisoning, Review Finds
An expert review into the sources, spread, and control of Campylobacter has found that further interventions are needed to better limit the spread of food poisoning caused by the bacteria. The review has been led by Professor Matthew Goddard, Professor of Population and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Lincoln, UK, and…
How Can Young People Engage Policy-makers?
Art-based methods enable different stakeholders and audiences to engage with critical ideas and issues. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project ‘Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Informing the National Curriculum and Youth Policy for Peacebuilding in Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Indonesia and Nepal’ aims to explore…
The Migrant Workers’ Rights: The Impact of ‘Values’ on Migration Policies
International labour migration is a cross-border movement of people which can take different forms of voluntary and involuntary acts. Turkey has become one of the migrant-receiving courtiers and was recently described as a ‘country of immigration’ for migrant workers which led to the institutionalisation of labour migration. The recent transformations…
How Women are Bearing the Burden of Rehabilitation: Understanding the Experiences and Support Needs of Women Whose Partner has an Offending History
How Women are Bearing the Burden of Rehabilitation: Understanding the Experiences and Support Needs of Women Whose Partner has an Offending History When a person has engaged in a number of illegal activities, it can be difficult to access the resources needed to change their behaviour. When they do begin…
Lincoln Legal Experts Contribute to Important House of Lords Report
Professor Richard Barnes (Lincoln law School) and Professor Elizabeth Kirk (Professor of Global and Ecological Justice, Director of the Lincoln Centre for Ecological Justice) have made important contributions to a significant report published by the House of Lords on the law of the sea in the 21st century. On 1st…