Learning from Communities: Co-producing Police Engagement Practice in Scotland
Lead Researcher
Dr Sarah Marsden
Co-Investigators
Anita Arrarawal
James Lewis
Stephanie Scott-Smith
Partners
The R2 Network
Awarded£15,000
SIPR · Annual Report 2025/26
Research
Developing evidence that informs policing policy & practice.
2025/26 Funded Projects
Research Grants Awarded
15Projects
£128kTotal Awarded
Responsive Research Fund - Community Tension
2 projects
Online Information Disorder, Community Tension, and Police Scotland's Engagement with Sikh Communities in the Central Belt
Lead Researcher
Dr Belinda Onyeashi
Co-Investigators
Dr Guanyu Jason Ran
Professor Phil Legg
Professor Kieran McCartan
Partners
Edinburgh Napier University
Awarded£14,922
Responsive Research Fund - Policing for our Communities
1 project
Community Policing Review
Lead Researcher
Dr Estelle Clayton
Co-Investigators
Dr Shane Horgan
Dr Abigail Cunningham
Ann Massei
Jelle Janssens
Partners
Belgian Federal Police
Ghent University
Awarded£29,814
Responsive Research Fund - Retail Crime
1 project
Investigating Organised Crime Gangs, Opportunistic Retail Crime and pathways into criminality in Scotland
Lead Researcher
Dr Sarah Henderson
Co-Investigators
Colleen Elliot
Partners
Not Applicable
Awarded£19,996
Technological Innovation, Harm & Human Rights
2 projects
Lead Researcher
Dr Diana Miranda
Co-Investigators
Dr Lachlan Urquhart
Partners
University of Edinburgh
Awarded£19,902
Lead Researcher
Dr Julie Gawrylowicz
Co-Investigators
Dr Eva Rubinova
Partners
University of Aberdeen
Awarded£19,910
Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination
8 projects
Knowledge Exchange with Met Police and Alan Turing Institute
Lead Researcher
Harry Schone
Co-Investigators
Not Applicable
Partners
Metropolitan Police
Alan Turing Institute
Awarded£400
Lead Researcher
Dr Alistair Henry
Co-Investigators
Dr Jarrett Blaustein
Dr Ali Malik
Professor Susan McVie
Partners
Australian National University
University of Leeds
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Awarded£171
The 8th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health
Lead Researcher
Dr Martha Canfield
Co-Investigators
Not Applicable
Partners
Not Applicable
Awarded£1,000
Trauma-Informed Policing: A Knowledge Exchange Cafe on improving investigative interviews
Lead Researcher
Dr Julie Gawrylowicz
Co-Investigators
Maria Shenouda
Akhil Suresh
Partners
Not Applicable
Awarded£288
Nothing to see here - police custody event
Lead Researcher
Dr Sarah Armstrong
Co-Investigators
Not Applicable
Partners
SCCJR
Awarded£1,000
Scaling the Terrorism and Political Violence NextGen Network: Enhancing Global Knowledge Exchange for Policing and Security Researchers
Lead Researcher
Dr Sarah Marsden
Co-Investigators
Dr Chloe Squires
Partners
Lancaster University
Awarded£1,000
Prospects of therapeutic and restorative justice for children and adults: Scotland-Mexico KE
Lead Researcher
Prof Trevor Stack
Co-Investigators
Not Applicable
Partners
Not Applicable
Awarded£750
Seminar at Gendarmerie's Data Lab
Lead Researcher
Harry Schone
Co-Investigators
Not Applicable
Partners
L’Agence du numérique des forces de sécurité intérieure (ANFSI), under the Director-General of the Gendarmerie.
Awarded£600
Early Career Research Grant
1 project
Non-Intrusive Wearable Sensing Antenna for Safety and Well-Being
Lead Researcher
Dr Naser Ojaroudi Parchin
Co-Investigators
Not Applicable
Partners
Not Applicable
Awarded£3,000