We are delighted to invite you to the SIPR Engagement Event featuring the annual James Smart Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Dr Alison Heydari, Programme Director for the Police Race Action Plan.

The purpose of the Engagement Event is to provide an opportunity to bring academics, practitioners and policy makers across Scotland together to create opportunities to network, discuss research, and forge future collaborative opportunities. In particular, this event provides an opportunity for people working at our SIPR member Universities and policing organisations to engage with our SIPR thematic Networks and meet the Associate Directors leading the Networks and researchers and practitioners undertaking and pioneering some of the key work related to each theme.

In addition to having stalls for each of the SIPR Networks, Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority, we are providing a “Meet the SIPR Researchers” opportunity. We are looking for researchers or research teams from our 14 member universities who would like to have a short slot at a stall where delegates can have the opportunity to come and talk to you and learn more about your work. For example, this could be research you have recently completed, are currently working on, or are planning and seeking collaborators for. You will provided a time slot at a stall and you may bring publications, flyers or posters along if you wish.

If you are interested, please get in touch with Monica Craig (sipr@napier.ac.uk) with the name(s) of the researcher(s) who will attend on the day and the research topic you would like to discuss.