NRiPN Research Away Day

The New Researchers in Policing Network (NRiPN) is a community of Post Graduate and Early Career Researchers in the N8 PRP region that supports research projects, grant bids, events, collaboration, and impact.

NRiPN members are invited to attend a Research Away Day, hosted by South Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Police at the University of Sheffield, where they will hear from police about how Evidence Based Policing works, have the chance to present and discuss their own research, and workshop how to turn police priorities into research questions that has value for the researcher, significance for academia, and impact for police partners.

The full programme is below:

10am: Attendees arrive

10. 15am-10.30am: Welcome from Dr Ellen Reeves (NRiPN director) and Inspector Ross Greenwood (Strategic Delivery Unit, South Yorkshire Police)

10.30am-12pm: Panel and discussion on engaging police in research. Panellists from North Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Police and chaired by Dr Ellen Reeves

This police panel will give NRiPN members an opportunity to hear from police officers and police staff about the research process from the police perspective. Panellists will give practical advice and guidance on how PGRs and ECRs can best approach police for research collaboration.

12-1pm: Lunch

1-2.30pm: Workshop with police representatives – the practicalities of doing police research from building partnerships to impact. Chaired by Dr Xavier L'Hoiry and Dr Laura Naegler.

In this workshop, NRiPN members will have an opportunity to share with police representatives and senior academic staff current or future projects that they are working on, to receive feedback. The workshop will be specifically focused on the practicalities of doing research with police, looking at building collaborative relationships, data sharing agreements and impact. This event will be chaired by Dr Xavier L'Hoiry (University of Sheffield) and Dr Laura Naegler (University of Liverpool)

2.30-3pm: Afternoon tea

3pm-4pm: Pitching research to address policing priorities

The final session of the day will encourage members to ‘problem solve’ two key N8 PRP policing priorities identified by NYP and SYP: 'understanding and managing professional conduct within policing' and 'workplace planning, staff retention and police mental health'. Attendees will work with police reps and academics to suggest research approaches to these key policing challenges.

The event will be wheelchair accessible and a hearing loop is available.