Adam Crawford

I am co-Director of the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre a £10 million investment which commenced in May 2022 and is hosted by the Universities of York and Leeds. Since August 2022 I joined the University of York where I am employed 75% of my time and retain a 25% post at Leeds all of which is dedicated to fulfilling the ESRC Research Centre grant, managing research staff and supervising my existing PhD researchers. I was the founding Director of the N8 Policing Research Partnership (2013-2020), a collaboration between the eight research-intensive universities in the north of England (including York) and 12 northern police forces and partners.

I joined University of Leeds over 30 years ago and remain a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Law. At Leeds, I was the Director of the Leeds Social Sciences Institute between 2015 and 2021 during which time I managed the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) and I helped to establish international partnerships with sister social science institutes, notably the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland and the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (IIGG) at the University of Buenos Aires.

I also held leadership roles as Pro-Dean for Research & Innovation (2012-15) in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (2005-2011) and Director of Research in the School of Law (2001-204). I was the Leeds lead for the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (2016-21). I started my academic career as a Research Fellow at Middlesex University (1987-1988) and as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire (1988-1992).

I serve as a member of the new Police Scientific Advisory Council, which provides independent advice to the National Police Chiefs’ Council in the UK on science, technology, analysis and research matters relevant to policing policy and operations. I was a Law sub-panel member and Interdisciplinary Advisor for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 and before that was on the Law Sub-panel for REF 2014. I am a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an Honorary Lifetime member of the British Society of Criminology. In 2018, I was Distinguished Professorial Visiting Fellow at UNSW and Visiting Professor at Griffith University and the University of Buenos Aires.I am a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a lifetime honorary member of the British Society of Criminology.