Amy Stevens

Amy joined the University of Sheffield in September 2023 as a Research Associate with a Leverhulme Trust funded project which focuses on citizen-led policing activities and the formation of citizen ‘watch-groups’ who detect and intervene in illegal activities. Prior to joining the department, Amy was a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of West London, and a Senior Research Officer at the University of Essex where she worked as part of the ESRC funded Human Rights, Big Data and Technology project.

Amy holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex (2021) which focused on the diverse opposition to changes in the law governing state surveillance activities in the UK. She has a broad interest in the intersections of policing, technology and activism in the UK and beyond.