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Policing in the Digital Society Conference 2024/25: Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Policing – Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Policing in the Digital Society Conference – 2024/25
Opportunities and challenges in digital policing – theoretical and practical perspectives
20th – 22nd January 2025, Northumbria Law School
Call for papers
We are delighted to announce that Northumbria Law School will host the annual Policing in the Digital Society Network conference. The conference will be held between the 20th – 22nd January 2025 at Northumbria Law School’s City Campus in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
We are now accepting submission of abstracts for papers relevant to our conference theme of “Opportunities and challenges in digital policing – theoretical and practical perspectives.” We would particularly welcome papers related to the following conference streams;
Developing new technological capabilities in a police setting – This stream takes aim at challenges in the internal development of new digital technologies within the police, for example relating to the use of data for development, regulatory sandboxes, testing, implications of the AI act etc.
New technological capabilities and data use in policing and criminal justice – This stream focuses on the operative and practical use of digital technologies by the police both internationally, nationally, and locally.
Criminal procedure and digital policing – This stream focuses on issues relating to digital evidence, the use of digital technologies in investigation and disruption of crime, and issues relating to the subsequent use of these technologies in the criminal process.
Mystery stream – The stream your papers will reveal to us, please don’t hesitate to submit papers relating to the overall theme of the conference that do not relate to one of the previously mentioned themes. All relevant papers will be considered and additional conference streams may be added in due course.
Abstracts should provide;
A title for the presentation;
Information about the research, study or project which will form the basis of the presentation;
Information about research methods (if applicable); and
A clear picture of the content of the presentation so that it can be allocated to the correct conference stream. Please feel free to identify if you have a particular stream in mind.
Abstracts should be submitted as Word documents, ideally one page in length (and not more than two pages).
If your presentation involves more than one presenter please provide a preferred point of contact (and contact details).
Please also indicate if you would be interested in writing a paper for a peer reviewed collection based on the conference proceedings.
The deadline for submission of abstracts was on the 24th November 2024 . Registration for attending the conference is still open.
Keynote speakers
Dr. Nina Sunde
Police superintendent, Norwegian Police University College
Nina Sunde is a Police Superintendent with a PhD in criminology and works as a researcher and lecturer at The Norwegian Police University College. She co-leads the Police and Technology research group and is actively involved in research projects, including the EU Horizon-funded Clarus project and EB-CRIME. Her research primarily focuses on investigation practices related to digital evidence and cybercrime, with an emphasis on quality assurance and error mitigation in digital forensic investigations. With 25 years of experience in the Norwegian Police, where she specialized in cybercrime investigations, Sunde brings extensive practical expertise to her academic work
Dr. Maximilian Zocholl
Specialist – Technology and Innovation Solutions in Europol Innovation Lab.
Maximilian Zocholl works as specialist for innovation and technology solutions in Europol's Innovation Lab focusing on evaluating AI systems and explainable AI. Before joining Europol he worked in the international security domain, holds a doctoral degree in engineering and he is passionate about strengthening communities who dedicate their lives to our society. He is contributing to Europol’s mission to strengthen European law enforcement with emerging and disruptive technologies by identifying synergies and developing innovative solutions to improve the way in which competent authorities process data to keep Europe safe.
Dr. Kira Vrist Rønn
Head of Section International and Regional Politics,
Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Kira Vrist Rønn is an associate professor at Department of Political Science and Public Management at University of Southern Denmark. She is head of the section for International and Regional Politics and until recently program manager of the master’s program in Intelligence and Cyber Studies. Her research interests cover intelligence, policing, ethics, and national security. She is PI of INTELHUB a research project seeking to voice Scandinavian intelligence studies, and she just finalized a research project on police discretion in the digital age.
Giles Herdale
Director, Hurdle Digital Consulting Ltd
Giles Herdale has been involved in intelligence and digital investigation for many years. He has worked nationally at the National Policing Improvement Agency, College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council, where he set up and ran the Digital Investigation and Intelligence Programme (2014 to 2017) to transform policing capabilities to address the growing threat of online crime.
He has also had experience in the private sector, providing digital forensics and data analytics services to law enforcement, and cyber and information security services to corporate and not-for-profit organisations.
In recent years he has worked independently including supporting the National Crime Agency with TRACER, a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary team looking at emerging technologies, their impact on investigative capabilities and sponsoring innovation to mitigate threats and exploit opportunities. Since 2022 he has supported the work of the national violence against women and girls taskforce with developing a strategic response to online and tech-enabled VAWG. This includes the first strategic assessment of police understanding of the challenge, and building partnerships with civil society, academia and industry, leading to creation of a joint policing and TechUK VAWG steering group.
Practical details
Language: The conference will be held in English.
Admission fee: The conference is free of charge.
Location: Northumbria Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, City Campus East Building 1 (CCE1), Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST
Accommodation: Special rates are available on selected hotels through Newcastle Gateshead convention bureau.
More details to follow!
We look forward to seeing you in Newcastle in January!
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