James Windle
@jameswindle.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University College Cork. Mostly drug markets, drug policy, illicit enterprise and organised crime. Currently writing a book on East London subcultures
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Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is being sentenced for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill, who led Reform UK in Wales, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is being sentenced for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign
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In Cork this Saturday.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In Cork this Saturday.
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My fantastic colleague Prof Claire Hamilton is recruiting a research assistant for her project FEELING POLITICAL, which looks at populist politics, emotions and feelings of in/security in Europe. Details here, closing 2nd Nov and position is for 23 months: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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my.corehr.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My fantastic colleague Prof Claire Hamilton is recruiting a research assistant for her project FEELING POLITICAL, which looks at populist politics, emotions and feelings of in/security in Europe. Details here, closing 2nd Nov and position is for 23 months: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/
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The dark meaning behind Nirvana's In Utero angel. The band were often associated with superficial themes like teenage angst, but the In Utero album and imagery are much darker than that, writes Myles Balfe @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The dark meaning behind Nirvana's In Utero angel
Nirvana were often associated with superficial themes like teenage angst, but the In Utero album and imagery are much darker than that
www.rte.ie
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The dark meaning behind Nirvana's In Utero angel. The band were often associated with superficial themes like teenage angst, but the In Utero album and imagery are much darker than that, writes Myles Balfe @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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NO TO RACISM!
I encourage everyone available to join us for this counter-protest against the far-right next Saturday.
This is a country of love and peace.
There is no place for hate!
There is no place for the Far Right!
Saturday 11th October, 12pm, Grand Parade.
I encourage everyone available to join us for this counter-protest against the far-right next Saturday.
This is a country of love and peace.
There is no place for hate!
There is no place for the Far Right!
Saturday 11th October, 12pm, Grand Parade.
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
NO TO RACISM!
I encourage everyone available to join us for this counter-protest against the far-right next Saturday.
This is a country of love and peace.
There is no place for hate!
There is no place for the Far Right!
Saturday 11th October, 12pm, Grand Parade.
I encourage everyone available to join us for this counter-protest against the far-right next Saturday.
This is a country of love and peace.
There is no place for hate!
There is no place for the Far Right!
Saturday 11th October, 12pm, Grand Parade.
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Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland)
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Lecturer in Criminology | University College Cork
UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of lecturer in Criminology.
www.ucc.ie
September 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland)
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Just published with Joan Cronin in @deppjournal.bsky.social - a critical policy analysis of 30 years of Ireland’s alcohol & drug strategies @criminologyucc.bsky.social part of wider project funded by @researchireland.ie
Free copies here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A9T6M...
Free copies here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A9T6M...
From denial to pregnancy and motherhood to 'gender informed'? Women and Ireland's alcohol and drug strategies, 1996-2025
Women compose a sizable percentage of individuals who consume alcohol and drugs problematically in the Republic of Ireland, and much research supports the need for gender sensitive drug policies an...
www.tandfonline.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Just published with Joan Cronin in @deppjournal.bsky.social - a critical policy analysis of 30 years of Ireland’s alcohol & drug strategies @criminologyucc.bsky.social part of wider project funded by @researchireland.ie
Free copies here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A9T6M...
Free copies here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A9T6M...
Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland)
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Lecturer in Criminology | University College Cork
UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of lecturer in Criminology.
www.ucc.ie
September 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland)
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city
www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...
New job alert - Criminology lectureship (3 years) - University College Cork, Department of Sociology and Criminology - all specialisations and interests welcome my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
my.corehr.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New job alert - Criminology lectureship (3 years) - University College Cork, Department of Sociology and Criminology - all specialisations and interests welcome my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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Nigel Farage’s party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...
Reform UK Accused of 'Betraying Residents' for Benefit of Fossil Fuel Donors as More Net Zero Targets Scrapped
Nigel Farage's party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests
bylinetimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nigel Farage’s party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...
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❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
School secretaries and caretakers are on strike - demanding fair pay and conditions - show solidarity by signing the petition - they do so much for our children
chng.it/24DjVLKSr7
chng.it/24DjVLKSr7
Sign the Petition
Support Our Secretaries
chng.it
August 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
School secretaries and caretakers are on strike - demanding fair pay and conditions - show solidarity by signing the petition - they do so much for our children
chng.it/24DjVLKSr7
chng.it/24DjVLKSr7
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Wow.
In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war.
Something special is happening - be part of it at yourparty.uk.
In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war.
Something special is happening - be part of it at yourparty.uk.
July 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Wow.
In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war.
Something special is happening - be part of it at yourparty.uk.
In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war.
Something special is happening - be part of it at yourparty.uk.
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That’s one hell of an article title. And one hell of an image in the article.
“Call to drop Range Rover sponsorship of Wimbledon as SUVs 82% more likely to kill children.”
Good idea.
www.londondaily.news/call-to-drop...
“Call to drop Range Rover sponsorship of Wimbledon as SUVs 82% more likely to kill children.”
Good idea.
www.londondaily.news/call-to-drop...
July 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That’s one hell of an article title. And one hell of an image in the article.
“Call to drop Range Rover sponsorship of Wimbledon as SUVs 82% more likely to kill children.”
Good idea.
www.londondaily.news/call-to-drop...
“Call to drop Range Rover sponsorship of Wimbledon as SUVs 82% more likely to kill children.”
Good idea.
www.londondaily.news/call-to-drop...
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'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
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ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
time.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
time.com/7295195/ai-c...
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I, along with many of my #SOCQUB sociology colleagues, have just signed this petition opposing the awful and unnecessary redundancies threatened at Newcastle. Please do the same here:
chng.it/kQgkMtHSDD
chng.it/kQgkMtHSDD
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
June 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I, along with many of my #SOCQUB sociology colleagues, have just signed this petition opposing the awful and unnecessary redundancies threatened at Newcastle. Please do the same here:
chng.it/kQgkMtHSDD
chng.it/kQgkMtHSDD
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📌 Call for interview participants 📌
We (me and @louisebrangan.bsky.social) are looking to interview people who have worked as prison officers in Irish prisons at any point during 1970-2010. See further info in poster image. If you're interested in taking part, please consider getting in touch.
We (me and @louisebrangan.bsky.social) are looking to interview people who have worked as prison officers in Irish prisons at any point during 1970-2010. See further info in poster image. If you're interested in taking part, please consider getting in touch.
June 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📌 Call for interview participants 📌
We (me and @louisebrangan.bsky.social) are looking to interview people who have worked as prison officers in Irish prisons at any point during 1970-2010. See further info in poster image. If you're interested in taking part, please consider getting in touch.
We (me and @louisebrangan.bsky.social) are looking to interview people who have worked as prison officers in Irish prisons at any point during 1970-2010. See further info in poster image. If you're interested in taking part, please consider getting in touch.
Lets hope, but history of Dublin suggests this might take tad more than a year
Cork may get new supervised injection centre within a year following success in Dublin
The centre provides a safe space for users where fatal overdoses can be prevented
www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
The centre provides a safe space for users where fatal overdoses can be prevented
www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
Cork may get new injection centre within a year following success in Dublin
The centre provides a safe space for users where fatal overdoses can be prevented
www.corkbeo.ie
May 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Lets hope, but history of Dublin suggests this might take tad more than a year
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🔎 Special Issue Alert 🔍
This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence
This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence
May 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🔎 Special Issue Alert 🔍
This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence
This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025.
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence
Thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding to conduct a study, supported by Tabor Group, on how women living with addiction have experienced harm reduction and treatment services - with brilliant colleague Joan Cronin (not on Bluesky) @ucc.ie
Research Ireland has announced funding for 59 projects under its New Foundations programme.
These awards will support researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments.
Read here:
www.researchireland.ie/news/new-fou...
#ResearchIreland
These awards will support researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments.
Read here:
www.researchireland.ie/news/new-fou...
#ResearchIreland
May 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding to conduct a study, supported by Tabor Group, on how women living with addiction have experienced harm reduction and treatment services - with brilliant colleague Joan Cronin (not on Bluesky) @ucc.ie
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JOB: Research Fellow, a part-time post at University of Nottingham.
Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt.
#Criminology #Probation #Job
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...
Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt.
#Criminology #Probation #Job
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...
Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part time, fixed-term) at University of Nottingham
Discover Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part time, fixed-term) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
JOB: Research Fellow, a part-time post at University of Nottingham.
Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt.
#Criminology #Probation #Job
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...
Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt.
#Criminology #Probation #Job
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...