From 2005….

• Some high-quality police-focused research but research is fragmented and scattered; relations between the academic community and Scottish police forces are ‘ad hoc and infrequent’; and the extent to which ‘research results is being fed directly into practice by its originators is negligible’. (Professor Carol Heddermanm University of Leicester)

To 2011….

• Within a very short time, SIPR has become one of the most important (if not the most important) institution for policing and police science within Europe (Professor Thomas Feltes, University of Bochum)

A new paradigm?

• Neyroud (2011) identifies need for ‘a new paradigm’ that changes the relationship between research and policing:

• - police adopt and advance evidence-based policies;

• - universities become active participants in the world of police practice.

The drivers of change…

• Investment… in new, relevant research and capacity building

• Innovation…. in knowledge exchange and education

• Internationality… placing Scottish policing in a global context

• Impact … on processes, policy and practice

• Investment in new, relevant, collaborative research across Scotland…

• Funding of £2.1m from SFC and ACPOS over 4 years used to support..– Research excellence, relevance and capacity

building via 7 lectureships, 3 PDRAs, and 9 PhD studentships;

– Knowledge exchange activities, including over 50 events attended by over 3000 people;

– Supporting the leadership, management and infrastructure of SIPR

• Additional investment of over £4m in research, KE and capacity building 2007-2010– Community of 40+ PhD students

Innovation in knowledge exchange

Innovation in police education: the SIPR Postgraduate Policing Diploma & MSc

Development funding from:

Internationality

Impact: the importance of evidence-based policing and collaborative partnerships

• Promoting the use of research evidence in policing;

• Developing ‘full collaborative partnerships’ through the processes of knowledge generation, diffusion and use;

• Establishing ‘a dialogue of listening’

SIPR Phase II

• Renewed investment from ACPOS over the next four years to fund a programme of research and KE;

• Renewed investment from universities over the next four years to support the leadership and strategic development of SIPR.