Associate Professor in Criminology at Birmingham City University. Areas of interest include hate crime, gender, sexuality, online discourse, identity. He/Him
Joined July 2016
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Ben Colliver retweeted
Thought Provoking Presentation by @HateCrimeHealy and #ValerieHoughton on their recent chapter Developing a Profile of Disabalist Hate Crime Offenders @BSC_PolicingNet
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Ben Colliver retweeted
Thought Provoking Presentation by Dr Megan McElhone titled Anti-Muslim Hate and Britain's Racial Order: Political Relations and Institutional Responses, Discussing Islamophobia and its co-constitution with essentialist accounts of white working class racism
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Ben Colliver retweeted
4 Jun 2025
Lovely night out with colleagues
@BscHcn & @BSCPolicingNet Looking forward to our conference tomorrow on "Hate Crime Perpetrators: The Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Responses”
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Ben Colliver retweeted
25 Feb 2025
Time for us to be part of the jury at the Murder Trial Tonight in Birmingham @BCUCriminology @bencolliver @Sophie_PhD @Sharda_24 @MonicaIThomas 👩⚖️
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Ben Colliver retweeted
20 Jan 2025
You can now book tickets to our jointly organised conference @BscHcn @BSC_PolicingNet on hate crime perpetrators - call for abstracts open until 28th Feb. Please share/sign up to attend! tickettailor.com/events/bsch…
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Ben Colliver retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Our edited book has arrived! Lovely working alongside @DavidRWilkin to put this collection of chapters together written by some brilliant academics, postgrads, practitioners and activists. @routledgebooks #DisabilityHateCrime
ALT Selfie of Leah with the book titled Disability Hate Crime: Perspectives for Change
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Ben Colliver retweeted
Over the summer our very own @HateCrimeHealy led an inter-disciplinary research team at Bournemouth University and Royal Holloway which conducted a survey to evaluate approaches to safeguarding adults who experience hate crime and discriminatory abuse [1/2]
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Ben Colliver retweeted
16 Sep 2024
Excited to welcome our new @BCUCriminology students today! Make sure to check your BCU emails for your personalised welcome week schedule! 🥳
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Ben Colliver retweeted
27 Aug 2024
Please take a look at my recent publication with @PolicingJournal 'Improving the application and assessment experiences of special constable candidates in England and Wales'! emerald.com/insight/content/… @specialconstab @ascopolice @EmeraldGlobal @PoliceVolunteer
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Ben Colliver retweeted
27 Aug 2024
New to this! First time posting!👋🏼😅 SO, why not mark the occasion by posting about the publication of my first peer-reviewed journal article with the awesome @CraigKelly90 @Lynesey89 and @Laurenjg98 😊 I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity! link.springer.com/article/10…
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Ben Colliver retweeted
22 Jul 2024
Ready to celebrate our 2024 graduates @BCUCriminology 🥳 congratulations to all!
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Ben Colliver retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Our 'Hate Crimes Against Animals' conference is now starting with our first speaker Jennifer Maher speaking about Wildlife trafficking and cruelty to animals through luxury products @BscHcn @BscGreenCrim
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Ben Colliver retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Our first speaker is Jenny Maher from Uni of South Wales on the harms and costs of our society which have contributed to the extinction of our species and wildlife; 44,000 species on brink of extinction @BscHcn @BscGreenCrim
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Ben Colliver retweeted
8 May 2024
It's that time of year and I'm at @Eurovision again! I would love to know what #Eurovision2024 fans think of the show, the atmosphere and the music - please consider filling in our survey 🌈🎉💃 🎶 @Eurovoix @eurovisionwld @bbceurovision
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Ben Colliver retweeted
8 Mar 2024
Call for participants! 📣📣📣
Helen and I are still recruiting for the below project to explore the experiences of trans and non-binary people in custody. Aiming to speak to people with lived experience and practitioners. Details on who we are aiming to recruit below.
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Ben Colliver retweeted
7 Mar 2024
If you are a police officer (past or present), please would you take the time to complete the short survey below on mental health in the police for one of my dissertation students. Please share far and wide with colleagues! forms.office.com/pages/respo… Thanks in advance! @BcuPolicing
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Ben Colliver retweeted
19 Feb 2024
If you would like to present a paper @esc_eurocrim under the @BscHcn banner, please email your abstract to @bencolliver (ben.colliver@bcu.ac.uk) by Friday 23 February (a week before the official deadline). Any questions, please get in touch with me or Ben
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16 Feb 2024
Please keep in mind that the abstract submission deadline for Eurocrim 2024 is 1 March 2024. ⚠️
eurocrim2024.com/abstract-su…
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Ben Colliver retweeted
9 Feb 2024
Exciting news! We have 10 fully-funded #PhD studentships advertised @bournemouthuni - interested applicants need to act fast as the deadline is the end of this month! bournemouth.ac.uk/study/cour… Please share with thanks
@BscHcn @BritSocCrim @britsoci
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Ben Colliver retweeted
31 Jan 2024
!!! CALL FOR HELP!!!
As some of you know, I’ve been an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor at CRASAC for the last couple of years. The demand for our services is so high and just before Christmas we were informed that Coventry City Council were cutting our funding
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Ben Colliver retweeted
21 Dec 2023
The @BscHcn are looking to arrange hate crime themed panels at the @BSC2024Strath If you're interested,please email your abstracts to @bencolliver (Ben.Colliver@bcu.ac.uk) Looking forward to receiving your abstracts &hearing about all your amazing research x.com/BSC2024Strath/status/1…
📢We are now accepting abstracts for the @BritSocCrim 2024 in Glasgow. Send us your pre-arranged panels! Your individual papers! Your roundtables! Your author meets readers sessions! Link in bio.
📍University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 9-12 July
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