Centre for Social Innovation
The Centre for Social Innovation collaboratively seeks new avenues for public innovation surrounding contemporary national and international challenges which threaten the physical and emotional security of individuals, communities and societies.
The team explores the complex interplay between social cohesion, public policy and societal change, working collaboratively with a range of research partners. These include the College of Policing, the National Crime Agency, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the Ministry of Justice, Public Health England, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, NHS Digital, Durham County Council, Children North East, and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland.
Work spans five research themes:
- Technology, innovation and civics
- Communities, education and work
- Place, change and harm
- Crime, social exclusion and extremism
- Co-producing alcohol and public health research.
Meet the team
Professor Marty Chamberlain
Research at Teesside
Research is important to me because it helps with understanding complex human behaviours whilst providing solutions that inform policy and address real-world problems we face.
Impact case studies
Combatting organised crime
Informing smarter approaches for preventing and dealing with organised crime
Read moreEngaging everyone in public health policy
Highlighting the value of stakeholder participation when developing public health programmes
Read moreThe Conversation
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What Keir Starmer can learn from the history of Labour leader documentaries
01/06/2021
Christopher Massey
The news that Keir Starmer is considering starring in a fly-on-the-wall documentary, brings back memories of similar endeavours.
Labour party conference: the dispute around rule changes explained in brief
27/09/2021
Christopher Massey
The Labour party has voted to amend the rules governing how it elects leaders at its 2021 party conference.
Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer
04/10/2021
Tanya Beetham
The murder of Sarah Everard has damaged public trust in the police, and has women in the UK seeking answers about their safety in public places.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram reintegration process: weaknesses and how they can be fixed
19/01/2022
Dr Tarela Ike
n Nigeria, the advent of Boko Haram terrorism and its wanton destruction of lives and properties has led to untold hardship, especially in the country’s north-eastern region. The devastating impact of Boko Haram activities transcends Nigeria’s borders.
How your brainwaves could be used in criminal trials
30/06/2022
Michel Funicelli
Law enforcement agencies worldwide struggle with the unreliability of eyewitness identification and scarcity of physical clues at crime scenes. There is a wealth of evidence showing that mistaken eyewitness identification is a contributing factor in wrongful convictions.
Winter of discontent: how similar is today’s situation?
05/12/2022
Christopher Massey
The UK government is battening down the hatches for a wave of strikes in December and January. Railway workers, nurses, ambulance workers, civil servants and postal staff are all set to take industrial action in the coming weeks in protest at wages not keeping up with inflation, with teachers’ and firefighters’ unions also balloting their members.
