Funded projects

The KPAC project is supporting a range of related projects, some of which are detailed below.

TASERD

TASERD Joining UCL and University of Exeter, this project examines explore the use of taser and to draw out initial evidence-based understanding of why disproportionality exists in relationship to its use in situations involving minority populations.

Beyond Contagion

Joining University of Sussex and University St. Andrew, this project examines a new account of behavioural transmission based on the social identity approach in social psychology—which suggests that influence processes are limited by group boundaries and group content—explaining the social limits to influence, both for 'basic' phenomena and rioting.

BEYOND MASS PANIC

KPAC joins forces with University of Sussex and University St. Andrew to unpack the social-psychological dynamic of the public in the situations with perceived threats and to advise our partners on the best response to the situations.

CIV-CON

In partnership with colleagues at the University of Sussex and St. Andrews University, the Keele strand of this UKRI funded project seeks to explore the Civil Contingency response to COVID-19 in the UK. In particular, we will focus on how responder actions impact upon community relations, public adherence to regulations and social tensions.

CONSIL

In partnership with colleagues at University College London and the London School of Economics, this ESRC funded project aims to enhance our conceptual understanding of police-citizen encounters, social identity and police legitimacy by building and advancing a process model of Procedural Justice Theory.

VAWG (Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls)

This project is a multidisciplinary collaboration across Psychology, Medicine, Law and Criminology to co-create with criminal justice and other supporting professionals to tackle the challenge of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

ENABLE

The project, termed “Enable”, carried out observations at five matches last season and reached three key findings: the risks of violence were generally lower than the police had expected, too many officers were on duty and too few talked to supporters.

INTERACT

In partnership with the Edinburgh Napier and Dundee Universities, and the LSE, INTERACT explores procedural justice in technologically-mediated encounters between the police and public, such as where Mobile Data Terminals or Body Worn Video is used, when members of the public engage with the police via the Single Online Home, and when forces use social media to communicate with publics.

Funded projects

The KPAC project is supporting a range of related projects, some of which are detailed below.

DIPP

This PhD research Disproportionality in Policing Project (DIPP) aims to explore the drivers of disproportionality in policing in Staffordshire to inform practical solutions. Disproportionality in policing has been a topic of ongoing concern in many countries, including the UK. Staffordshire is no exception, with studies showing that ethnic minorities and groups suffering from multiple indices of deprivation are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, particularly in arrests, stops and searches, and the use of force by police officers.

Current grants

UKRI Ideas to Address COVID-19 grant call. Facilitating the public response to COVID-19 by harnessing group processes. £715,738.00 (FEC) Professor Clifford Stott, Co-Investigator | 2020-2022.
ESRC Open Call (ES/T007249/1) Perceived threats and 'stampedes': a relational model of collective fear responses. £991,792.72 (FEC) Professor Clifford Stott, Co-Investigator | 2020-2023
The English Football League (EFL) Enabling an evidence-based approach to safety and security in football (ENABLE). £200,000.00. Professor Clifford Stott, Principal Investigator | September 2019-2021. The Guardian link
ESRC Open Call (ES/R011397/1) From coercion to consent: social identity, legitimacy, and a process model of police procedural justice (CONSIL). £964,029.00 (FEC) Professor Clifford Stott, Principal Investigator | 2018-2021.
ESRC Large Grant (ES/V00283X/1) Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response And Contact Technology (INTERACT). £876,142. Dr Helen Wells, Co-Investigator. | September 2021-2024.

Previous grants

EPSRC. RCUK PER Catalysts. EP/R019908/1. Co-Production and Creativity: ethos, typologies and innovation in public engagement practice. (SEEK-PER) £ 99,787.00. Co-Investigator | 2017-2019
UKIERI UGC Thematic Partnership. Social Identity, Well Being and Civic Participation among Social and Ethnic Groups in India. Co-Investigator. Value to Keele £107,979.00. Co-Investigator | 2017-2020.
ESRC Open Call ES/N01068X/1. Beyond Contagion: Social identity processes in involuntary social influences. £923,134.50 (FEC) Co-Investigator | 2016-2019