Criminology Alumni
Centre for Criminology 60th/25th Alumni Anniversary Event
Join us to celebrate the 25th cohort of the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice as well as the 60th anniversary of the Centre on Thursday 1 October 2026. St Cross Building, Oxford.
Schedule
Thursday 1 October
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Coffee and pastries on arrival |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Introductions – Professor Rachel Condry, Centre Director and Professor John Armour, Dean of the Law Faculty |
| 10:00 – 11:20 | Panel 1 |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Refreshment break |
| 11:40 – 13:00 | Panel 2 |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:20 | Panel 3 |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Refreshment break |
| 15:40 – 17:00 | Panel 4 |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Closing remarks |
| 17:15 – 18:30 | Drinks reception |
Friday 2 October
| 10:00 – 12:00 | We would like to welcome you back to the St Cross Building for a relaxed social brunch. |
Panels
Panel 1: Criminalisation and Punishment
“Is the justice of criminalisation or punishment a political, moral or legal question?”
Chairs:
Carolyn Hoyle and Lucia Zedner
Speakers:
Oscar Parra-Vera, Magistrate of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz) Columbia (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2015)
Tom Guiney, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Nottingham (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2009)
Arushi Garg, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge (DPhil in Law, completed 2019)
Andrei Poama, Assistant Professor, Political Philosophy & Public Policy Ethics | Leiden University (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2009)
Panel 2: Criminal Justice
“Is 'criminal justice reform' a failed project? If not, how can research help support reforms? If yes, what are other ways in which researchers should engage with policy, practice, or communities on the ground?”
Chairs:
Ian Loader and Leila Ullrich
Speakers:
Estelle Marks, Assistant Professor in Criminology, University of Sussex (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2014)
Max Rutherford, Director of Programmes and Influencing (Deputy CEO) People’s Health Trust (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2005)
Gabriel Silveira de Queirós Campos, PhD candidate in Law at Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (Brazil) and Independent Researcher (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2015)
Gabrielle Watson, Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2011, DPhil Criminology completed 2017)
Panel 3: Families and youth
“What forms of familial harm remain invisible in dominant accounts of justice?”
Chairs:
Rachel Condry and Katrin Mueller-Johnson
Speakers:
Jasmina Arnež, Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2013)
Ellie Butt, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Refuge (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2011)
Nita Shala, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Italy, lawyer and professor (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2011)
Shona Minson, Writer, Researcher and BBC New Generation Thinker, (DPhil Criminology completed 2017)
Panel 4: Detention – immigration and prisons
“Drawing on your own research or professional experience, what do you see as the enduring problems and the emerging challenges across systems of detention (prison or immigration detention), and how can research and practice contribute to addressing them?”
Chairs:
Mary Bosworth and Alethia Fernandez De La Reguera
Speakers:
Hallam Tuck, Lecturer in Criminology, City University (DPhil Criminology completed 2023)
Marion Vannier, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Manchester (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2011, DPhil Criminology completed 2016)
Angela Charles, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Northampton (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2014)
Niamh Quille, Barrister, 5SAH (MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice 2017)