Britain's mean cities, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Lincoln, 2014)
Reluctant gangsters? Streets gangs, masculinity and the press in interwar Glasgow, by Invitation (University of St Andrews, 2014)
Gang culture: on screen and in print (with Penny Woolcock), by Invitation (LSE, 2014)
Nineteenth-century gangs and 'A Clockwork Orange', by Invitation (Manchester Metropolitan University / International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 2014)
The Gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Manchester Art Gallery, 2014)
The Gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (The Marble Arch, 2013)
The Gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Greater Manchester Police Museum, 2012)
Reluctant gangsters? Street gangs and the press in interwar Glasgow, by Invitation (European Social Science History Association Conference , 2012)
The police and the public: some thoughts in response to Joanne Klen's 'Invisible Men', by Invitation (European Social Science History Assocation, 2012)
The Gangs of Victorian Manchester and Salford, by Invitation (Manchester Geographical Society, 2011)
Fighting men and family men: Glasgow 'gangsters' of the 1920s and 1930s, by Invitation (Centre for Gender History, University of Glasgow, 2011)
'No mean city' revisited: the Glasgow gangs of the 1920s and 1930s, by Invitation (Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow, 2010)
The Glasgow gangs of the 1920s and 1930s, by Invitation (Crime and Social Justice Research Group, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Salford Libraries, 2010)
The scuttlers, by Invitation (Reddish Vale Technology College, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Prestwich Festival, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (St Joseph's Hostel, Salford, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Mancunian Reunion Project, in conjunction with Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Salford City Council, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Trafford Council, in association with Pages Ago: a promotion of historical writing, 2010)
The gangs of Victorian Manchester and Salford, by Invitation (Working Class Movement Library, Salford, 2010)
The gangs of Victorian Manchester and Salford, by Invitation (The Portico Library, 2010)
Researching The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Edge Hill University, 2010)
History, drama and dissemination: staging The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (University of Cambridge, 2010)
The gangs of Manchester: the story of the scuttlers, by Invitation (Tameside Local Studies & Archives Centre, 2009)
The gangs of Manchester/Angels with Manky Faces, by Invitation (North City Library, Manchester, 2009)
The gangs of Manchester/Angels with Manky Faces, by Invitation (New Moston Library, Manchester, 2009)
The gangs of Manchester/Angels with Manky Faces, by Invitation (Waterstones, Manchester, 2009)
The gangs of Manchester: the story of the scuttlers, by Invitation (Manchester Histories Festival, 2009)
The gangs of Manchester: the story of the scuttlers, by Invitation (Tameside Local Studies & Archives Centre, 2009)
Scuttling gangs and the origins of lads' clubs, by Invitation (Salford Lads' Club, 2009)
The Scottish Chicago: the Glasgow gangs of the 1920s and 1930s, by Invitation (University of Glasgow, Department of Economic and Social History/Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, 2008)
The Glasgow gangs of the 1920s and 1930s, by Invitation (Glasgow Caledonian University, 2008)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Manchester Central Library, 2008)
The gangs of Manchester, by Invitation (Manchester Central Library, 2008)
'No mean city' revisited: the Glasgow gangs of the 1920s and 1930s, by Invitation (University of Sussex, 2006)
Sectarianism in interwar Glasgow, by Invitation (Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies, 2006)
Editorships
History and Policy (Editorial Advisor, 2011 - present)
Contemporary British History (Editorial Board Member, 2005 - present)
British Journal of Criminology (Editorial Board Member, 2003 - present)
Examination Roles
University of Edinburgh, PhD (2012)
University of Sussex, PhD (2012)
University of Glasgow, PhD (2011)
Monash University (Australia), PhD (2007)
University of London, PhD (2006)
University of Glasgow, MA (PGT, 2005)
University of Glasgow, MA (PGT, 2004)
University of Glasgow, MA (PGT, 2003)
University of Sunderland, PhD (2003)
University of Cambridge, PhD (2002)
University of Northumbria, PhD (2002)
University of Cambridge, PhD (1998)
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, MA (PGT, 1996)
Organisations I have been associated with
MaD Theatre Company (2012 - 2013)
MaD Theatre Company (2008 - 2010)
Professional Body Memberships
Royal Historical Society (Fellow, 2009 - present)
Royal Society for the Arts (Fellow, 2009 - present)
Social History Society of Great Britain (Executive Committee Member, 2003 - present)
Criminal Justice Network, Social Science History Association (Member, 1999 - present)
International Association for the History of Crime & Criminal Justice (Member, 1997 - present)