Webinars
Once a month, we hold a webinar in order to enhance our multidisciplinary team’s understanding of linguistic challenges within the criminal justice system in different European contexts (recordings available).
Friday 6th December 2024, 10-11.30 CET (11-12.30 UK time)
Prof Arve Asbjørnsen, University of Bergen.
Title: “Strengths and weaknesses of doing questionnaire surveys among people in prison”
Thursday 20th March 2025, 2-3.30 pm CET (1-2.30 UK time):
Prof Lise Øen Jones, University of Bergen.
Title: “Learning impairments in young people in conflict with the law”
Thursday 24th April, 2025, 2-3.30 pm CET (1-2.30 UK time):
Prof Yannick van den Brink, Faculty of Law, Vrije University, Amsterdam, and Dr Caroline Lanskey, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.
Title: Inequality, Cumulative Disadvantage and Language in the Youth Justice System
Thursday 29th May 2025 2-3.30 pm CET (1-2.30 UK time):
Dr Mauro Vigano, Université Paris VIII
Title: What Do We Mean by Language Disorders and Communication Needs in Children?
Thursday 11th December 2025, 1-2.30 pm CET (12-1.30 pm UK time):
Maria O’Mahoney, Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist, Feltham Prison and Young Offender Institution (UK)
Title: Supporting Children/Young People with Communication Differences in a Young Offenders Institution (in the UK)
Thursday, 22nd January 2026, 2-3.30 pm CET (1-2.30 UK time)
Dr Hélène Delage and Dr Olivia Hadjadj, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Title: Dynamic Assessment of Language in Children with TD and DLD