Co-convenor and chair of ‘Concerning carceral geographies of trouble and hope’ at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2019)
The Prison Boundary: Between Society and Carceral Space at Criminology Seminar Series, British Society of Criminology South branch, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Manheim Centre for Criminology, LSE, 2019)
The Prison Boundary: A patchwork of everyday border politics at Research Seminars Series, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2019)
Negotiating alternative access in the context of “risky” research at Risky Methods and Hard Access Workshop (2018)
Conference Chair of The 3rd International Conference for Carceral Geography (University of Liverpool, 2018)
Organiser of the Risky Methods and Hard Access Workshop (University of Liverpool, 2018)
Geographies of containment at University of Liverpool in Singapore Overseas Immersion Programme, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2018)
Negotiating Postgrad, Postdoc and Probation: An ECR journey at Aberystwyth Postgraduate Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Aberystwyth University, 2018)
Designing for young people in the custodial environment [Or: How to child-proof your prison] at Young People in Custody Knowledge Exchange, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2018)
Careful control: the infrastructure of water in carceral space at Department of Geography and Earth Sciences Centenary Lecture Series, by Invitation (Aberystwyth University, 2018)
Organiser of The 2nd International Conference for Carceral Geography (University of Birmingham, 2017)
Turning over a new leaf: The health-enabling capacities of green space in prison at Roxby Lectures, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2017)
Organiser of the Symposium on Prison Architecture in the Context of Reform (Royal Institute of British Architects, 2017)
Architecture, Design and Technology at HMP YOI Grampian at Symposium on Prison Architecture in the Context of Reform (Royal Institute of British Architecture, 2017)
Chair of 'Music, law enforcement and desistance' at Music in Criminal Justice Symposium, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
Chair of 'Experiencing Imprisonment' at Rethinking Prisons Research Conference, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
Walks behind the walls at Rethinking Prisons Research Conference, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
Panellist on 'Kids, Keys and Careers – On the practicalities and realities of doing great prisons research' at Rethinking Prisons Research Conference, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
Conceptualising the carceral in carceral geography at The Nordic Geographers Meeting (Stockholm, 2017)
Serving time with a sea view: Escaping prison via healthy blue space at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers (Boston, MA, 2017)
Designing wellbeing: Architecture at the nexus of a healthy prison at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2016)
The Cell: The building blocks of prison life at The ESC Working Group ‘Prison Life & Effects of Imprisonment’ Workshop (University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 2016)
Co-convenor and chair of ‘Carceral Geographies’ at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers (San Francisco, CA, 2016)
The colours of custody: Moving towards rehabilitative aesthetics at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers (San Francisco, CA, 2016)
Organiser of The 1st International Conference for Carceral Geography (University of Birmingham, 2016)
Chair of 'Ethnography in a secure setting' at Crime and Control Ethnography Symposium, by Invitation (University of Birmingham, 2016)
Unlock the volume: Towards a politics of capacity at Human Geography Seminar Series, by Invitation (University of Birmingham, 2016)
Panellist for ‘Infrastructures Workshop’ at Material Mobilities Workshop, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2016)
Panellist on 'Reflections on the geographies of fleshy, messy, contentious and contested bodies' at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers, by Invitation (San Francisco, CA, 2016)
Getting the green light for a grey area: The relationship between security, aesthetics and well-being in custodial space at The Health and Wellbeing in Prison Populations Workshop (Royal Holloway, University of London, 2015)
Prison architecture, design and technology: "Fear-suffused environments" or potential to rehabilitate?’ at The Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (Porto, 2015)
Co-convenor and chair of ‘Carceral Geographies’ at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
Becoming big things: Building events and the architectural geographies of incarceration in England and Wales at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
'Unlock the volume': bringing height and depth to carceral mobilities at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
Components of the carceral: The lived experience of prison design at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
Shaping 'inhabitation': The complexities of prison design and prison building at The Nordic Geographers Meeting (Tallinn, 2015)
From piss pots to paint pots: Prison design and carceral space at The ESC Working Group ‘Prison Life & Effects of Imprisonment’ Innovation in Prison Workshop (Royal Holloway, University of London, 2015)
Panellist on 'A conversation: Criminology and carceral geography' at The Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, by Invitation (Porto, 2015)
Chair of 'Ethical dilemmas in the field' at Leicester Ethnography Symposium, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2015)
Locating the ‘self’ and the ‘other’: Creating and transmitting value through Eisteddfodau in Wales at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2014)
Cultural consumption and value: A segmentation analysis of cultural event participants at WISERD Annual Conference (Aberystwyth University, 2014)
The artistic ‘touch’: Engaging with the confined at the Art by Offenders exhibition at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2014)
Shackled at sea: Geographies of mobility and agency on the convict ship at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Tampa, FL, 2014)
Unlocking the carceral atmospheric: Extraordinary encounters at the prison museum at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Tampa, FL, 2014)
Discussant at Exploring Spaces of Security and Care Conference, by Invitation (University of Glasgow, 2014)
Discussant for '(Micro)economies of immigration detention: Critical geographical perspectives' at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, by Invitation (Tampa, FL, 2014)
Panellist on 'Mapping carceral geography: Confinement, closed spaces and affective atmospheres' at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers, by Invitation (RGS-IBG, 2014)
Organiser of the Cultural Values in Wales and Beyond Symposium (Aberystwyth University, 2014)
Profit from prison: Incarceration as commodity at The Markets, Consumption and Strategy Postgraduate Workshop, School of Management and Business (Aberystwyth University, 2013)
Hotel HMP: Marketing prison spectacle at Dialogues in Human Geography Seminar Series (Aberystwyth University, 2012)
Impact for postgraduates: In search of the Holy Grail? at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (Edinburgh, 2012)
Edge and interface: Boundary traffic between prison and society at The Annual University of Wales Council for Geography Conference (Gregynog Hall, 2012)
The ‘where’ and the ‘what’ of prison life’ at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (New York, NY, 2012)
Criminals with ‘community spirit’: Practising citizenship in the hidden world of the prison at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Seattle, WA, 2011)
Mobile citizenship: Rights and obligations behind and beyond the prison walls at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Seattle, WA, 2011)
Co-convenor and chair of ‘Between Absence and Presence: hiding, dissimulation, invisibility, and silence (1 & 2) at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Seattle, WA, 2011)
Destined to ‘fix’? Britain’s legacy of incarceration at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2010)
Displacing landscapes of incarceration: Spectacle, crime and punishment in the TV sitcom at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Washington, DC, 2010)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
Secretary and Founding Member of RGS-IBG Carceral Geography Working Group (2017 - present)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
Committee Member of the Committee on Research Ethics (University, 2018 - present)
Vice Chair of the Central University Research Ethics Committee B (University, 2018 - present)
Committee Member of the Central University Research Ethics Committee B (University, 2017 - present)
Committee Member of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Ethics Committee (Faculty, 2018 - present)
Reviewer for the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Ethics Committee (Faculty, 2017 - present)
Committee Member of the SOES School Scrutiny Panel (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
Geography Ethics Lead (Department, 2017 - present)
Media Appearances
A Carceral Geographer’s Examination of the Prison Boundary: An Interview with Jennifer Turner, EuropeNow (Invited, November 2018)
Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4 (Invited, May 2017)
Rosser F to Cell Block H: From Geography to Prison (Research), Aberystwyth PROM Magazine (Invited, December 2017)