Funded Research Project Applications:

• Sentencing & Communication: An Exploratory Study. This research observes the sentencing hearing and explores the perspectives of the judicial sentencer, defence lawyer and sentenced person so as to shed light on effective practices and system or other barriers to successful communications.
• Knowledge of and Attitudes to Sentencing (collaborating with Ipsos) Funded by the Sittish Sentencing Council
• Just Emotions: the Construction of Objectivity – an international perspective on the emotive-cognitive process of judicial decision-making (Italy, Sweden, Scotland, USA). European Research Council over three years. (with Stina Bergman Blix (Upsala, Sweden) Terry Maroney (Stanford, USA) , Francesco Contini (Italian National Research Council) . European Research Council Euros 1.49 m
• Public Attitudes to and Perceptions of Sentencing in Cases of Causing Death by Driving Offences (with ScotCen and Rachel McPherson), Commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council
• Public Attitudes to and Perceptions of Sentencing in Sexual Offence Cases (with ScotCen) Commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council