Social Media and Offline Violence Research Partner

Description

The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) are looking for a research partner to investigate the relationship between social media and offline physical violence affecting children & young people in London. The VRU recognises that social media is ubiquitous in young people's lives. Young Londoners are often exposed to violent and harmful content which may increase the risk of physical violence or criminal exploitation. Additionally, social media content has been increasingly utilised in the criminal justice system to argue a causal link between online behaviour and instances of offline violence; however, the specific links between online content and real-world physical violence are not well understood. Given the scale of social media, the VRU is particularly interested in understanding the impact of specific types of online content: - Violent content - defined as content that encourages, promotes or provides instructions for an act of serious violence against a person; depicts real or realistic serious violence/injury against a person in graphic detail; or depicts real or realistic serious violence/injury against an animal or fictional creature in graphic detail. For exam…

Awards

Official publications

• Pre Paid Cards Solutions
  Published: 19 November 2025
• MOPAC VAWG Prevention Delivery Plan and Data Management System
  Published: 30 May 2025
• Youth 2 Adult Wellbeing Service
  Published: 20 May 2025
• Market Engagement Session for Difference Matters Youth Voice Partner
  Published: 19 May 2025
• London's VRU Adultification Bias Consultancy Services
  Published: 22 April 2025
• Evaluation and Learning Partner & Peer Research and Peer Network for the PRU / AP Mentoring Programme
  Published: 19 March 2025
• MOPAC: VAWG Strategy Refresh 2024 - Stakeholder Consultation Facilitation
  Published: 12 March 2025
• Child First Custody Training and Research
  Published: 12 March 2025
• VRU-Hospital Based Youth Work Evaluation Partner
  Published: 6 March 2025
• VRU- The Evaluation of the Stronger Futures Programme
  Published: 6 March 2025

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