Prof. Keith Hayward 

Keith J. Hayward is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He has published widely in the areas of criminological theory, spatial and social theory, visual and popular culture, and terrorism and fanaticism. As one of the leading figures in the field of cultural criminology, Dr. Hayward is particularly interested in the various ways in which cultural dynamics intertwine with the practices of crime and crime control within contemporary society; as a consequence, he has written on everything from the role of documentary filmmaking in criminology to the existential allure of ‘Jihadi cool’. He is the author, co-author, or editor of ten books, the most recent being, Cultural Criminology (2018), a four-volume edited collection for Routledge’s Major Works series.

Prof. Stephanie Kane

Kane is Professor at the School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University. She researches the political ecology of water. From port cities of Brazil, Argentina and Singapore to the Canadian Arctic and subarctic, Kane’s ethnography explores the way river and coastal city inhabitants embed themselves into the planetary crust and negotiate water disasters (flooding, pollution, dispossession).  Her non-fiction creative writing brings geoscience, engineering, law, social life and art into conversation to highlight social justice and environmental justice. New multi-media work of 2016/17 include an audio edition of Where Rivers Meet the Sea, and a Sage video talk on “Unconventional Methods…” filmed in the SGIS TV studio. Earlier books include The Phantom Gringo Boat, AIDS Alibis, and, co-edited with Phil Parnell, Crime’s Power.

Prof. Yvonne Jewkes

Yvonne Jewkes was appointed Professor of Criminology at the University of Kent in December 2017. Her main research interest is prisons and the sociology of imprisonment, especially prison design and prison culture, including social networks, constructions of masculine identities and flows of power in prisons. She has recently completed a major ESRC-funded study of prison architecture, design and technology and a project on designing ‘healthy’, trauma-sensitive prisons for women, which was funded by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness. She has also recently researched the potential role of computer-mediated technologies on the everyday lives and future prospects of prisoners; and the particular problems that face elderly inmates, from the poor design of prisons to end-of-life healthcare. She has recently published the second, revised edition of The Handbook on Prisons (co-edited with Ben Crewe and Jamie Bennett, Routledge, 2016) and is also known for her work on media and crime, being the author of the best-selling Media and Crime (currently in its third edition, 2015) and Media and Crime in the USA, co-authored with Travis Linnemann (Sage, 2017).

Prof. Máximo Sozzo

Máximo Sozzo is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the National University of Litoral (Santa Fe, Argentina) where he also coordinates the Master in Criminology and the Crime and Society Program. He is Adjunct Professor of the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (Australia) and was Straus Fellow (2010-2011) of the School of Law at New York University (USA). He has published more than 90 chapters of books and articles in scientific journals, 6 books and 10 edited books in the field of social and historical studies on crime and crime control. His latest books are: The Political Economy of Punishment Today (edited with D. Melossi and J.A. Brandariz, Routledge, 2018); The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South (edited with K. Carrington, J. Scott and R. Hogg, Palgrave, 2018); ¿Más Allá de la Culturadel Control? Debates sobre Delito, Pena y Orden Social con  David Garland (Ad-Hoc, 2018) y La Inflación Punitiva. Un análisis comparativo de las mutaciones del derecho penal en América Latina (1990-2015) (FLACSOCafé de las Ciudades-IDRC, 2017).