Policing and democracy
Scientic Supervisor / Contact Person
Name and Surname
Diego Palacios Cerezales
ORCID (link)
Localization & Research Area
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Political and Social Science
Department
Political History, Theories & Geography
Research Area
Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
MSCA & ERC experience
Research group / research team hosted any MSCA fellow?
No
Research group / research team have any ERC beneficiaries?
No
Research Team & Research Topic
Website of the Research team / Research Group / Department
Brief description of the Research Team / Research Group / Department
This emerging research group focuses on the political and social history of police and policing. While its current projects primarily examine Southern Europe, the group is committed to expanding both the geographical and thematic scope of its research. It welcomes studies on policing in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, encouraging comparative and transnational perspectives.
Its members are currently involved in several funded projects, including TRANSIPOL (Police and Democracy in the Spanish Transition to Democracy) and PROFIPOL (Police Professionalism under Franco’s Dictatorship), both supported by the Spanish Research Agency (AEI). Additionally, they participate in DEMOPOL (Democratizing Public Space and Policing: Transitions, Circulations, and Contestations in Southern Europe from the Return of Democracy to the 1980s), which examines cases in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece and is funded by the École Française de Rome.
Beyond these projects, members of the group actively contribute to international scholarly networks. They take part in the Criminal Justice Network of the Social Science History Conference and the Atlantic Network for Police Studies (Rede Atlântica de Estudos das Polícias), a Portuguese-led initiative fostering research collaboration on the history of policing across the Atlantic world.
The group is keen to welcome new researchers and support them in developing their own research agendas. It aims to create a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment where scholars at different career stages can explore new perspectives on the history of policing.
Its members are currently involved in several funded projects, including TRANSIPOL (Police and Democracy in the Spanish Transition to Democracy) and PROFIPOL (Police Professionalism under Franco’s Dictatorship), both supported by the Spanish Research Agency (AEI). Additionally, they participate in DEMOPOL (Democratizing Public Space and Policing: Transitions, Circulations, and Contestations in Southern Europe from the Return of Democracy to the 1980s), which examines cases in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece and is funded by the École Française de Rome.
Beyond these projects, members of the group actively contribute to international scholarly networks. They take part in the Criminal Justice Network of the Social Science History Conference and the Atlantic Network for Police Studies (Rede Atlântica de Estudos das Polícias), a Portuguese-led initiative fostering research collaboration on the history of policing across the Atlantic world.
The group is keen to welcome new researchers and support them in developing their own research agendas. It aims to create a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment where scholars at different career stages can explore new perspectives on the history of policing.
Research lines / projects proposed
Police's professional culture and democracy.
Police trade-unionism in 20th century Europe
Political history of non-lethal weapons.
Police reform and democracy.
International police co-operation.
Police & social movements
Police trade-unionism in 20th century Europe
Political history of non-lethal weapons.
Police reform and democracy.
International police co-operation.
Police & social movements
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