Grayson Bartels (he/him)
Thesis title: Exploring harms - transition, autonomy, and recovery in life after prison
PhD supervisors:
Background
Grayson is a fourth-year PhD Candidate researching the transition of previously incarcerated people back into their communities, focusing on the role that autonomy plays in their recovery from drug/alcohol use. His thesis is an exploratory qualitative study which is underpinned by the intersectionality of fourth wave feminism and centres lived experiences. Grayson went to university in the United States and graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Criminal Justice and History. He first came to Edinburgh Law School in 2019 and earned a MSc in Global Crime, Justice and Security with distinction. Since returning for his PhD, Grayson was elected the EUSA School of Law Postgraduate Research Representative (2021-2022). He is currently a member of the Law Postgraduate Research Student Board (PGRSB) and sits on the University-wide Student Discipline Committee. Additionally, Grayson is an Ordinary Tutor for Criminology and Sociology courses. Outside the University, he is actively involved in drug harm reduction efforts and is on Crew2000's Board of Directors.
Qualifications
MSc Global Crime, Justice and Security, with Distinction (2020) University of Edinburgh
Responsibilities & affiliations
Student Discipline Committee (2022-Present)
Vice President of the Law Postgraduate Research Student Board (2023-2024)
Law Postgraduate Research Student Board Member (2021-Present)
EUSA School of Law Postgraduate Research Representative (2021-2022)
Undergraduate teaching
Sociological 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society
Introduction to Criminology
Introduction to Global Crime and Justice
Current research interests
Criminology, penology, drugs, drug use, harm reduction, law, feminism, intersectionality, social justice, abolition, queer theoryConference details
'The (un)palatability and exclusion of drug users in criminological research'. British Society of Criminology Conference. Glasgow, Scotland, July 2024
'The (un)willingness to recognise drug users as credible knowers in criminological research: an exploration of epistemic and testimonial injustice'. Irish North/South Criminology Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 2024
‘A storm is coming’: deconstructing doxxing. EuroCrim Conference for the European Society of Criminology, Florence Italy, September 2023
'Seriously, don't leave your flat'. Continuum of Offline/Online Harm Conference, Nottingham Trent University, July 2023
'(Re)connecting through Narcotics Anonymous', New Directions Conference University of Edinburgh, May 2022
Invited speaker
Deconstructing Doxxing, co-presented with Marta Pérez Fernández. Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (February 2024)
Online Victimisation: Doxxing. University of the West of Scotland. Paisley, Scotland (October 2023)
Bartels, G. (2024) ‘“Seriously, Don't Leave Your Flat” … I Was Doxxed’ in Munk, T. & Kennedy, M. (eds.) Victimisation in the Digital Age: An Online/Offline Continuum Approach. Routledge, pp. 205-219. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781032714202-17/seriously-leave-flat-doxxed-grayson-bartels
Forthcoming: Bartels, G. & Pérez Fernández, M. '“A storm is coming”: deconstructing doxxing' in Colliver, B., Healy, J., McBride, K. & Gwenffrewi, G. (eds.) Transphobic Hate Crimes. Routledge. (Summer 2025)