Responsive Mode Research

A systematic review is a comprehensive and structured approach to reviewing existing research on a specific question. A rapid systematic review is a streamlined version of this process using simplified methods to accelerate the review process while attempting to maintain the rigor and transparency of a full systematic review.  To date BR-UK has completed one rapid review and also an associated briefing paper in response to a recent commission from the Government Office for Science in consultation with our funder. 

Rapid response projects focus on arising issues, not currently identified as areas of study for the Hub. They involve rapidly collecting and analysing data to address behavioural research questions. 

Following the UK summer disorder, and in collaboration with Professor John Drury, Professor Clifford Stott and others, BR-UK funded and contributed to a mixed-methods study with the core objective to identify and consider the processes and impacts of the 2024 riots in England. The research aimed to generate findings that can inform policy and practice to reduce the likelihood of similar events.  The protocol is available on our Open Science Framework site and results will be published in due course.  This research enabled the team to respond to the Home Office Committee call for evidence on the summer 2024 disorder. The submission addressed key questions about the nature of the disorder, police preparedness, intelligence-sharing, and the wider implications for public order policing.