During the summer of 2025, Dean was an invited speaker at the International conference on Global Criminology and Victimology, India, on his work evaluating violence reduction and prevention efforts, exploring purpose, challenge and importance of developing the evidence.
In 2018, Dean was an invited Keynote speaker at the International Conference on Psychology, Counselling & Education, Manilla (Philippines) where he spoke on the topic of Exploring the benefits of an innovative arts-based rehabilitation intervention for the health and wellbeing of an ageing offender.
Dean was an invited expert to contribute to the mental breakdown series by Dr. Bernie Wilkinson and Dr. Marshal (PSYCREG)
In the summer of 2020 Dean Co-convened the first IoPConference 2020 entitled 'Doing Support in the Pandemic' - find out more here.
The following year he Co-convened the follow up conference IoP Crim 2021 entitled 'impact of the pandemic on experiences in the criminal justice system'
Invited Keynotes, conferences and events
2025: The International Conference on Global Criminology and Victimology: An introduction to programme evaluation in criminal justice: exploring the purpose, challenges and importance of developing evidence for what works and for who (Invited Keynote Speaker)
2025: The International Conference on Global Criminology and Victimology: Conference Chair: Training Law Enforcement in Trauma Informed Practice
2024: Division of Forensic Psychology: Symposium Chair and Session Speaker– Violence Reduction and Prevention
2023: Centre for Criminal Justice and Policing: Creative Methodologies: capturing young peoples’ experiences of the Youth Offending Services through lyric writing (invited Speaker symposium: Arts in Criminal Justice)
2021: University of Chester, Faculty of Education and Children’s Services: The benefits of arts projects for older prisoners, their characteristics and needs (Invited Research Seminar Speaker)
2020: University of Chester, Department of Psychology: Exploring the Characteristics of Older Prisoners (Invited Research Seminar Speaker).
2018: International Conference on Psychology, Counselling & Education, Manilla (Philippines): Exploring the benefits of an innovative arts-based rehabilitation intervention for the health and wellbeing of an ageing offender. (Invited Keynote Speaker)
2017: DeMontfort University, Leicester, UK: Victimisation and the impact of crime and fear and crime on quality of life: the role of sexual orientation and gender (Invited Research Seminar Speaker; with co-authors B Mahoney & L Scurlock-Evans).