Professor Petra Saskia Bayerl

Head of Research

Petra Saskia Bayerl was Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence on Public Safety Management (CESAM) at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (Netherlands) as well as Associate Dean of Diversity at the same institution. She holds a masters degree in psychology, linguistics and organizational dynamics from universities in Germany and the USA and gained her PhD from Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (Netherlands). 

Her research addresses societal implications of emerging technologies and practices in the security domain and has appeared in numerous international journals, conferences and books. She has extensive experience in security-related EU-funded projects, both as researcher and as advisory board members and member of ethics committees, in a broad range of topics from radicalization and counter-terrorism to community policing and the management of crises.

Publications

  • Butot, V., Bayerl, P. S., Jacobs, G., & de Haan, F. (). Citizen repertoires of smart urban safety: Perspectives from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 158, 120164.
  • Pannocchia, D., Bayerl, P.S., and Hough, K.L. (). The digital mediation of migration: a qualitative thematic synthesis. In: Proceedings of the 13th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2020. IADIS Press, 145-150.
  • Bayerl, P. S., Sahar, A., & Akhgar, B. (). The radicalisation-factor model (RFM): Proposing a framework for the systematic investigation and modelling of online radicalisation. In: Investigating Radicalization Trends. (pp. 29-39). Springer, Cham.
  • Bayerl, P. S., Davey, S., Lohrmann, P., & Saunders, J. (). Evaluating Serious Game Trainings. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 149-169). Springer, Cham.
  • Suojanen, I., Bayerl, P. S. & Jacobs, G. (). Citizens’ positive safety perceptions in public spaces. In: BEER, Michael and ZIO, Enrico, (eds.) Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference. Research Publishing. 224-231.