Our Research

Our vision is to deliver excellence in applied research for policing and security. Our approach blends evidence-based research, policy and practice with the development of tangible solutions that have a real-world impact on the security domain.

Books

Information and Communications Technology in Support of Migration

2022

Akhgar, B., Hough, K. L., Abdel-Samad, Y., Bayerl, P. S., & Karakostas, A. (Eds.)

Springer

Information Security Technologies for Controlling Pandemics

2021

Jahankhani, H., Kendzierskyj, S., & Akhgar, B. (Eds.)

Springer

Technology Development for Security Practitioners

2021

Akhgar, B., Kavallieros, D., & Sdongos, E. (Eds.)

Springer

Dark Web Investigation

2021

Akhgar, B., Gercke, M., Vrochidis, S., & Gibson, H. (Eds.)

Springer Nature

Journal Articles

Domdouzis, K., Akhgar, B., Andrews, S., & Day, T. (2017). Identification of Critical Factors in Large Crisis Decision Making Processes Using Computational Tools: The Case of ATHENA. International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA), 8(2), 11-28.
Marzell, L., & Brewster, B. (2017). Building safer societies: A framework for trust. Crisis Response Journal, 13(1), 80-82.
Domdouzis, K., Akhgar, B., Andrews, S., Gibson, H., & Hirsch, L. (2016). A social media and crowdsourcing data mining system for crime prevention during and post-crisis situations. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 18 (4), 364-382.
Bayerl, P.S. & Stoynov, L. (2016). Revenge by photoshop: Memefying police acts in the public dialogue about injustice. New Media & Society, 18 (6), 1006-1026.
Andrews, S., Gibson, H., Domdouzis, K., & Akhgar, B. (2016). Creating corroborated crisis reports from social media data through formal concept analysis. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 47(2), 287-312.
Domdouzis, K., Andrews, S., & Akhgar, B. (2016). Application of a new service-oriented architecture (SOA) paradigm on the design of a crisis management distributed system. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST), 7(2), 1-17.
Bayerl, P.S., Lauche, K., & Axtell, C. (2016). Revisiting Group-Based Technology Adoption as a Dynamic Process: The Role of Changing Attitude-Rationale Configurations. MIS Quarterly, 40 (3), 775-784.
Bayerl, P. S., & Akhgar, B. (2015). Surveillance and falsification implications for open source intelligence investigations. Communications of the ACM, 58(8), 62-69.

Conference Articles

Ntioudis, D., Kamateri, E., Meditskos, G., Karakostas, A., Huber, F., Bratska, R., Akhgar, B., Vrochidis, S. & Kompatsiaris, I. (2020). Immerse: a personalized system addressing the challenges of migrant integration. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW). (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Pannocchia, D., Bayerl, P.S., and Hough, K.L. (2020). The digital mediation of migration: a qualitative thematic synthesis. In: Proceedings of the 13th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2020. IADIS Press, 145-150.
Suojanen, I., Bayerl, P. S. & Jacobs, G. (2019). 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.
Mitzias, P., Kompatsiaris, I., Kontopoulos, E., Staite, J., Day, T., Kalpakis, G. Tsikrika, T., Gibson, H., Vrochidis, S. & Akhgar, B. (2019). Deploying Semantic Web Technologies for Information Fusion of Terrorism-related Content and Threat Detection on the Web. In: WI '19 Companion IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence - Companion Volume. ACM Press, 193-199.
Saunders, J., Davey, S. Bayerl, P.S. & Lohrmann, P. (2019). Validating Virtual Reality as an Effective Training Medium in the Security Domain. In: IEEE 2019 Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR). Japan, 1908-1911.
Akhgar, B. Bertrand, P., Chananouli, C., Day, T., Gibson, H., Kavallieros, D., Kompastsiaris, I., Kyriakou, E., Leventakis, G., Lissaris, E., Mille, S., Tsikrika, T., Vrochidis, S. & Williamson, U. (2017). TENSOR: retrieval and analysis of heterogeneous online content for terrorist activity recognition. In: Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 16 : From Research to Security Union. Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 33-82.
Saunders, J., Gibson, H., Leitao, R. & Akhgar. B. (2017). AUGGMED: developing multiplayer serious games technology to enhance first responder training. In: Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 16 : From Research to Security Union. Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 223-253.
Wells, D., & Gibson, H. (2017). OSINT from a UK perspective: considerations from the law enforcement and military domains. In: Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 16 : From Research to Security Union. Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 84-113.

Book Chapters

Budy, F. C., Hough, K. L., & Abdel-Samad, Y. (2021). ICT Enabled Public Services for Migration (MIICT): how co-creative practices advanced migrants’ integration in the EU. In: Co-creation in Migration Studies: The Use of Co-creative Methods to Study Migrant Integration Across European Societies. 169.
Day, T., Dennis, K., & Gibson, H. (2021). TENSOR: A Solution to Dark Web Investigations. In: Dark Web Investigation. (pp. 119-135). Springer, Cham.
Horton, K. E., Jacobs, G., Bayerl, P. S., & Suojanen, I. (2021). Towards Sustainable Solutions in International Security Management—An Introduction. In: International Security Management. (pp. 1-9). Springer, Cham.
Bayerl, P. S., Sahar, A., & Akhgar, B. (2020). 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.
Sahar, A. (2020). Countering Radicalisation in the United Kingdom: A Community-Based Approach. In: Investigating Radicalization Trends. 179-214.
Redhead, A., & Davey, S. (2019). Serious Games for First Responders. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 173-188). Springer, Cham.
Hancock, P., Gibson, H., & Akhgar, B. (2019). AEsOP: Applied Engagement for Community Participation. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 209-224). Springer, Cham.
Bayerl, P. S., Davey, S., Lohrmann, P., & Saunders, J. (2019). Evaluating Serious Game Trainings. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 149-169). Springer, Cham.

White Papers and Reports

Bayerl, P.S., Obst, M., & Akhgar, B. (2023). International Citizen Consultation on AI Accountability in Policing. AP4AI Report 3.
B. Akhgar, P.S. Bayerl, K. Bailey, R. Dennis, H. Gibson, S. Heyes, A. Lyle, A. Raven, F. Sampson, CENTRIC (2022). AP4AI Framework Blueprint, AP4AI Report 2.
B. Akhgar, P.S. Bayerl, K. Bailey, R. Dennis, S. Heyes, A. Lyle, A. Raven, F. Sampson, CENTRIC M. Gercke, Cybercrime Research Institute (2022). Summary Report on Expert Consultations, AP4AI Report 1.