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

Green information technology: A sustainable approach

2015

Dastbaz, M., Pattinson, C., & Akhgar, B.

Morgan Kaufmann

Cyber crime and cyber terrorism investigator's handbook.

2014

Akhgar, B., Staniforth, A., & Bosco, F. (Eds.)

Syngress

Emerging trends in ICT security

2013

Akhgar, B. & Arabnia, H. R. (Eds.).

Morgan Kaufman

Strategic intelligence management: National security imperatives and information and communications technologies

2013

Akhgar, B., & Yates, S. (Eds.).

Butterworth-Heinemann

Journal Articles

Karlović, R., Nitsch, H., Fikenscher, S. E., Osterman, D., Menexis, S., Tsikrika, T., Vrochidis, S., Kompatsiaris, I. & Sahar, A. (2022). The Threat of Behavioral Radicalization Online: Conceptual Challenges and Technical Solutions Provided by the PROPHETS (Preventing Radicalization Online through the Proliferation of Harmonized ToolkitS) Project. Security Technologies and Social Implications, 247-261.
Birdi, K., Griffiths, K., Turgoose, C., Alsina, V., Andrei, D., Băban, A., Băban,, Bayerl, P.S., Bisogni, F., Chirică, S., Costanzo, P., Fernández, C., Ficet, J., Gascó, M., Gruschinske, M., Horton, K., Jacobs, G., Jochoms, T., Krstevska, K., Mirceva, S., Mouhanna,C., van den Oord, A., Oțoiu, C., Rajkovcevski, R., Rațiu, L., Reguli, Z., Rus, C., Stein-Müller, S., Stojanovski, T., Vallet, N., Varga,M., Vít M. & Vonaș, G. (2022). Factors influencing cross-border knowledge sharing by police organisations: an integration of ten European case studies. Police Practice and Research, 22(1), 3-22.
van der Giessen, M., & Bayerl, P. S. (2022). Designing for successful online engagement: Understanding technological frames of citizen and police users of community policing platforms. Government Information Quarterly, 39(3), 101711.
Kaunert, C., & Sahar, A. (2021). Violence, terrorism, and identity politics in Afghanistan: The securitisation of higher education. Social Sciences, 10(5), 150.
Maciel, R. F. C., Kerr Pinheiro, M. M., & Bayerl, P. S. (2021). Social Forecasting: A literature review of research promoted by the United States National Security System to model human behavior. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Policiais, 12(4), 23–52.
Belschak, F. D., Jacobs, G., Giessner, S. R., Horton, K. E., & Bayerl, P. S. (2020). When the going gets tough: Employee reactions to large‐scale organizational change and the role of employee Machiavellianism. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41(9), 830-850.
Butot, V., Bayerl, P. S., Jacobs, G., & de Haan, F. (2020). Citizen repertoires of smart urban safety: Perspectives from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 158, 120164.
Sahar, A., & Kaunert, C. (2020). Higher education as a catalyst of peacebuilding in violence and conflict-affected contexts: The case of Afghanistan. Peacebuilding, 9(1), 57-78.

Conference Articles

Gibson, H., Andrews, S., Domdouzis, K., Hirsch, L., & Akhgar, B. (2015). Combining big social media data and FCA for crisis response. In: 2014 IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. (pp. 690-695). IEEE.
Akhgar, B., & Gibson, H. (2015). Processing social media data for crisis management in Athena. In: International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. (pp. 3-14). Springer, Cham.
Bayerl, P. S., & Akhgar, B. (2015). Online surveillance awareness as impact on data validity for open-source intelligence?. In: International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. (pp. 15-20). Springer, Cham.
Pournouri, S., & Akhgar, B. (2015). Improving cyber situational awareness through data mining and predictive analytic techniques. In: International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. (pp. 21-34). Springer, Cham.
Brewster, B., Andrews, S., Polovina, S., Hirsch, L., & Akhgar, B. (2014). Environmental scanning and knowledge representation for the detection of organised crime threats. In: International Conference on Conceptual Structures. (pp. 275-280). Springer, Cham.
Akhgar, B., Fortune, D., Hayes, R. E., Guerra, B., & Manso, M. (2014). Social media in crisis events: Open networks and collaboration supporting disaster response and recovery. In: 2013 IEEE International conference on technologies for Homeland Security (HST). (pp. 760-765). IEEE.
Andrews, S., Akhgar, B., Yates, S., Stedmon, A., & Hirsch, L. (2013). Using formal concept analysis to detect and monitor organised crime. In: International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems. (pp. 124-133). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Book Chapters

Waddington, D. (2017). Police liaison approaches to managing political protest: A critical analysis of a prominent UK example. In: Community Policing-A European Perspective. (pp. 83-97). Springer, Cham.
Bayerl, P. S., & Jacobs, G. (2017). Evaluating the design and implementation of CP-support technologies: A participatory framework. In: Community Policing-A European Perspective. (pp. 247-267). Springer, Cham.
Andrews, S., Day, T., Domdouzis, K., Hirsch, L., Lefticaru, R., & Orphanides, C. (2017). Analyzing crowd-sourced information and social media for crisis management. In: Application of social media in crisis management. (pp. 77-96). Springer, Cham.
Lyle, A., Day, T., & McSeveny, K. (2017). The final ATHENA test case: an integrated view of ATHENA. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 205-224). Springer, Cham.
Jeraj, J., Fink, A., Lyle, A., Day, T., & Blair, K. (2017). Preliminary ATHENA case studies: Test-bed development and delivery. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 193-204). Springer, Cham.
Sampson, F., & Lyle, A. (2017). Legal considerations relating to the police use of social media. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 171-190). Springer, Cham.
Bahk, C., Baptista, L., Winokur, C., Colodzin, R., & Domdouzis, K. (2017). The ATHENA Mobile Application. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 97-113). Springer, Cham.
Andrews, S. (2017). Best practices in the design of a citizen focused crisis management platform. In: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. (pp. 59-75). 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.