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

Investigating Radicalization Trends: Case Studies in Europe and Asia

2019

Akhgar, B., Wells, D., & Blanco, J. M. (Eds.)

Springer Nature

Technology for smart futures

2017

Dastbaz, M., Arabnia, H., & Akhgar, B. (Eds.)

Springer

Community Policing - A European Perspective

2017

Bayerl, P. S., Karlović, R., Akhgar, B., & Markarian, G. (Eds.)

Springer

Application of social media in crisis management

2017

Akhgar, B., Staniforth, A., & Waddington, D. (Eds.)

Springer International Publishing

Journal Articles

Maciel, R. F., Bayerl, P. S., & Kerr Pinheiro, M. M. (2019). Technical research innovations of the US national security system.. Scientometrics, 120(2), 539-565.
Andrews, S., Brewster, B., & Day, T. (2018). Organised crime and social media: a system for detecting, corroborating and visualising weak signals of organised crime online. Security Informatics, 7(1), 1-21.
Brewster, B. (2018). Collaborating to identify, recover and support victims of modern slavery. Journal of modern slavery, 4(2), 200-224.
Akhgar, B., & Wells, D. (2018). Critical Success Factors for OSINT-Driven Situational Awareness. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin, (4 SCE), 67-74.
Nitsch, H., Brewster, B., & Akhgar, B. (2018). Maximising the security and safety of citizens by strengthening the connection between the police and the communities they serve. European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin, (4 SCE), 147-153.
Scheithauer, H., Leuschner, V., Böckler, N., Akhgar, B., & Nitsch, H. (2018). Developmental pathways towards violent left-, right-wing, Islamist extremism and radicalization. International Journal of Developmental Science, 12(1-2), 1-4.
Gascó, M., Bayerl, P. S., Denef, S., & Akhgar, B. (2017). What do citizens communicate about during crises? Analyzing twitter use during the 2011 UK riots. Government Information Quarterly, 34(4), 635-645.
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.

Conference Articles

Gibson, H., Akhgar, B., Hajirasouliha, I., Garcia, R., Ozdemir, Z., & Pilakoutas, K. (2017). A situational awareness framework for improving earthquake response, recovery and resilience. In: Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Santiago, Chile, 9-13 January 2017.
Gibson, H., & Akhgar, B. (2017). Towards an enterprise architecture framework for community policing. In: International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. (pp. 106-112). Springer, Cham.
Pournouri, S., Akhgar, B., & Bayerl, P. S. (2017). Cyber attacks analysis using decision tree technique for improving cyber situational awareness. In: International Conference on Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. (pp. 155-172). Springer, Cham.
Day, T., Gibson, H., Gunning, M., & Akhgar, B. (2017). You are not Alone: Enhancing Humanitarian Field Staff Security. In: Next Generation Community Policing Conference. Crete, 25-27th October 2017.
Gibson, H., Akhgar, B., & Domdouzis, K. (2015). Using social media for crisis response: The ATHENA system. In: Proceedings of the second European conference on social media (ECSM 2015). (pp. 183-192).
Brewster, B., Ingle, T., & Rankin, G. (2015). Crawling open-source data for indicators of human trafficking. In: 2014 IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. (pp. 714–719). IEEE.
Domdouzis, K., Andrews, S., Gibson, H., Akhgar, B., & Hirsch, L. (2015). Service-oriented design of a command and control intelligence dashboard for crisis management. In: 2014 IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. (pp. 702-707). IEEE.
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.

Book Chapters

Hancock, P. (2019). Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality Technologies. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 65-82). Springer, Cham.
Redhead, A., & Saunders, J. (2019). Gamification and simulation. In: Serious games for enhancing law enforcement agencies. (pp. 83-98). Springer, Cham.
Saunders, J., Akhgar, B., & Davey, S. (2019). The AUGGMED serious game platform: A case study of a serious game development for law enforcement. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 101-115). Springer, Cham.
Davey, S., & Saunders, J. (2019). User Requirements Elicitation. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 117-130). Springer, Cham.
Saunders, J. (2019). Design Processes and Decisions. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 131-147). 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.
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., Saunders, J., Davey, S., Day, T., & Akhgar, B. (2019). ATLAS: Preparing Field Personnel for Crisis Situations. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 189-193). Springer, Cham.