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

Open source intelligence investigation: From strategy to implementation

2017

Akhgar, B., Bayerl, P. S., & Sampson, F. (Eds.)

Springer

Combating cyber crime and cyber terrorism: Challenges, Trends and Priorities

2016

Akhgar, B., & Brewster, B. (Eds.)

Springer Cham

Global Security, Safety and Sustainability: Tomorrow’s Challenges of Cyber Security

2015

Jahankhani, H., Carlile, A., Akhgar, B., Taal, A., Hessami, A. G., & Hosseinian-Far, A. (Eds.).

Springer

Application of big data for national security: a practitioner’s guide to emerging technologies

2015

Akhgar, B., Saathoff, G. B., Arabnia, H. R., Hill, R., Staniforth, A., & Bayerl, P. S.

Butterworth-Heinemann

Journal Articles

Sahar, A., & Sahar, A. (2019). Ethnic politics and political violence in post-2001 Afghanistan: the 2014 presidential election. Terrorism and political violence, 33(8), 1692-1712.
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.

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

McSeveny, K., & Waddington, D. (2011). Up close and personal–the interplay between information technology and human agency in the policing of the 2011 Sheffield anti-Lib Dem protest. In: Intelligence Management. (pp. 199-212). Springer, London.

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.