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

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

Jones, A., Davey, S., Fenwick, J., Wallis, R., Whitfield, K., & Akhgar, B. (2024). Work-in-Progress—Enhancing Cyber Prevention Education: Utilising Virtual Reality Technology for Parents/Carers and Teachers. In: iLRN Proceedings. 10th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) Academic, 1(1), 210–216.
Ezzeddine, Y., Bayerl, P., & Gibson, H. (2023). Citizen Perspectives on Necessary Safeguards to the Use of AI by Law Enforcement Agencies. In: Proceedings from CSCE 2022. Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence.
Cumberland, E., & Day, T. (2021). A Prescriptive Approach for Structured Information Extraction From Web Forums And Social Media. In: 2021 International Symposium on Computer Science and Intelligent Controls (ISCSIC). (pp. 95-101). IEEE.
Bayerl, P. S., & Butot, V. (2021). Smart City Configurations: A Conceptual Approach to Assess Smart City Practices and Outcomes. In: 2021 6th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech). (pp. 01-07). IEEE.
Wanner, L., Klusch, M., Mavropoulos, A., Jamin, E., Marín Puchades, V., Casamayor, G., Černocký, J., Davey, S., Domínguez, M., Egorova, E., Grivolla, J., Jaramillo Rojas, G. E., Karakostas, A., Ntioudis, D., Pecina, P., Sobko, O., Vrochidis, S., Wertmann, L. (2021). Towards a Versatile Intelligent Conversational Agent as Personal Assistant for Migrants. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. (pp. 316-327). Springer International Publishing.
Davri, E. C., Darra, E., Monogioudis, I., Grigoriadis, A., Iliou, C., Mengidis, N., Tsikrika, T., Vrochidis, S., Peratikou, A., Gibson, H., Haskovic, D., Kavallieros, D., Chaskos, E., Zhao, P., Shiaeles, S., Savage, N., Akhgar, B., Belleken, X., & Farah, M. A. B. (2021). Cyber Security Certification Programmes. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). (pp. 428-435). IEEE.
McAlpine, A., Sahar, A., & Pannocchia, D. (2021). Abase and Abound: Social Media Campaign Strategies during the Cape Town Drought and UK Winter Floods. In: AQUA≈360: Water for All - Emerging Issues and Innovations. Exeter, UK, 31 Aug - 02 Sep 2021.
Bayerl, P.S., Akhgar, B., La Mattina, E., Pirillo, B., Cotoi, I., Ariu, D., Mauri, M., Garcia, J., Kavallieros, D., Kardara, A. & Karagiorgou, K. (2021). Strategies to Counter Artificial Intelligence in Law Enforcement: Cross-Country Comparison of Citizens in Greece, Italy and Spain. In: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence. Cham, Switzerland, Springer (IKE'21 - The 20th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering. 26 July 2021- 29 July 2021. Las Vegas, USA.

Book Chapters

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.
Redhead, A., & Davey, S. (2019). Serious Games for First Responders. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 173-188). 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.
Saunders, J. (2019). Design Processes and Decisions. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 131-147). Springer, Cham.
Maugard, N. (2019). Fundamentals of serious games. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 15-41). Springer, Cham.
Davey, S., & Hancock, P. (2019). Virtual Reality Technologies. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 43-63). 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.
Akhgar, B., Redhead, A., Davey, S., & Saunders, J. (2019). Introduction: Serious Games for Law Enforcement Agencies. In: Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. (pp. 1-11). 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.