Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute

Description

The Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute was established in 2015 (previously recognised as the Crime and Security Research Institute).

The Institute’s expertise spans criminology, computer science, strategic communications and behavioural science. The Institute is especially interested in enabling collaboration across academic disciplines and thought communities. A lot of its work is challenge-led – designing and delivering scientific innovations by engaging with real-world problems. This allows its research to generate impact, while retaining academic prestige.

Key examples of this include:

• Leading the intellectual development of Neighbourhood Policing in the UK.
• The Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention has been implemented in a large number of countries across the globe.
• Uncovering the Internet Research Agency’s involvement in fomenting social division in the aftermath of UK terror attacks in 2017.

The Institute has a track record of creative, independent and rigorous analysis that provides evidence, insight and understanding. The Institute has repeatedly delivered global impacts across the policy, practice and academic communities.

Its research strategy focuses on engaging with the new security challenges and opportunities associated with modern, data driven society. The Institute has three research themes.

In ‘Artificial intelligence for defence’ the Institute explores how new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are altering the offensive and defensive postures and operating concepts of the military. This research is led by the Institute's Distributed Analytics and Information Science group.

In ‘Disinformation, strategic communications and open sources’, the Institute analyses how information and influence operations are impacting public understanding and political decision-making to shape security, prosperity and democracy. The Disinformation, Strategic Communications and Open Sources Research Group leads this research.

Finally, Cardiff University has an international reputation for its research on aspects of the criminal justice system. In ‘‘Crime, violence and policing’ the Violence Research Group is working collaboratively with partners on projects covering innovations in police practice and the association between alcohol and violence.

The Institute has a significant track record of collaborating closely with partners from across industry, government, civil society and academia. The close partnerships of the Institute ensure the work researchers carry out remains current and is of strategic importance to policy and practice.

The Institute is proud to be trusted by governments, police forces and major academic funding bodies around the world to provide research and capability building.

Its long-term collaborative relationships include:

• South Wales Police
• UK government
• IBM
• NHS
• Army Research Laboratory
• European External Action Service
• UK and US militaries
• Counter Terrorism Command

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2015

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Cardiff University
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