My research is on transnational crime, terrorism and the process of creating a supranational police response to these phenomena. I am a member of the executive committee of the Standing Group on Organised Crime of the ECPR and run the SGOC blog at: http://sgoc.blogspot.com/ Research Interests The appropriateness of supranational policing arrangements as a response to changing structures of organised crime including terrorism. Particularly interested in relationships between Eastern and Western Europe with regard to crime, the Schengen acquis and Justice and Home Affairs matters in the European Union.
Barry Avery is an Associate Professor in the Informatics and Operations department and is the course director for the MSc in Business Information Technology. Prior to moving into the academic sector, he was an IT consultant and worked for companies such as Unilever and Thomson Reuters, as a systems analyst and programmer. Barry Avery has recently completed his PhD at Lancaster University, which examines the use of Technology Enhanced Learning with Assessment. Expertise Internet and Web technologies Web Application Building Database Systems Programming Knowledge Management Mobile Technologies Technology Enhanced Learning Research Interest(s) Avery's research interests are in Technology Enhanced Learning, in particular the use of technology and social based pedagogies. Teaching He teaches a variety of subjects to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, including in: Programming and server side scripting Database technology Business Information Architecture Using Personal Learning Environments and Networks (PLE and PLNs)
Dr. Bruce Mutsvairo was a journalist at the Associated Press bureau in Amsterdam, The Netherlands for fours years. Since 2013, he has been at Northumbria, conducting cross-disciplinary research in social media, citizen engagement and political participation.
Ben Goldsmith is Senior Lecturer in Screen and Media, and program convenor of the Bachelor of Creative Industries at the University of the Sunshine Coast. His recent research focuses on media policy and the Convergence Review, and he wrote three submissions to the Review on behalf of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. His research interests include Australian cinema and television, media production and globalisation, and media and cultural policy. He has previously worked at Queensland University of Technology, the University of Queensland, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and Griffith University. He has written several books including Rating the Audience (with Mark Balnaves and Tom O'Regan) The Film Studio (with Tom O’Regan), and Local Hollywood (with Susan Ward and Tom O’Regan). He is the co-editor (with Mark Ryan and Geoff Lealand) of the Intellect Directory of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, volume 2, published in 2015.
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Research interests: - Computer networks, Wireless and mobile networks, - Protocol design & evaluation, Wireless measurement studies, - Computing and communication system design for the developing world, - System building and protocol design for embedded wireless sensor applications.
