The Organised Crime and Policing research group aims to deliver high-quality and meaningful research, policy and capacity-building activities on crime, policing, and environmental and climate security, including where they intersect.
Our work seeks to stimulate dialogue and support positive change in efforts by governments, civil society and the private sector to combat organised crime, corruption, police violence and environmental harms.
Programmes
View the research programmes and projects by the Organised Crime and Policing team.
Environmental Crime and Climate Security Programme
RUSI’s environmental crime and climate security programme examines the nexus between emerging environmental challenges and national and international security, against the backdrop of a warming world.
Organised Crime and Corruption Programme
Our work on organised crime and corruption explores the dynamics of illicit markets and the drivers and enablers that sustain them in order to inform effective policy responses.
Policing Programme
Our work focuses on enhancing police effectiveness in response to new and complex security threats and social challenges, and measures to improve police accountability. We also specialise in the more specific opportunities and difficulties facing policing in developing countries.
Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC)
SHOC is a world-class research network that brings together academics, practitioners, policymakers and the private sector to facilitate policy-relevant research and dialogue on organised crime.
Related Research Programmes
Technology and National Security (TNS) Research Programme
A programme at the forefront of national and international debates on the role of technology in transforming the global security landscape.
Climate, Energy and Environmental Security Research Programme
This programme of work addresses climate change, energy, and environmental security as the backdrop to all national security, defence and foreign policy discourses.
Our team
Cathy Haenlein
Director, Organised Crime and Policing
Organised Crime and Policing
Anne-Marie Weeden
Senior Research Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
Dr Liam O’Shea
Senior Research Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
Lauren Young
Research Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
Genevieve Kotarska
Research Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
Mark Williams
Senior Project Officer
Organised Crime and Policing
Elijah Glantz
Research Analyst and Project Officer
Organised Crime and Policing
Fellows
Professsor Felia Allum
Associate Fellow
Julien Bastrup-Birk
Associate Fellow - Expertise in transnational threats, organised crime, illicit finance, and hybrid warfare
Dr Lindsey Bell
Associate Fellow; Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol
Rohan Burdett
Associate Fellow
Dr Alexander Chance
Associate Fellow - specialising in transnational organised crime and corruption
Samuel Coates
Senior Associate Fellow
Giles Herdale
Associate Fellow
Dr Sasha Jesperson
Associate Fellow
Alexandria Reid
Associate Fellow; Senior Global Policy Adviser at Global Witness
Dr Georgina Sinclair
Associate Fellow - Expert in policing and law enforcement
Dr Alex Sutherland
Associate Fellow
Martin Verrier
Associate Fellow; Special Advisor to Buenos Aires City Major; SHOC Network Member
Professor Alison Wakefield
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Criminology and Security Studies, University of West London
Dr Timothy Wittig
Associate Fellow - Expert on wildlife trafficking, illicit economies, and terrorist/threat finance
