Crime Intelligence and Public Security seminar
This seminar aims to break down barriers between basic and applied criminological research by creating a dynamic interface between research and practice.
The presentation will examine the national security implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it will focus on how national security intelligence agencies were engaged in managing COVID in addition to public health agencies. It asks what were the key challenges for national security intelligence agencies during the pandemic and to what extent these can be addressed in a post-COVID environment.
With the intersection of climate change, increasing novel global diseases and the weaponization and criminogenic aspects of biotechnology innovations, the presentation argues national security agencies need to develop greater capabilities to manage an ever-increasingly complex threat and risk environment.
Guest Speaker: Patrick F. Walsh, Ph.D
Dr. Patrick F. Walsh is a former intelligence analyst who has worked in Australian national security and law enforcement agencies. He is a Professor, Intelligence and Security Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Australia. He is a consultant to the government and his research focuses on a range of intelligence capability issues including governance, leadership, intelligence and ethics, biosecurity, health security and cyber.
He is the author of Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis, Routledge, UK 2011; Intelligence, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2018; and Intelligence Leadership and Governance. Building Effective Intelligence Communities in the 21st Century, Routledge, 2020
This seminar is part of the Translational Criminology Seminar Series, hosted by the Crime & Security Science Research Group, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney.
