Vision of the Institute
Vision
The overall vision of the Secure Societies Institute is to be an innovative, internationally renowned institute dedicated to providing applied, practical evidence-based solutions to global security challenges.
Mission
The mission of the Secure Societies Institute is to actively develop high quality multi-disciplinary research that provides solutions to the challenge of creating and sustaining a secure society.
We aim to achieve this by:
- Bringing together research active staff and students from across seven different Schools with a common interest in crime and security.
- Facilitating the exchange of ideas, skills, methodologies, equipment, data and networks between research active staff and students with an interest in crime and security.
- Provide a platform for researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers to develop innovative solutions to global security challenges.
Goals
- To carry out internationally outstanding, original, rigorous, innovative research that crosses the boundaries between disciplines.
- To create a team of research active staff with a common interest in the prevention, investigation and mitigation of crime and security threats, to provide support for existing staff and to build capacity in areas of strategic research importance.
- To produce high quality, multi-disciplinary publications.
- To improve the standard of publications produced by staff and to broaden the scope of publication options.
- To secure high profile research grants.
- To increase international links with world class universities.
- To attract high calibre research students.
- To identify the needs of end users and to develop innovative, multi-disciplinary solutions to those needs.
- To produce research that impacts on policy and practice.
- To disseminate research beyond academia.
- To facilitate access to data, equipment and contacts across disciplines for all members.