Professor
Chad WhelanProfile page
Professor, Criminology
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre
- Professor, CriminologyFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre
- +61 3 522 72594 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
BIO
Chad Whelan is a Professor of Criminology and Deputy Director, Deakin Centre for
Cyber Research and Innovation, Deakin University. He principally conducts
research in cybercrime, organised crime, and security. Much of his research
involves applying network perspectives to these and other problems. He has
received numerous research grants worth over $5m on these and related problems
and has over 50 research publications.
He is author of Networks and National Security: Dynamics, Effectiveness and
Organisation (Routledge, 2012); Securing Mega-Events: Networks, Strategies and
Tensions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018; with Adam Molnar); Policing Across
Organisational Boundaries: Developments in Theory and Practice (Routledge,
2019, with Benoit Dupont and Peter Manning); and Organised Crime and Law
Enforcement: A Network Perspective (Routledge, 2021; with David Bright). His
work has appeared in many criminology and management journals, including
British Journal of Criminology; Crime, Law and Social Change; Criminology and
Criminal Justice; Deviant Behaviour; Global Crime; International Journal of Police Science and
Management; International Public Management Journal; Journal of Criminology;
Police Practice and Research; Police Quarterly; Policing; Policing and
Society; Security Journal; Social Networks; State Crime Journal; Studies in Conflict and
Terrorism; Surveillance and Society; Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal
Justice; and Trends in Organized Crime.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Professor, CriminologyDeakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)
- Criminology
- Policy and administration
- Political science
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE
- Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre