ProfessorChad Whelan

Chad Whelan is a Professor of Criminology and Co-Director, Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Hub, 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 over $5 million in funding from various sources, nationally and internationally, including the Australian Research Council, Criminological Research Council, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre, National Intelligence and Discovery Research Grants, Office of the eSafety Commissioner, and direct consultancies. His research has appeared in more than 50 publications in leading outlets addressing these and related topics.

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; Current Issues in Criminal Justice; Deviant Behaviour; Global Crime; International Journal of Police Science and Management; International Public Management Journal; Journal of Criminal Justice; 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.