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ProfessorChad Whelan

Professor, Criminology

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Professor, Criminology
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • +61 3 522 72594 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chad Whelan conducts research in various areas, particularly on organised crime, cybercrime and security, and multi-agency responses to such problems across organisational boundaries and professional disciplines.

Knowledge Areas
Chad Whelan has expertise in areas such as: organised crime; cybercrime; policing; security; networks; and network analysis.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Mapping anti-authority extremism: developing and applying a typology-driven AI classification model
    3 Dec 2026 - 2 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    National Intelligence Postdoctoral Grant (NIPG) - NIPG0922026 - $364,733.10
  • GRANT
    Analysing and disrupting outlaw motorcycle gangs in Australia
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP240100161 - $242,575.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Analysis of AI governance frameworks for law enforcement.
    4 Apr 2024 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Chad Whelan
    CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE - C25-00308 - $20,000.00
  • GRANT
    eSAFETY COMMISSIONER- Preventing and disrupting technology-facilitated abuse against women using targeted digital advertising and search engine optimisation techniques
    26 Feb 2024 - 7 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Office of the eSafety Commissioner - $340,562.80
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Policing financially motivated cybercrime: Current and emerging challenges.
    12 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    University of Montreal - $24,648.15
  • GRANT
    Using network science analytics for identifying, anticipating, and disrupting covert threats
    1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whelan C,
    • Bright D,
    • Roughan M,
    • Mitchell L
    Office of National Intelligence National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grant (NISDRG) - NI230100042 - $576,903.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Analysing the structure and dynamics of ransomware criminal groups
    22 Dec 2022 - 21 Oct 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE - C25-00285 - $19,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Examining the intersections between cybercrime and organised crime
    19 Dec 2022 - 18 Oct 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE - C25-00284 - $19,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Examining opportunities and constraints of civilianisation for enhancing law enforcement cyber capability in Australia.
    27 Nov 2022 - 16 Apr 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - C25-00260 - $126,596.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Cyber Harm Prevention
    1 May 2022 - 31 May 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    VIC Managed Insurance Authority - $203,053.94
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Revealing the hidden networks of criminal groups conducting and facilitating ransomware attacks.
    2 Mar 2022 - 29 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Aust Institute of Criminology - Criminology Research Grants - $69,709.10
  • GRANT
    Pathways to radicalisation: Using social network analysis to detect harmful and protective in fluences within social networks.
    18 Sep 2019 - 30 Sep 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whelan C,
    • koskinen J,
    • Bright D
    Department of Justice & Community Safety - Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Research Grant - $19,328.30
  • GRANT
    Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
    29 Oct 2018 - 30 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic - $3,196,087.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of Victoria Police Cultural and Community Diversity Educational Strategy (working title).
    27 Aug 2018 - 3 May 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whelan C,
    • AM MG
    The State of Victoria (through Victoria Police) - $39,682.95
  • GRANT
    Understanding the structure and composition of co-offending networks in Australia
    4 Jul 2017 - 8 Apr 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whelan C,
    • Bright D,
    • Morselli C
    Australian Institute of Criminology - Criminology Research Grants - $28,562.72
  • GRANT
    Improving strategic direction and implementation of Big Data (technologies and analytics) in Australian National Security Agencies: A new framework to inform decision makers
    1 Feb 2017 - 31 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whelan C,
    • Hammond-Errey M
    Data to Decisions CRC - $70,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Qualitative end user evaluation, D2D CRC Federated Police Project
    1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Data to Decisions CRC - $80,112.00