Our faculty member, Alfredo Langa, has won the 2024 Research in Development Award presented by Loyola University.
Alfredo, together with his colleague Francisco rey, has presented a research paper entitled “La acción sin daño y los proyectos de desarrollo: una alternativa práctica de triple nexo“.
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The book review essay on Jennifer Sims’ book, Decision Advantage, was published over the weekend via: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol16/iss4/14/
The author of this review is our faculty member Dr. Adam Svendsen.
Global and International Studies professor and specialist in Global Security and Intelligence, Dr. Adam Svendsen recently presented his research on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance with cyber (ISR-C4/C5ISR) at the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA) Conference held in the Central Library in Amsterdam, during October 2023.
He will be next giving another paper on the topic of ISR-C4/C5ISR at the 2023 Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS), hosted by the Royal Danish Defence College (FAK) in Copenhagen, during November 2023.
Further insights into his research on this topic can be found via:
https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315650463-23
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Lecturer in Global Security and Intelligence, Dr. Adam Svendsen, has recently returned from Copenhagen, where he presented a paper on some of his recent research, titled: ‘Near yet far? Understanding Intelligence Liaison 20 years after 9/11’.
His contribution was as part of a panel at the International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE) Annual Conference 2023 (both US and European chapters), which was co-hosted this year by the Royal Danish and Norwegian Defence Colleges. You can view it in: www.intstrategist.com
Prof./Dr. Adam Svendsen, lecturer in Global Security & Intelligence on the program has recently contributed to the UK Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology’s (POST) Note publication on ‘Automation in military operations.
His contribution was based on the research findings of his report, ‘Risky or Rewarding? Navigating Diversity in Contemporary Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)’, RSIS Policy Report (Singapore: March 2022) and his contribution on ‘Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)’, chapter 22 in J. Deni and D. Galbreath (eds), Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies (London: Routledge, 2018).
During October 2022, he has also been presenting his research findings to the Royal Netherlands Defence Academy and the Oxford Changing Character of War’s co-run the ‘Future of War’ Conference in Amsterdam and to the annual International Society of Military Sciences Conference, this year hosted by Portuguese Defence in Lisbon.
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