About Chad

Chad Whelan is Professor of Criminology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University and a member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. He conducts research on organised crime, terrorism, cyber-crime and security, and multi-agency responses to such problems across organisational boundaries and professional disciplines. Much of his research adopts a network perspective to understanding crime and security problems and responses to those problems. His research has attracted over $4 million from various funding sources including nationally competitive grants and cooperative research centres. He is author of more than 50 publications, including Networks and National Security: Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation (Routledge 2012); Securing Mega-Events: Networks, Strategies, Tensions (Palgrave 2018, with Adam Molnar); and Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective (Routledge 2021, with David Bright). Recent publications have appeared in journals such as the British Journal of Criminology; Crime, Law and Social Change; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Global Crime; Journal of Criminology; Police Quarterly; Police Practice and Research; Policing and Society; Studies in Conflict and Terrorism; and Trends in Organised Crime.