Research centres

Dawes Centre for Future Crime
The Dawes Centre researches emerging crime threats, working with front-line law enforcement to deliver pre-emptive interventions for the benefit of society

Centre for Global City Policing
The Centre for Global City Policing (CGCP) conducts research focusing on policing practice and generating 'real life' learning

UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences
With members across the university and industry, we aim to create real world impact in the forensic sciences through our publications and events

JDI Latin America and Caribbean Unit
Supporting research on crime and citizen security and the professional development of policing in the Latin America and Caribbean region
Research groups and facilities

Research groups
Our teaching is informed by our rigorous, applied research which is organised into six centres of excellence

JDI Research Laboratory
The Jill Dando Institute Research Laboratory (JDIRL) is a state-of-the-art secure computer facility, the first of its kind at a university in Europe
Other research

Project OPERA
Project OPERA is a multi-partner project investigating a new unobtrusive sensing technology

COVID-19 Special Papers
A series of papers focused on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for police agencies and other organisations with an interest in the topic

Assessment of the Scale and Nature of Labour Market Non-compliance in the UK
A mixed methods study which maps the breadth and depth of labour market non-compliance and other key labour market abuses experienced by precarious workers in the UK
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