Aims and Objectives of the Home Affairs, Policing and Security Science (HAPSS) Research Group

HAPSS seeks to advance public and community safety across Australia and globally through multi-disciplinary, collaborative, impactful, industry relevant research and consultancy outputs.

HAPSS brings together a large number of academics, and from across the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences with diverse disciplines and knowledge areas, including but not limited to:

• Artificial intelligence
• Behavioural sciences
• Biosecurity and bioterrorism
• Customs and border protection
• Counter-terrorism
• Criminology
• Cyber security
• Data sciences
• Defence studies
• Ethics, privacy and security
• Emergency management
• Engineering
• Forensics
• Financial crime
• Intelligence studies
• Justice studies
• Law
• Policing and law enforcement studies
• Science and technology studies
• Security studies

Some areas listed, for example cyber security, are the focus of existing and vibrant research areas in the Faculty. HAPSS does not dilute or duplicate efforts being made in other groups. Rather, HAPSS seeks to work closely with existing research groups and industry to help better broker and coordinate researchers and research efforts across different groups where there is a home affairs, policing and/or security science component to the research.