Advisory Board

Dr Gian Guido Nobili

Area of expertise Crime Prevention and Crime Reduction

Head of the Research Unit on Criminology

Region of Emilia-Romagna
Service Security Policies & Local Police

Other Roles

Coordinator Italian Forum for Urban Security
Responsible for Urban Security and Legality

Dr Gian Guido Nobili is currently Head of the Urban Security and Crime Prevention Department of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy). Gian
Guido oversees research programs, projects, and data systems concerning crime, victimization, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, immigration, urban security and crime prevention.

Since 2013, Gian Guido is the national coordinator of the Italian Forum for Urban Security.

Since 2006, he is a member of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) and a founding member of the European Governance of Public Safety Network.

His main areas of interest include crime prevention, evaluation of crime reduction programmes, policing, organized crime, football hooliganism and research on new crime prevention strategies, in particular on CCTV.

His key expertise and publications include:

• Crime prevention
• Urban security
• Policing
• Environmental criminology

Dr Peter Neyroud CBE QPM CCMI

Area of expertise Police and Criminal Justice Reform

Lecturer in Evidence-based Policing and Deputy Director of the Police Executive Programme

University of Cambridge, UK

Other Roles

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Dr Peter Neyroud is a Lecturer in Evidence-based Policing at the Institute of Criminology and Deputy Director of the Police Executive Programme. He has been a Resident Scholar at the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology managing a major research programme,Operation Turning Point; a randomised controlled trial testing offender desistance policing. He has taught senior police leaders and advised governments across the world and in the UK on criminal justice reform. His research interests centre on field experiments in policing, pre-court diversion, crime harm and the implementation and leadership of change in criminal justice agencies.

Peter served for 30 years as a police officer in Hampshire, West Mercia and as Chief Constable of Thames Valley. He set up and ran the National Policing Improvement Agency as CEO. In 2010, he carried out the "Review of Police Leadership and Training" which led to the establishment of the new "National College of Policing", in 2012. He has been an independent reviewer of the Parole Board, a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Council and on both the National Policing and National Criminal Justice Boards. He was awarded the Queens Police Medal in 2004 and a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2011.

Professor Alexander Siedschlag, Ph.D., M.A.

Area of expertise Security Research

Professor of Homeland Security and Public Health Sciences

The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Other Roles

Chair, Intercollege Master of Professional Studies Program in Homeland Security (iMPS-HLS)

Professor Alexander Siedschlag is currently Chair of Penn State Homeland Security Programs, The Pennsylvania State University. He was previously professor for security research and director of CEUSS. He is a political scientist, sociologist and psychologist by training and has 7 years experience as work package leader and coordinator in FP7 security projects as well as in national security research and strategic studies projects. He has served as evaluator in the Security and SSH themes of FP7, as well as a member of the jury in the Austrian national security research programme KIRAS. He was also a member of ESRIF working groups and among the main contributors to the ESRIF final report. He has so far authored six monographs, over 100 articles, and edited twelve anthologies.

Alexander has a long standing strong record in extramural lecturing, including the former European Security and Defence Assembly, the National Defence Academy Vienna, and NATO School.

Jaap de Waard

Area of expertise Crime Prevention

Senior Policy Advisor

Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice, NL

Other Roles

Jaap de Waard is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice. He is the former secretary of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN). He has published widely on crime prevention models, international trends in the private security industry, and international benchmark studies in the field of crime control. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and expert meetings in the field of law enforcement and crime prevention. He is research fellow at the International Victimology Institute (INTERVICT),
Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

Jaap studied Information Science with special emphasis on the application and usage of knowledge in organisations, along with the interaction between people, organisations and any existing information and knowledge systems.

Dr Umberto Nicolini

Area of expertise Architecture in Crime Prevention

Director of Studio Nicolini

Studio Nicolini

Other Roles

Director of LabQUS (Laboratorio Qualità Urbana E Sicurezza)
Chair of EU Cost Action TU1203 – Crime Prevention through urban design and planning

Dr Umberto Nicolini is a professional architect and researcher, and was Chair of the EU COST Action TU1203, which focused on Crime Prevention through Urban Design and Planning (CP-UDP). The objective of this Action was to contribute to structuring existing knowledge and to developing innovative approaches on how to build more secure and safe cities. Umberto brings significant expertise in the practical application of crime and security research to real-world situations. Together with Professor Clara Cardia, in 2008 Umberto authored the practical handbook Safepolis. Together with USAL and DSP, Umberto is currently supporting the establishment of the International CP-UDP Practitioners Network (ICPN).

Patrick Padding

Area of expertise Technology in Law Enforcement

Core Group Leader

European Network for Law Enforcement Technology Services (ENLETS), NL

Other Roles

Patrick Padding is Core Group Leader of the European Network of Law Enforcement Technology Services (ENLETS). Patrick has worked in law enforcement for over thirty years, and is also chair of the Security Advisory Group Secure Societies for Horizon 2020. As Core Group Leader, his mission is to develop ENLETS into the leading European platform that strengthens police cooperation and bridges the gap between the users and providers of law enforcement technology.