1. Designing Postgraduate Curricula For Transdisciplinary Fields: The case of security and crime science Dr Hervé Borrion* and Prof Richard Wortley, UCL Security Science DTC

2. Definitions Transdisciplinary research Crime Science Security Science DTC Aims Framework 1 st Year Conclusion Aim

3. Definitions Security and Crime Science “ The application of scientific methods and the deployment of any scientific disciplines in the interest of crime prevention, crime reduction and crime detection.” (Tilley, 2005)

4. Crime scientists should be able to… Characterize crime problems Elicit requirements Specify control principles and control measures Implement measures Evaluate them

5. And still be able to: Integrate crime theories, human and situational factors, as well as legal constraints and ethical risks in the development, deployment, implementation and evaluation phases.

6. Definitions Typology of Transdisciplinary Research: “Teams work using a shared conceptual framework, drawing together discipline-specific theories, concepts, and approaches to address a common problem”. (Rosenfield, 1992) “Questions without a compelling disciplinary basis” (Lattuca, 2001)

7. Induction week: European Security Research Conference, Belgium Centre for Doctoral Training

8. Security Science CDT Currently recruiting the 6 th student cohort Between 10 and 25 students per year Scholarships from research councils and industry Pool of supervisors across UCL Multidisciplinary cohort: Anthropology, Laws, Political Science, Criminology, Forensics, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Architecture. Funded by EPSRC

9. Researcher should be able to… Develop new knowledge, new techniques, new tools to support the state of the art in crime science. And still be able to: Integrate crime theories, human and situational factors, as well as legal constraints and ethical risks in their work

10. Solutions to actual problems Application & Implication of their research Broader research skills Connection between different areas Creativity / Multidisciplinary Broadening their knowledge base We could do better

11. Shared conceptual framework (problem-solving)

12. Aim

15. Foundation in Security and Crime Science 15 credits Global Security Challenges 15 Risk and System Engineering 15 Principles of Information Security 15 Designing Research in Security Science 15 (*) Quantitative Methods (Statistics) 15 * Research Project 90 * Ethics, Security and Research- *discipline-specific Taught components

16. Theory, theory, and theory… Contextualization: Application & Implication of their research Critical thinking: Broader Research Methods Connection between different areas Creativity / Multidisciplinary: Horizontal learning Domain of Application v. discipline? Too broad? Researchers v. leaders? Conclusion

17. Lattuca, L. 2001.Creating Interdisciplinarity: Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching among College and University Faculty. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press. Rosenfield, P. L. 1992. ‘‘The Potential of Transdisciplinary Research for Sustaining and Extending Linkages between the Health and Social Sciences.’’ Social Science & Medicine 35 (11): 1343–57 Tilley, T., 2005. Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety, William Publish. References

18. Dr Hervé Borrion h.borrion@ucl.ac.uk Contact