Editorial Team
Dr Amanda Davies
Editor-In-Chief
Dr Amanda Davies PhD, SFHEA is a Senior Academic and Researcher and holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Information Technology. Dr Davies has been engaged in leading, developing and delivering police education and research for 20 years in Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Dr Davies research encompasses a wide range of policing, security and emergency management domains with a key focus on the design of education and training approaches for officers on the frontline and leadership positions, developing models for building resilience in policing, security and emergency management.
Dr Davies has researched and published widely on the development and evaluation of technologies for police and law enforcement and simulation-based learning initiatives for policing and the wider education community. Dr Davies is an experienced guest editor for the Journal Policing Policy and Practice (Oxford University Press); Australian Institute of Policing Journal and the Journal of Criminology Research, Policy and Practice (Emerald Insight). Dr Davies is the recipient of a range of awards including: 2022 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Home Team Academy, Singapore; 2021 International Teaching Award (Abu Dhabi Police); 2015 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (Prime Minister’s Award) Citation, 2015 Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence, 2015 Visiting Fellow, China National Police, Shenyang, China, 2015 USA I/ITSEC Best from around the Globe research paper.
Dr Leo S.F. Lin
co-Editor-In-Chief
Dr Leo S.F. Lin is a Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS), Charles Sturt University. He has over 20 years of experience in policing and security, specialising in transnational crime, criminology, and emergency management.
Dr Lin holds a PhD in International Development (University of Southern Mississippi) , an MA in International Relations (University of Indianapolis) , and a BA in Crime Prevention and Corrections (Central Police University). He is experienced in delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in criminal justice and security studies, with prior academic appointments at Ming Chuan University, Central Police University, the University of Malaya, and the University of Glasgow.
His academic work is grounded in operational reality. His policing career, which includes service as a Senior Police Liaison Officer (Police Attaché) in Washington D.C. and as a criminal investigator, enriches his teaching and research on cybercrime, policing, and crisis management. Dr Lin is certified in Operational Risk Management (Taiwan) , Cyber Intelligence (McAfee Institute) , Crisis Management (FBI) , Emergency Planning (FEMA) , and Major Event Security (APEC).