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Science, Security and Resilience THE Global Uncertainties (GU) Programme Talk to the Emergency Planning College, 10 June 2014 Tristram Riley-Smith External Champion to the GU Programme
WHAT IS THE GU PROGRAMME
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RCUK’s Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research
A national research programme examining causes of insecurity and how security risks & threats can be predicted, prevented and managed.
• • • • Some facts: Runs from 2008-2018.
Over 1,200 projects to date.
Grants awarded amount to over £400m.
Themes focus mainly on man-made threats.
Terrorism
THE SIX GU THEMES
Transnational Org’d Crime Ideologies & Beliefs CBRN Proliferation Threats to Infrastructure Cyber-Security
CONFLICT The Seventh Theme?
WHY DOES THE PROGRAMME MATTER
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“Everyone has a right to life, liberty, and security of person.”
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 …
But the security of millions is threatened every day, locally or globally.
The External Champion
• My role is to help researchers deliver impact from the GU Programme.
• I can, for instance … – highlight end-user requirements that are currently unfulfilled; – identify existing projects most likely to deliver value to end-users.
“WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS”
• • • Map out the stakeholder community Identify new or unvoiced requirements Undertake Knowledge Exchange exercises: – Fellowship Schemes – – – Placements and Calls Policy and Impact Seminars Enhanced Impact Clinics and RISC Market-Place.
BlueLights Works Northrop Grumman RISC Selex Finmec’a British Telecom
Hakluyt
ADS Europol All Party Parl’try Group on GU DFID GO Science HMGCC DCLG NCA Private Sector White House OSTP MI5 CPNI FCO GU CCS OCSIA GDS SOCA TSB DfT Home Office GCHQ NABIS DEIT India Emergency Planning College ICSSR MoD PHIA ACPO Public Sector MPS US Embassy US DHS US DoD College of Policing Third Sector German Embassy Airbus Defence & Space IRM Lutra IBM Start-up Boot-Camp LCCP Global Security Challenge
Stakeholder Contacts April ‘13 -March‘14
BBC Media Action NSSI Group Co-op Ireland WEF Imperial War Museum
Stakeholder Requirements
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Complex and pressing need to address man-made threats to security and well-being.
The National Security Strategy –
National Security through Technology
– The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 • The Security Export Strategy – Security/Cyber Growth Partnerships.
• Resilience/Civil Protection
Stakeholder Requirements
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Resilience/Civil Protection
Build Resilience: – in society, cities, systems (including the critical national infrastructure) to deal with the consequences of threats when they are realised.
Examples: help is needed … – to understand how people respond to public announcements in a crisis – To optimise the delivery of messages to save lives – To map interdependencies within and between critical infrastructures (transport, power, energy, telecommunications, water, food supply, banking etc); – To design and deploy tools to sense, measure and counter hazards.
“A strong scientific research base is crucial to the resilience of our nation: the Cabinet Office is currently working on its priorities here.”
Rt. Hon. Oliver Letwin, Minister for Government Policy
Stakeholder Requirements
Example: Security Export Strategy
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Global Market: £410bn (2012) > £571bn (2016) Goal: increase UK’s share of security exports from 4% to 8% by 2020
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UK Strengths:
– History and Experience – Unique international position and perspective – Quality, Reliability and Standards –
Innovation and Expertise – (inc The GU Programme)
“WORK WITH RESEARCHERS”
• • • Understand the GU research portfolio Facilitate collaborative new research Support the delivery of impact from research: – Policy and Impact Seminars – Enhanced Impact Clinics & the RISC Market-Place.
University of Bournemouth University of Nottingham University of York IET University of Cambridge University of Warwick RUSI RCUK University of Oxford Sussex Cardiff University University of Kent Strathclyde University of Westminster Brunel University PURE The Open University Hull Glasgow Imperial UCL GU UEL University of Durham Stimson Centre US Edinburgh USNA USNSF Saint Andrews START (Maryland) Abertay Dundee Anglia Ruskin Queen's Belfast University of Bristol Sandia National Labs University of Amsterdam University of Bath University of Birmingham Exeter Sheffield Newcastle
Research Contacts Apr 2013 Mar2014
GU Projects:
examples of interest to emergency planners? •
Emergency Communications
Professor John Preston, University of East London –
Mass population response to critical infrastructure collapse (ends 2015)
– Adaptive networks for smart evacuations (ended 2012)
Infrastructure Protection: Mapping
• Prof David Arrowsmith, Queen Mary University
Resilience, Adaptability and Vulnerability of Complex Energy Networks
(ended 2013) • Prof R.J. Dawson, Newcastle University
Resource implications of adaptation of infrastructure to global change
(ends 2015)
GU Projects:
examples of interest to emergency planners?
Sensors
• Dr Ian Fallis, University of Cardiff (ended 2009)
Easy-to-use Test Kits for Toxic Chemical Identification
• Dr Martin Castell, University of Oxford
Ultra-sensitive molecular detection
(ended 2012) • Dr H.C. Boston, University of Liverpool
“Imaging & detection of radioactive material – portable gamma ray imaging spectrometer (PGRIS)”
(ends 2015)
GU Projects:
examples of interest to emergency planners?
Community Resilience
• Professor Lindsey McEwen, University of the West of England
Sustainable flood memories &the development of community resilience to future flood risk: a comparative study of three recently flooded communities.
(ended 2013)
Researcher Requirements
Substantial and relevant research capacity needs help to understand and connect with Global Uncertainties stakeholders.
THANK YOU
http://www.globaluncertainties.org.uk/ Dr Tristram Riley-Smith External
Champion for RCUK’s Global Uncertainties Programme