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CREST: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats

CREST：安全威胁研究和证据中心

基本信息

批准号：
ES/N009614/1
负责人：
Paul Taylor
金额：
$ 966.71万
依托单位：
Lancaster University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN009614%2F1
关键词：
CREST Centre Research Evidence Security

项目摘要

The social sciences have made important contributions to our understanding of security threats and the skills and technologies that can mitigate them. However, these contributions have yet to achieve their full impact on practice for two reasons. First, they draw on a diverse set of disciplinary perspectives and epistemologies, and are rarely understood holistically. As a result, there remains much to be learned from their systematic integration. Second, many contributions have been made without a full appreciation of the challenges and constraints faced by the security and intelligence agencies. There is thus a need to facilitate researcher-stakeholder exchanges that promote understanding and empower researchers to make impactful contributions.The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) will deliver a world-class, interdisciplinary portfolio of activity that maximises the value of social science to countering threats to national security. CREST brings together leading researchers from seven disciplines, government and industry stakeholders, and communication specialists to coordinate an international network of excellence that delivers five Agendas. These Agendas seek to enhance the skills and understanding of agency practitioners, develop capacity and capability in academia, build mutual understanding between stakeholders and academia, and maximise the impact of social science research and analysis.The KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS AGENDA will deliver state-of-the-art reviews that address key stakeholder questions by mapping out the evidence base and by providing policy and 'best practice' recommendations. Each participating Institution will lead one of five programmes: Actors and narratives; Ideas, beliefs and values in social context; Understanding and countering online behaviour; Eliciting information; and, Protective security and risk assessment.The ORIGINAL RESEARCH AGENDA will build on Knowledge Synthesis by generating theoretically motivated, high-quality new research that either addresses gaps identified in the existing literature, or demonstrates the operational relevance of existing knowledge to stakeholder contexts.As part of the Knowledge Synthesis and Original Research Agendas, £1.89m of CREST's funds will support COMMISSIONED ACTIVITIES, including synthetic reviews, workshops, toolkit development, and research projects. Funds will be allocated via a transparent and competitive process that delivers scientific excellence, stakeholder relevance, and value for money.With support from an Advisory Board and Programme Ambassadors, the COMMUNICATION AGENDA will use a range of innovative media (e.g. video briefings, interactive toolkits) to ensure that outputs from the Knowledge Synthesis and Original Research Agendas are communicated effectively to a range of audiences. Target audiences include intelligence officers to improve operational effectiveness, policy makers to support evidence-based policy, industry to help generate sector growth, and the public at large to increase awareness of the challenges faced within the UK.The NETWORKING AGENDA will deliver a range of events (e.g. workshops, 'hackathons') that support interaction between research and stakeholder communities at both strategic and grass-roots levels. These events will draw together a community of contributors leading to new and innovative contributions to theory and practice.The CAPACITY-BUILDING AGENDA will ensure the long-term sustainability of CREST while also delivering a step-change in capability in three areas: (1) the next generation of researchers and educators within the discipline (e.g. through PhD training); (2) the formal professional development of officers in the intelligence agencies (e.g. through online training, secondments); and, (3) the economic effectiveness of industry (e.g. SMEs) through knowledge exchangeThe funding for this grant comes in part from the UK security and intelligence agencies.

社会科学为我们理解安全威胁以及能够减轻这些威胁的技能和技术做出了重要贡献。然而，由于两个原因，这些贡献尚未对实践产生充分影响。首先，它们借鉴了一套不同的学科观点和认识论，很少被全面理解。因此，从它们的系统整合中仍有许多东西需要学习。第二，许多贡献都没有充分认识到安全和情报机构面临的挑战和制约因素。因此，有必要促进研究人员与利益相关者之间的交流，以促进理解，并使研究人员能够做出有影响力的贡献。安全威胁研究与证据中心（CREST）将提供世界一流的跨学科活动组合，最大限度地发挥社会科学在应对国家安全威胁方面的价值。CREST汇集了来自七个学科的领先研究人员，政府和行业利益相关者，以及通信专家，以协调一个提供五个专业知识的国际卓越网络。这些知识综合议程旨在提高机构从业人员的技能和理解，发展学术界的能力和能力，建立利益相关者和学术界之间的相互理解，并最大限度地发挥社会科学研究和分析的影响。知识综合议程将提供最先进的审查，通过绘制证据基础并提供政策和“最佳实践”建议来解决关键利益相关者的问题。每个参与机构将领导五个方案之一：行为者和叙述;社会背景下的思想、信仰和价值观;理解和打击网上行为;获取信息;以及，保护性安全和风险评估。原始研究议程将建立在知识综合的基础上，通过产生理论上有动机的高质量新研究，解决现有文献中确定的差距，作为知识综合和原创研究计划的一部分，CREST的189万英镑资金将用于支持委托活动，包括综合审查、研讨会、工具包开发和研究项目。在咨询委员会和计划大使的支持下，传播议程将使用一系列创新媒体（如视频简报、互动工具包），以确保知识综合和原创研究议程的产出有效地传达给一系列受众。目标受众包括情报官员，以提高业务效率，政策制定者，以支持循证政策，行业，以帮助产生部门的增长，以及广大公众，以提高对英国面临的挑战的认识。网络议程将提供一系列的活动（如研讨会，'黑客松'），支持研究和利益相关者社区之间的互动，在战略和基层水平。能力建设议程将确保CREST的长期可持续性，同时也在三个领域实现能力的逐步转变：（1）该学科的下一代研究人员和教育工作者（例如通过博士培训）;（2）情报机构官员的正式专业发展（例如通过在线培训、借调）;以及（3）通过知识交流提高工业（如中小企业）的经济效益。