The Routledge International Handbook of Research Security

List of contributors

Foreword – Kevin Gamache

Foreword – Sylvia Serger

Section I Concepts of Research Security        

1.     A Conceptual Taxonomy of Research Security – Brendan Walker-Munro

2.     Research Security: Background, Practices and Challenges – Tommy Shih

3.     Research Security: Conceptual Foundations and Current Approaches – Ian Stewart

4.     Throwing Pandora’s Box Open: Implications of the Imperative of Knowledge Dissemination for Defence and Security – Péter Marton

5.     What does it Mean to ‘Securitize’ Science? Applying Insights from Critical Security Studies to Research Security – Hedvig Ördén, Håvard Rustad Markussen

6.     Caught in the Middle: Research Security between Open Internationalization and National and Economic Security – Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr

7.     The Developing Concept of Security Sensitive Research in Higher Education – Marcus Smith, Patrick F. Walsh

8.     Sub-Optimal Futures and Messy Trade-Offs Are Unavoidable in Research Security – Glen Noble

9.     The World Is Not as We Wish It to Be: The Fiction of (Research) Security – Liam Gearon

Section II Knowledge Production and Research Security

10.  Australia, Cyber and Research Security – Matthew Warren, Gabby Cincotta

11.  Insider Risk Management within Research Security Programs – Deanna Caputo

12.  Working towards a security classification framework for research – John Coyne

13.  Regulating access to critical technology knowledge: AUKUS, migration reforms, and asymmetrical human rights obligations – Wendy Bonython

14.  The securitisation of knowledge production in China – Benjamin Mulvey

15.  Understanding Behavioural Aspects of Insider Actions in Academic Risk Management – Teo Yi-Ling

Section III Domestic frameworks for Research Security  

16.  Collaborate and Protect: Research security policies and practices at the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres – Alexandra Rosenbach, Effrosyni Chelioti

17.  Research Security from a funder’s perspective: Responsible internationalisation – building a resilient Flemish research community – Gregory Absillis, Tinne Jacobs, Isabelle Verbaeys

18.  Canada’s Research Security Framework – Stephanie Carvin, Lucas Tersigni, and Alexandre Poirier

19.  Australia-China research collaboration: a critical evaluation of security risks and responses – James Laurenceson

20.  U.S. Research Security: Current Insights and Future Directions – Tam K. Dao, Michael Shannon, Kenneth M. Evans

21.  Research Security with China in Europe: Assessing needs and level of knowledge across researchers in critical technologies and beyond – Philipp Brugner, Gabor Szudi

22.  Securing the UK’s AI Research Ecosystem – Megan Hughes, Sarah Mercer, Alexander Harris, Annie Benzie, Sam Williams, Elfreda Kenneison

23.  (Re)imagining knowledge security? International scientific research as a security-innovation nexus – David J. Snetselaar

24.  Balancing Openness and Security: The Evolving Landscape of Research Governance in Korea – Inkyoung Sun, Dongwoo Lee

Section IV Advanced Technologies and Research Security

25.  Security Risk Assessment of Research Self-Driving Laboratories (SDLs) – Leyma P. de Haro

26.  Fostering a Trusted Workforce: AI Ethics and the Next Generation of Academic Vetting – Edward Barker

27.  Power broking knowledge: Implications of AI for research and knowledge security – Zena Assaad, Miah Hammond-Errey

Section V Practical Experiences of Research Security

28.  Establishing a Research Security Office from a Compliance Officer’s Perspective – Aaron Melville

29.  The Role of CIOs and CISOs in Research Security – Nikki Peever, Brian Lesser

30.  Putting Theory into Practice: Navigating Requirements and Building a Research Security Program in a Canadian Context – Akshay Singh

31.  European Responses to Research Security Challenges in the Public Research System –Andrew D. James, Alice Naisbitt, Kieron Flanagan

32.  Unpacking Three Conflicts in the Practice of Social Science Research in and with China: A Critical Examination of Scholars’ Adaptive Digital Methodologies and Evolving Epistemics – Ausma Bernot, Alexander Trauth-Goik 

33.  A National Issue with Transnational Reach: How Securing Research is like Money Laundering – Brendan Walker-Munro, Jamie Ferrill, Milind Tiwari

Section VI Future Threats to Research Security

34.  Apply Strategic Foresight to Research Security: Exploring the Implications of Emerging and Disruptive Change – Alex Wilner, Ashley Vanderkuylen, Liam Reid, Daniel Mangiante

Conclusion – Brendan Walker-Munro, Tommy Shih

Biography

Brendan Walker-Munro is Associate Professor in Law at Southern Cross University and an Expert Associate at the National Security College. Brendan’s research focus is at the intersection of national security law and higher education such as research security, funding, privacy, cybersecurity, and digital security.

Tommy Shih is Associate Professor of Business Administration at Lund University, Sweden, and has served as policy advisor and independent expert to international funding agencies, the European Commission, and government agencies. His research focuses on international collaboration in science and technology, innovation policy, and management of academic partnerships.