Personal profile
Biography
My work sits across both Psychology and Human Geography, with a particular focus on policing and security. I am interested in aspects of decision and sense-making in relation to police work, considerations of vulnerability and human rights, and the role of technology in policing systems.
Currently, I am the UK Researcher on a Nordforsk funded project lead by Dr. Megan O'Neill here in Geography and Environmental Science. The 'Eyes Online' Project explores the accountability and legitimacy of online surveillance by state authorities. We are working in partnership with a number of other Scottish universities, as well as counterparts in Finland and Norway.
I am also completing an ESRC funded PhD, due to finish 2019, supervised by Professor Nick Fyfe and Dr Jon Mendel here at Dundee, and Dr Penny Woolnough at Abertay University. My project critically explores police perceptions of success in missing persons police work and involved 9 months of embedded ethnographic research practice with two UK Police Forces.
I am the convener of the Dundee Universities Postgraduate Policing Research group (DUPPR), a local network of early career researchers and representatives from Police Scotland with interests in policing research. We hold a number of roundtable and special interest events each year and link into the wider Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR) Postgraduate Network.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Science, Investigative Psychology, University of Liverpool
Award Date: 23 Oct 2003
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, 1:1 (Hons) Psychology, Bangor University
1996 → 1999
Award Date: 23 Jul 1999
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Correction to: Stakeholders’ views of online surveillance capabilities: a comparative analysis of the debates in UK, Finland and Norway (Security Journal, (2024), 37, 4, (1711-1740), 10.1057/s41284-024-00443-3)
Leppänen, A., Flinterud, G., Long, A., O’Neill, M., Boucht, J., Schafer, B. & Houtsonen, J., 19 Mar 2025, In: Security Journal. 38, 1, 1 p., 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Stakeholders' Views of Online Surveillance Capabilities: A Comparative Analysis of the debates in UK, Finland and Norway
Leppänen, A.-R., Flinterud, G., Long, A., O'Neill, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), Boucht, J., Schaefer, B. & Houtsonen, J., 9 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Security Journal. 37, p. 1711-1740 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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User experiences of working with the police in relation to vulnerable people who go missing in the Aberdeen area: A joint report for HMICS by Children in Scotland and Scottish Institute for Policing Research
Alcock, M. & Humphrey, A., 22 Jun 2015, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. 22 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Immersive simulated learning environments for researching critical incidents: A knowledge synthesis of the literature and experiences of studying high-risk strategic decision making
Alison, L. (Lead / Corresponding author), Van Den Heuvel, C., Waring, S., Power, N., Long, A., O'Hara, T. & Crego, J., 1 Sept 2013, In: Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. 7, 3, p. 255-272Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of subjective time pressure and individual differences on hypotheses generation and action prioritization in police investigations
Alison, L. (Lead / Corresponding author), Doran, B., Long, M. L., Power, N. & Humphrey, A., Mar 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 19, 1, p. 83-93 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Lost in (digital) translation.
O'Neill, M. (Speaker), Long, A. (Speaker), Mackintosh, A. (Speaker) & Balfour, J. (Contributor)
10 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Operation Raptor Rescue - Maths Week 2025
Doran, H. (Organiser), Skene, K. (Organiser), Martin, D. (Contributor), Marland, V. (Presenter), Gray, A. (Presenter), Robertson, S. (Presenter), Gulbrandsen, H. L. (Contributor), Gauld, D. (Presenter), Mackintosh, A. (Contributor), O'Neill, M. (Presenter), Harper, T. (Organiser), Long, A. (Presenter), Morriss, C. (Organiser), Puch-Solis, R. (Contributor), Tavendale, A. (Presenter), Amos, C. (Presenter), Saif, A. (Presenter), Rinaldi, V. (Contributor), Mcalinden, J. (Contributor), Brough, K. (Presenter), Tetley-Brown, L. (Presenter) & Meyer, K. (Presenter)
24 Oct 2025Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement
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Norwegian Police University College
Humphrey, A. (Visiting researcher)
6 May 2017 → 27 May 2017Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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3rd International Conference on Missing Children and Adults
Humphrey, A. (Speaker)
14 Jun 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation