MPhil/PhD Security and Intelligence Studies by Research

University of Buckingham

BUCSIS has a vibrant programme of active research currently being undertaken in a range of security and intelligence issues, involving both the UK and overseas. Some of our current research projects include: Muhammad Tahir Mahmood is researching the judicial system, security and intelligence agencies and counter-terrorism in Pakistan under the question of The Role of the Judicial System and Law Enforcement Agencies in Combating Terrorism Bryony Norburn is working on intelligence history and Bletchley Park, researching the role that women played at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Richard Hallows is researching cybersecurity policy in the UK. Diva Patang Wardak is conducting an evaluation of Afghanistan’s new intelligence agency, the NDS. Andreja Bogdanovski is currently examining the reasons behind states’ involvement in the process of securing ecclesiastical independence in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with special reference to the churches in North Macedonia, Montenegro and Ukraine. Awwal Isa is investigating how academia could bolster professionalism in the Nigerian intelligence community. Fidel Abowei is exploring the potency of soft power as a tool of statecraft in inter-African relations and how likely it is to yield tangible foreign policy outcomes