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Dr Daniel Birks

  • Position: Associate Professor of Quantitative Policing & Crime Data Analytics
  • Areas of expertise: computational social science; criminology; urban analytics; crime analysis; intelligence-led policing; environmental criminology; crime science; situational crime prevention; data-science
  • Email: D.Birks@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 7161
  • Location: 2.04 Liberty Building
  • Website: Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID

Profile

I joined the University of Leeds in February 2018 as the University Academic Fellow in Quantitative Policing and Crime Data Analytics. 

I have previously held research and teaching roles at the Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security; and University College London's Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science.

Research interests

A computational social scientist primarily focusing on urban analytics and the role computational methods can play in better understanding, predicting and disrupting crime problems.

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Qualifications

  • PhD Criminology
  • MSc Cognitive Science
  • BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science

Research groups and institutes

  • Centre for Criminal Justice Studies

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>The school welcomes enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>