1. Faculty of Social Sciences
  2. School of Law
  3. People
  4. Profile
Professor David S. Wall FAcSS

Professor David S. Wall FAcSS

Profile

I am Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies in the School of Law where I research and teach. My research interests are cybercrime, organised crime, policing and intellectual property crime. I have published a wide range of 50+ articles and 12+ books on these subjects and I also have a sustained track record of interdisciplinary funded research in these areas from the EU FP6 & FP7, ESRC, EPSRC, AHRC & other funders, such as the Home Office and DSTL.

I have been a member of various Governmental working groups, such as the Ministerial Working Group on Horizon Planning 2020-25, the Home Office Cybercrime Working Group (looking at issues of policy, costs and harms of crime and technology to society), and the HMIC Digital Crime and Policing working group. I have also been a member of various international working parties which include the UNODC cybercrime expert group. I am an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Higher Teaching Academy. I was a Turing Fellow (of the Alan Turing Insitute) from 2018 to 2021), see my profile).

I (re)joined the University of Leeds in August 2015 from Durham University where I was Professor of Criminology (2010-2015) and Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences (2011-2014). Prior to moving to Durham I worked in the School of Law at the University of Leeds from 1992-2010, during that time I was Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice (2000-2005) and then Head of School (2005-2007).

I am currently conducting a range of interdisciplinary UKRI and EU H2020 funded research into Cybercrime and Cybersecurity and Organised Crime Online.

Responsibilities

  • Managing research projects
  • Supervising PhD students

Research interests

Current Research Projects:

Policing Cybercrime in the Cloud (EPSRC/ESRC CRITiCal - Combatting cRiminals In The Cloud) (EP/M020576/1) (Oct 2015-Sept 2022) (With Newcastle & Durham Universities). Project funding details.

Recently Completed Research Projects

Understanding Organised Crime and Terrorist Networks (Horizon 2020) (Sept 2016-Sept 2019) (SYNYO Vienna and 16 cross sector partners).

Ransomware and Cybercrimes of Extortion (EPSRC/ ESRC Human Dimensions of Cyber Security) (EP/P011772/1) (EconoMical, PsycHologicAl and Societal Impact of RanSomware (EMPHASIS), PaCCs. With Kent, DMU, Newcastle, City, Durham Universities). Project funding details.

Transnational Organised Crime in the 21st Century (ESRC Transnational Organised Crime Theme PaCCs) (Oct 2016-Sept 2018)

Policing Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies (N8 Catalyst Fund) (June 2016-Apr 2017) – view the public report (With Greater Manchester Police)

Economic Crime Online (City Of London, with. Cardiff Univ.) with Cardiff University – see The Implications of Economic Cybercrime for Policing, Research Report, City of London Corporation, October 2015. 

The Infiltration of Legitimate Economies by Organised Crime Groups (ARIEL) (FP7) (2013-2015) See report (Nov. 2015): Organized Crime Infiltration of Legitimate Businesses in Europe: A Pilot Project in Five European Countries, and other publications

The Portfolio of Organised Crime in Europe (OCP) (FP7) (2013-2015) – See report: From illegal markets to legitimate businesses: the portfolio of organised crime in Europe, Final Report of Project OCP – Organised Crime Portfolio (HOME/2011/ISEC/AG/FINEC/4000002220)

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) (CNAA) 1981
  • MA Social Policy (York) 1983
  • MPhil Criminology (by Research) (York) 1990
  • PGCHE (Leeds) 1993
  • PhD (Leeds) 1999

Professional memberships

  • Academy of Social Sciences
  • Royal Society of Arts
  • Higher Education Academy
  • British Society of Criminology
  • European Society of Criminology
  • Society of Legal Scholars
  • Socio-Legal Studies Association

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>