The Routledge International Handbook of Research Security: (Routledge International Handbooks)

The Routledge International Handbook of Research Security examines research security – the act of protecting and securing university research and teaching in the name of national security – through a multi-disciplinary and comparative lens. In this volume, contributors explore theoretical, domestic, international, and practical pursuits of research security across the globe. Over six parts, the handbook covers topics ranging from the composition of research security programs and frameworks to the futures of research security and academic freedom. Academic experiences of espionage, foreign interference, intelligence, and counter-intelligence operations are discussed to provide international and comparative perspectives on research security. In so doing, the book shows the tensions of finding a middle ground between the needs of national security and the global research enterprise. Offering a balanced and structured perspective of research security from both academics and practitioners, this handbook is a unique resource for graduate students in fields such as law, security studies, international relations, and strategic management. It will also interest higher education professionals such as research managers and security directors.

Table of Contents:
Biographies of contributors Foreword – Kevin Gamache Foreword – Sylvia Serger Part 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 Stewar 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 Part 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 Part 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 Part 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 Part 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 Part VI Future Threats to Research Security 34. Understanding Future Threats to the Research Enterprise – Heather Vescent 35. 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

About the Author :
Brendan Walker-Munro is Senior Lecturer (Law) at Southern Cross University, and 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 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.