Dr Tim Legrand is an associate professor and associate dean (Research Performance) for the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics (ABLE) at the University of Adelaide, and co-Editor (with Prof. Joanne Wallis) of the Australian Journal of International Affairs. 

Overview
Dr Legrand’s research is concerned with national and international dimensions of global security decision–making, particularly in transnational networks and institutions. His work traverses a range of security themes, principally in global blacklisting and sanctions, digital security, terrorism, political violence and political exclusion. This research is oriented around a cross-pollination of public administration (law, sociology and public policy) literatures and International Relations (critical security studies, global governance) perspectives to navigate the complex terrain of security in domestic and international spaces.

His research draws widely from critical scholarship in security studies and beyond, using an array of analytical methods that illuminate how threats are constructed and conceived, and how policies and power are deployed. He is also leading research in computational social science (Data61 and Flinders Uni) that develops network-based models of social media, and machine-learning in large qualitative datasets.

Beyond academia:

Dr Legrand engages widely with governments, NGOs and IGOs. He works with the UN as an advisor on blacklisting and sanctions in East Africa and Afghanistan; his research has been cited in the International Court of Justice in The Hague; and he consults to international NGOs on blacklisting and sanctions compliance, including UNDP (Afghanistan), the Swiss Refugee Council and WorldVision.

In Australia, he works with the Dept. of Defence and Dept. of Home Affairs on preserving liberal democracy amidst digital threats. In 2016, he was appointed expert advisor to the Commonwealth Inspector of Transport Security on aviation and maritime security. His research has been used in training for the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, The Department of Home Affairs, Department of Defence, Australian Federal Police and Prime Minister & Cabinet.

His work has also formed the basis of submissions to a Queensland Parliamentary committee, the COAG Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and the Commonwealth Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Tim has a professional background in policy, having worked with the UK’s Home Office, the Departments of Health and Communities and Local Government. In addition to delivering public policy training to federal officials in Canberra, he has also delivered policy training to government officials from Bhutan, Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea and Vietnam.

Grants and funding

Dr  Legrand has been awarded more than $1.1m in research funding 2018-2021. He has been awarded grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC); The Dept. of Defence; the Gerda Henkel Stiftung; and the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre.

The outcomes of this research feed directly into enhancing policy and practice for national governments, NGOs and International Organisations.

Previous appointments

Associate Professor Tim Legrand joined the Department of Politics and International Relations in July 2018. He has previously held research and lecturing positions in the National Security College at the Australian National University, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University, and also held visiting research fellowships at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Johns Hopkins University, the University of East Anglia and The University of Stockholm. His PhD in Political Science, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, was awarded by the University of Birmingham in 2008.

Tim is adjunct Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Centre for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra, Co-Convenor of the APSA Policy Studies Research Group, and is the former Secretary-Treasurer of the Australian Political Studies Association.

Connect with my latest research and download pre–print versions of my work at my website: www.timlegrand.org