Prof Heather Marquette
@hamarquette.bsky.social
Director, Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) - https://www.socace-research.org.uk/ & @soc-ace.bsky.social
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📢 And watch this space for more research and analysis coming out of this work, with a series of synthesis papers from kicking off soon! New papers on Russia, China, Iran, DPRK, cyber, organised crime, illicit finance, information manipulation, proliferation beyond the West, concepts and more.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📢 And watch this space for more research and analysis coming out of this work, with a series of synthesis papers from kicking off soon! New papers on Russia, China, Iran, DPRK, cyber, organised crime, illicit finance, information manipulation, proliferation beyond the West, concepts and more.
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4. Shape a coherent, comprehensive and prioritised set of responses
5. Take an approach based on partnership, both domestically and internationally.
Lots of implications for the UK's new National Security Strategy #NSS2025 and beyond.
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5. Take an approach based on partnership, both domestically and internationally.
Lots of implications for the UK's new National Security Strategy #NSS2025 and beyond.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
4. Shape a coherent, comprehensive and prioritised set of responses
5. Take an approach based on partnership, both domestically and internationally.
Lots of implications for the UK's new National Security Strategy #NSS2025 and beyond.
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5. Take an approach based on partnership, both domestically and internationally.
Lots of implications for the UK's new National Security Strategy #NSS2025 and beyond.
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The note also sets out 5 implications for future policy, based on @matthewrr.bsky.social's research:
1. Avoid wishful thinking and ignorance when assessing threats & vulnerabilities
2. Understand opponents' thinking
3. Ask whether the current resilience-focused model of response is enough
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1. Avoid wishful thinking and ignorance when assessing threats & vulnerabilities
2. Understand opponents' thinking
3. Ask whether the current resilience-focused model of response is enough
3/5
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The note also sets out 5 implications for future policy, based on @matthewrr.bsky.social's research:
1. Avoid wishful thinking and ignorance when assessing threats & vulnerabilities
2. Understand opponents' thinking
3. Ask whether the current resilience-focused model of response is enough
3/5
1. Avoid wishful thinking and ignorance when assessing threats & vulnerabilities
2. Understand opponents' thinking
3. Ask whether the current resilience-focused model of response is enough
3/5
The briefing note sets out:
- what state threats are
- why we seem to be having a state threats 'moment'
- mapping state threats across covert & clandestine measures, origins and execution, patterns of activity & motives
- novelty and effectiveness of state threats
- state threats futures.
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- what state threats are
- why we seem to be having a state threats 'moment'
- mapping state threats across covert & clandestine measures, origins and execution, patterns of activity & motives
- novelty and effectiveness of state threats
- state threats futures.
2/5
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The briefing note sets out:
- what state threats are
- why we seem to be having a state threats 'moment'
- mapping state threats across covert & clandestine measures, origins and execution, patterns of activity & motives
- novelty and effectiveness of state threats
- state threats futures.
2/5
- what state threats are
- why we seem to be having a state threats 'moment'
- mapping state threats across covert & clandestine measures, origins and execution, patterns of activity & motives
- novelty and effectiveness of state threats
- state threats futures.
2/5
I feel a tank moment on the horizon soon…
December 12, 2024 at 8:04 PM
I feel a tank moment on the horizon soon…
To find out more about @matthewrr.bsky.social's research project: To find out more about the research project: www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/soc...
Understanding State Threats — SOC ACE
In the last decade, states have faced a rising tide of hostile activities from other states and their proxies, often referred to as ‘state threats’. In a series of SOC ACE supported workshops in 2023,...
www.socace-research.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
To find out more about @matthewrr.bsky.social's research project: To find out more about the research project: www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/soc...
The research will be published tomorrow morning alongside a launch event at @rusi.bsky.social, so bookmark this site to read the paper:
www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/whi...
www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/whi...
The Role of Financial Rewards for Whistleblowers in the Fight Against Economic Crime — SOC ACE
This research analyses the impact of whistleblower reward programmes and scrutinises whether the concerns that have been raised regarding their implementation have eventuated in practice. Furthermore,...
www.socace-research.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The research will be published tomorrow morning alongside a launch event at @rusi.bsky.social, so bookmark this site to read the paper:
www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/whi...
www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/whi...
What is the research gap? What is the research question? Why is this worth researching? What’s the most appropriate methodology to answer the RQ well?
It’s a work flow that works…
It’s a work flow that works…
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
What is the research gap? What is the research question? Why is this worth researching? What’s the most appropriate methodology to answer the RQ well?
It’s a work flow that works…
It’s a work flow that works…
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
You could look at economic crime data, which has only recently been measured alongside other crime data. People are much more likely to be victims of fraud/economic crime than violent crime, & I’m sure there will be research out there on how it may/may not impact attitudes towards crime in general.
December 1, 2024 at 4:56 PM
You could look at economic crime data, which has only recently been measured alongside other crime data. People are much more likely to be victims of fraud/economic crime than violent crime, & I’m sure there will be research out there on how it may/may not impact attitudes towards crime in general.
I saw the DM and thought, ‘Aw, Philip!’, but didn’t have time to reply straightaway. I might’ve cottoned on, though, pretty quickly if I had.
December 1, 2024 at 10:34 AM
I saw the DM and thought, ‘Aw, Philip!’, but didn’t have time to reply straightaway. I might’ve cottoned on, though, pretty quickly if I had.