Professor Philip Davies
Professor - Intelligence Studies / Director of BCISS

Membership and affiliation

• Regular commentator in the media on intelligence issues and events, see e.g. on LBC/ James O'Brien re the ISC Russia Report (between 12:16-33:13), the Edward Snowden allegations (not 'revelations') (from 2:40-5:30) and on erstwhile KGB agent inside SIS George Blake's 90th birthday (c.1:10)
• As BCISS Director, oversaw BCISS providing 2 Impact Case Studies each for REF 2014 and REF 2021.
• Led BCISS delivery of introductory intelligence assessment course ('Basic Intelligence Analysis'/'Intelligence fof Intelligence Analysts') for EU Intelligence and Situation Centre 2013-2019, as well as equivalent courses for various other UK and allied organisations.
• Member of Home Office Office of Security and Counterterrorism academic consultative group on the production of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
• Member of MoD Steering Committee on Intelligence Doctrine, 2010-2012
• Member of Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre core drafting team on the current UK Joint Intelligence Doctrine JDP 2-00 Understanding and Intelligence Support to Joint Operations and first edition of JDP 04 Understanding.
• External Examiner, University of Salford MA in Intelligence and Security Studies, 2010-2014
• Member of ESRC Peer Review College 2010-2014
• Member of Oxford Intelligence Group Steering Committee since 2004
• Convener/chair, Security and Intelligence Studies Group, UK Political Studies Association/British International Studies Association. 2006 – 2008.
• Editorial Board Intelligence and National Security 2014-present.
• Editorial Board International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 2012-present.
• Advisory Board member for Mackenzie Institute