Congratulations to Dr. Alexander Luscombe, who successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Digital footprints of the policing web: A study of police economic crime investigation using natural language processing and machine learning,” on November 30th, 2023. Alex’s thesis was passed “as it stands.”
I’d like to commend Alex on producing such an impressive piece of work. It is evident that a great deal of thought and effort went into the development of the thesis and preparing for the defence. Bravo! I look forward to following your journey on what will undoubtedly be an illustrious career. - Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah
As supervisor, Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah would like to thank the members of the examining committee, including Professor Benoît Dunpont, (External Examiner, School of Criminology, University of Montreal), Professor Catherine Evans (Internal/External Examiner, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies), Professor Scot Wortley (Internal/External Examiner, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies), the committee members, Professor Elizabeth Acorn (Department of Political Science), Professor Ayobami Laniyonu (Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies), as well as the Defence Chair, Professor Michelle Buckley (Department of Geography and Planning).