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MARTYN’S LAW – PROGRESS UPDATE Prof Noemie Bouhana
Figen Murray OBE Professor of Crime Science and Counter Extremism UCL
Figen Murray is the mother of Martyn Hett, who was killed at the Noémie Bouhana is Professor of Crime Science and Counter Extremism
Manchester Arena terrorist attack in May 2017. at University College London, where she co-leads the Counter-Terrorism
Since the attack, Figen promotes peace, kindness, and tolerance by Research Group. Her work is concerned with the processes involved in
speaking at schools, colleges, and universities. She also educates the emergence of extremist social ecologies in complex systems and the
young people about online radicalisation. implications of this understanding for the analysis of risk. She directed
Figen is the force behind Martyn’s Law, a legislation requiring publicly the 2.9M EU FP7 PRIME project, an international consortium of six
European universities conducting multidisciplinary research in the
accessible locations to improve security against the threat of terrorism. prevention and mitigation of lone actor radicalisation and attack
Her ambitions to better understand counter terrorism saw her achieve behaviour. Most recently, she completed the $1M project “The Social
Figen Murray OBE a distinction in a counter terrorism master’s degree from the University Prof Noemie Bouhana Ecology of Radicalisation”, funded by the US DoD Minerva Initiative.
of Central Lancashire. Currently, she is funded by the Centre for Research and Evidence on
Figen’s dedication and work in counter terrorism saw her awarded an Security Threats (CREST) to develop an environmental risk analysis
OBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List. framework for extremism. Previous work has been supported by DStl,
Short Synopsis: OSCT, the MoD Counter-Terrorism Science and Technology Centre,
An outline of the personal impact of terrorism and overview of Martyn’s EPSRC, and the US National Institute of Justice, among others.
Law and the public consultation.
IACLEA UPDATE
MARTYN’S LAW – PROGRESS UPDATE Chief John Ojeisekhoba, IACLEA President-Elect, Associate VP & Chief of
Nick Aldworth, Risk to Resolution Ltd Campus Safety Biola University, California
Nick Aldworth is the former UK CT National Coordinator for Protect
and Prepare.
He was London’s CT protective security and preparedness lead during STUDENTS: DRUGS, BOOZE AND ‘SMART PILLS’
the 2017 terrorist attacks, responsible for coordinating the police and Liam Watson, Director DrugsTraining.com
other emergency service responses to those incidents, and supporting Liam has extensive experience in the drugs field and has been
the private sector to be stronger. responsible for the development and implementation of a range of
In 2019, Nick joined forces with Figen Murray and Brendan Cox initiatives with drugs services, local authorities, police drugs squads,
to campaign for the UK Protect Duty, and he was the author of the criminal justice, universities and commercial businesses. Liam was
Nick Aldworth proposal on which the government has recently consulted. Chair of the Welsh Forum of Drug Specialists for five years and a
Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Health and Social Care at the
Nick set up his own company, Risk to Resolution Ltd (R2R), with a view University of The West of England in Bristol. He has appeared on BBC,
to helping organisations identify the challenges they face and support ITN and other news outlets over the years talking about substance
them, and their staff, in resolving them. As well as Carlisle Support misuse issues.
Services, Nick regularly works with several other bodies, including Pool Liam Watson
Reinsurance (the government’s terrorism reinsurer), the Homeland
Security Group (OSCT), and CT Policing. R2R has been supporting the
University of Essex with a range of services.
Short Synopsis:
In this presentation, Figen and Nick will talk about the protect duty and
use real world examples of why we need it and what it’s likely to look
like when it is enacted later this year.