Amy is the Director of Studies in the Department of Security and Crime Science. Her research interests include radicalisation, terrorism and counter-terrorism, forensic science, crime reduction strategies, evaluation methods and qualitative methods. She has worked with UK and EU governments, international institutions and organisations in the charity sector in order to provide strategic research partnerships in diverse crime and security areas. Amy is a champion of evidence-based policy, and reaches out to practitioners on a regular basis in order to disseminate her work and that of others within the department. Amy regularly supervises PhD, MSc and BSc students in areas such as terrorism ideology, the use of the internet by terrorist groups and sympathisers, the use of qualitative methods to analyse terrorist recruitment materials, and counter-radicalisation strategies (using UK and international comparisons). For her PhD Amy researched the topic of radicalisation from the individual to the systemic level, using a number of methodologies including systems theory, agent-based modelling and interviews with former extremists and counter-terrorism practitioners. She is adept at evaluation and systematic review methodologies, and disseminates her research to national and international audiences in formats including conferences, workshops, seminars, lectures and private policy meetings.