Meet the team

Dr Nick Caveney, Chair

Chief Superintendent at Hertfordshire Constabulary.  Chairs the Centre partnership, including the Steering Group and the Membership Group of the 18 police agency partners.

Professor Clifford Stott, Academic Director

As the Centre’s lead, a significant part of Cliff's role is working with academics across and beyond the Faculty, as well as CPRL’s police force partners, to generate research and learning relevant to theory, policy and practice.

Anita Aldridge, Project Manager

Manages Centre projects and oversees the research project portfolio.

Sarah Armstrong-Hallam, Senior Manager, Operations

Senior Manager, Operations

Natalie Rankin, Team Secretary

Natalie supports the operations of the Centre including event and meeting organisation, communications, stakeholder management and research projects.

Dr Helen Glasspoole-Bird, Research Fellow

Dr Michael Hope, Research Fellow

Dr Mike Hope is a postdoctoral researcher within the Centre for Policing Research and Learning and leads operational research in the UK on a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded international project led by the University of Bern. The project examines the policing of football crowds in Switzerland and the UK, with particular emphasis on police–fan interactions, crowd dynamics, and the impact of policing strategies on legitimacy and public order. As part of the research, Mike undertakes structured observations of football policing operations in the UK, providing comparative insights into policing approaches and their impact on crowd behaviour. Drawing on his extensive operational policing experience and academic research, he contributes practitioner expertise to support the development of evidence-based approaches to football crowd management.

Dominic Cox, Research Fellow