John Cuddihy
Professor, Coventry University. John Cuddihy FRSA, is a Visiting Professor at CTPSR as well as an international consultant operating on behalf of a variety of international agencies in the fields of P/CVE, Counter Terrorism, Organised Crime and Protective Security. John has 30 years’ experience in law enforcement, including as Head of Counter Terrorism for Police Scotland. As a consultant, he has led numerous high-value, international programmes and reviews, including a multinational, multisector programme of P/CVE interventions across 14 African nations. As a Strategic Adviser to the think tanks Globsec and Royal United Services Institute, he has contributed to numerous research papers and workshops on P/CVE. As a Board Member and Strategic Adviser to the national children’s charity Action for Children, he has led on research into the exposure, exploitation and radicalisation of young people. He is currently engaged in the creation and delivery of Security Sector Reform and P/CVE training across Africa on behalf of the International Security Sector Advisory Team. Before leaving law enforcement, John led the review of CONTEST in Scotland, making recommendations to government, particularly around the need to situate 'Prevent' within a wider violence reduction strategy. He has extensive experience and expertise on the impact and implications of terrorism and violent extremism across various geographical regions and regularly lectures on this to international academic, policy and practitioner audiences.
