Policy Fellows
Our Visiting Policy Fellows
The DMU Policy Unit’s Visiting Policy Fellowship hosts exceptional scholars, practitioners, pracademics, and policy professionals from around the world to advance research informed policymaking. Our fellows engage in transformative research & knowledge exchange, collaborate with academics and policymakers, and contribute to addressing critical challenges in areas such as policing, post-crisis recovery, and equitable education. Through their work with DMU’s Policy Unit, they bridge the gap between scholarship and policy impact, enriching our intellectual community while shaping policy at local, national, and international levels. Meet our distinguished fellows below:
Gary F. Stuart is a PhD researcher examining bias in police decision-making. An international executive leader, he manages a global advisory company specialising in smarter public safety and cities. A former senior police officer and accredited hostage, terrorist and crisis negotiator, his work bridges research, practice and innovation in public safety and decision science, with a passion for taking research and theory from the paper to the pavement.
Alex Paradise is a safeguarding and public protection professional, currently working for the Church of England, Diocese of Derby. He extensive expertise in policing, criminal justice and online harms. A former specialist online child abuse investigator and academic involved in police education, he has led nationally recognised partnership initiatives, contributed to work on AI accountability in policing and is currently researching online child sexual exploitation and offending risk in relation to new and emerging digital technologies.
International Policy Fellows
United Nations
Suraj Pratim Saikia is a lawyer and policy professional currently serving as a Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace Global Fellow at the UN University Centre for Policy Research in New York. With experience across the UN system – including the Department of Peace Operations, United Nations Development Programme, and the International Law Commission – as well as Government of India institutions and academia, his work spans peace operations, peacebuilding, international organizations, and institutional accountability, alongside editorial experience with the International Organization Law Review (Brill | Nijhoff) and engagement with AI policy and emerging global challenges.
South Asia
Dr. Soundararajan is a criminologist specialising in migration, social harm, policing, and organised crime. He holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Staffordshire, UK. His PhD explored the lived experiences of undocumented migrants and law enforcement officers in the West Midlands. He is Chair of the Postgraduate Committee at the British Society of Criminology and Founder and Executive Director of ThinkJustice Foundation, India. His research has been published in the British Journal of Criminology, Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology, and Policy Press.
Arsh G. serves as Campus Director (I/c) and Assistant Professor–Research (Criminology) at Rashtriya Raksha University, Puducherry Campus. A CPTED-certified professional, his expertise spans criminology, security studies, and crime prevention. He has led academic programs, developed curricula, and undertaken research in criminology, policing, victimology, and security governance, contributing to national capacity building in criminal justice and security studies.