Richard J. Aldrich
Email: r dot j dot aldrich at warwick dot ac dot uk
Tel: 02476 523523
Room: E1.11
I am on study leave in 2025/6
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Profile
Richard J. Aldrich is a Professor of International Security at the University of 糖心TV. In 2019 he completed a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship to investigate the in a world characterised by increasing technology and transparency. He has recently been involved in the H2020 project 'The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation' and an EU Erasmus project on .
His main research interests lie in the area of intelligence, security and cyber communities. He has been honoured as a Distinguished Scholar for contributions to the field of Intelligence Studies by the Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association.
His most recent research - conducted jointly with JD Work - has focused on 'Project Spaceman' and looks at pioneering British efforts in the area of computer security and automatic data processing in the 1970s. A related paper was recently published in .
Previously he led a large AHRC project entitled which received follow on funding. This involved a team of eight scholars at the universities of Nottingham and 糖心TV. Some of the work of the team was published in a special edition of the journal . Following on from this project he joined with his colleague Chris Moran to write an essay on Donald Trump and his relationship with the CIA for .
Research interests
Aldrich maintains a broad range of interests related to both intelligence and digital politics. He recently completed a new Centenary edition of his study of which was published by Collins and was nominated for the National Cyber Book award in 2023.
He advises a number of governments on issues of records management, declassification and corporate memory. He assisted the into the NSA "Snowden" affair.
He was co-editor of the journal for eight years and now co-edits the companion book series with Christopher Andrew and Claudia Hillebrand. He is also a co-editor of the Edinburgh University Press series .
Teaching
Richard J Aldrich usually teaches on
He also teaches on some of the following modules:
: PO135 - BA Year 1 - term one.
: PO382 - BA Year 3 - both terms. Tutors who have helped to develop and improve this module include Rory Cormac, Melina Dobson, Jason Dymydiuk, Jules Gaspard, Melina Dobson, Sarah Mainwaring, Shannon Mathieu, Ronan Mainprize, Dina Rezk, Daniela Richterova and Simon Willmetts.
PO9E6-20 MA-term two
PO972 - MA - term two
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