Julian is a researcher at the Dawes Centre for Future Crime and the Institute of Global City Policing at UCL. He holds an MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism and is an researcher in crime prevention and policing, and the security management for critical national infrastructure and developing smart cities. His current work includes researching opportunities and obstacles in the usage of smart city technologies for crime prevention. He further explores the criteria for the (social) acceptability of new crime prevention technologies, laying the groundwork for their future implementation in the United Kingdom. Julian has also advised local authorities and the German Ministry of the Interior on opportunities and potential for crime prevention in smart cities and has completed consultancy projects in close cooperation with the German Federal Office for Information Security. His recent publications include research papers on subjects such as the security in smart cities, police demand management, and policing in pandemics.