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Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I currently have limited capacity to take on new PhD supervision, but can consider projects relating directly to my research interests, specifically criminology of atrocity (war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity), and policing and democracy. I have supervised 9 PhD projects to completion.
Andy has been teaching and researching in criminology at the University of Edinburgh since 2006, first in the School of Social and Political Science and the in the School of Law from 2012 onwards. He has also held research posts with the Home Office and Cardiff University. He holds degrees from the University of Edinburgh and Cardiff University covering Criminology, Politics and Modern History.
Andy directs the cross-school and cross-disciplinary MSc programme in Global Crime, Justice and Security. He has served in leadership roles in postgraduate teaching, external relations, and research, most recently as Postgraduate Research Director in the School of Law. Andy has mentored several colleagues in early career research and lecturing roles, including BA Newton and ESRC Global Challenges Research post-doctoral fellows. He is an active PhD supervisor and has supervised PhDs to completion in topics including policy making, policy transfer, community policing and domestic violence.
Andy is currently working on the criminology of atrocity crimes with an empirical focus on the former Yugoslavia and the analysis of evidence presented in international criminal courts. His recent work on the emerging Serb Republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina explores issues of democratisation, deprofessionalisation and militarisation of the police as explanatory factors underlying police violence. His earlier work on Bosnia and Herzegovina explores the processes of criminal justice reform as part of a post-war state-building and democratisation, and links to more general questions of the relationship between police and democracy and of policing in post-communist states.
Andy maintains his interest in democratic governance of police and, continuing on from research undertaken in the SIPR-funded ‘Partners in Scrutiny’ project, worked with Dr Alistair Henry and Dr Ali Malik (Northumbria University) on the changing landscape of police governance in Scotland. His most recent work in this field, wıth Ceren Mermutluoğlu (Galatasary and MEF Universities, Istanbul) looks at the intersection of democratic policing and human rights.
Andy teaches on a number of MSc and undergraduate courses focusing on international dimensions of criminology.
Social Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), MAKING THE TRANSITION: INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION, STATE-BUILDING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 1995-2005, Cardiff University
31 Oct 2003 → 1 Feb 2008
Award Date: 1 Jul 2008
Criminology, Master of Science, Cardiff University
1 Sep 2000 → 30 Aug 2001
Award Date: 1 Jul 2002
Modern History and Politics, Master of Arts, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 1995 → 30 Jun 2000
Award Date: 1 Jul 2000
Project Reviewer, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (Fond za nauka Republike Srbije)
3 Oct 2022 → 3 Oct 2024
PhD Supervisor, Edinburgh Napier University
1 Oct 2022 → …
External Examiner (PhD), Stockholm University, Department of Criminology
29 Oct 2021
Membership of International Editorial Board for Journal, 'Kriminalističke Teme', Faculty of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Security Studies, University of Sarajevo
23 Feb 2021 → …
External Examiner, PhD, Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences
29 Jun 2020 → 29 Dec 2020
External Examiner (MSc/LLM), University of Leeds
1 Sep 2018 → 7 Jun 2022
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Working paper
Andy Aydin-Aitchison (Invited speaker) & Srđan Vujović (Host)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Andy Aydin-Aitchison (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Andy Aydin-Aitchison (Contributor), Barbora Hola (Contributor) & Mirza Buljubašić (Contributor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Andy Aydin-Aitchison (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › External Examiner or Assessor
Andy Aydin-Aitchison (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Whitburn, S. & Aydin-Aitchison, A.
18/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Henry, A. & Aydin-Aitchison, A.
1/10/15 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
1/12/13 → 26/03/15
Project: Research
Other Competitive Uk Charity Sources
31/07/08 → 1/04/16
Project: Research
21/03/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
24/03/16 → 1/04/16
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Fiona Mackay, Liz Bondi & Andy Aydin-Aitchison
27/10/11
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities