Rate My Professor Karl Roberts

Roberts adopts a multilevel systems approach to integrate behavioural insights across healthcare, security, policy, and practice. His research specializations include the impacts of dual-use and disruptive technologies, one health, the interface between security and health, violence prevention, and systems theory applied to complex health systems. He maintains honorary academic appointments as Adjunct Professor of Pacific Policing at the University of the South Pacific, Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Future of Knowledge at the University of Johannesburg, adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts, and has held honorary teaching roles at Oxford, Harvard, and Brown Universities. A Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, he is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a trained hostage negotiator, and a graduate of the Harvard Negotiations Program. Key publications encompass books such as Honor-Based Violence: Policing and Prevention (2013) and Harmful Traditional Practices: Prevention, Protection, and Policing (2020), alongside influential articles including 'Women’s experience of violence during stalking by former romantic partners: Factors predictive of stalking violence' (2005), 'The prevalence of stalking among Finnish university students' (2010), and 'Organisational and procedural justice: A review of the literature and its implications for policing' (2013). His contributions have shaped policies on wellbeing, violence prevention, and professional practice internationally.