The main objective of this Knowledge Alliance was to establish an international learning, teaching and knowledge-sharing environment that contributes to the development and professionalisation of leadership and innovation in the field of international safety and security. •The guiding principles were:•Multi Stakeholder collaboration•Co-Creation•Evidence Based Management•International Perspectiv•Allignment between Policy and practiceThe Knowledge Alliance consisted of partners from higher education, private industry, law enforcement, municipalities and NGOs. In particular, it included nine partners representing educational, business and network organisations, as well as agencies from the emergency, crisis, safety and security sectors, each with complementary skills and expertise. Some partners were experts in research, others in education, while others were safety and security professionals across diverse areas and from operational to strategic level. Our project further established a high-profile advisory board consisting of core actors in the security arena that advised on the progress of the project.The main products that were developed during the course of the project were:The main products that were developed during the course of the project were:•A Holistic Executive Master (MSc) programme on International Security Management;•A Horizon Scanning Tool (HST)•A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC);•A Security Multilogue Platform (SMP) Open World Version; a Forum based tool for exchange of ideas within the Msc •A Security Multilogue Platform closed version; a forum tool to incorporate the outcomes of the Horizon Scanning Exercise provide by use of the HST for students of the MSc International Security Management.•A White paper on online co-design of blended learning by using synchronous communication technology;•A book called “International Security Management: New Solutions to Complexity”•A website used for dissemination and presentation of the ISM-KA products called www.ism-ka.euAll ISM-KA main products have been shaped around the MSc programme, which is the core outcome of the ISM-KA project that may represent the main source of income. Indirectly, revenues derived from the MSc programme will cover some expenses of the other ISM-KA main products. All publicly accessible products will be offered through the ISMKA website www.ism-ka.eu and on the Erasmus Plus Project Results Plaform ensuring their visibility and helping with their sustainability. The products are designed to be compatible and complementary to one and another thereby enhancing their users’ knowledge and experience in the safety and security domain. The sections below describe the products that have been developed; the envisaged role for the current consortium partners in the exploitation; and the perceived benefit for the partners to do so. To ensure the exploitation of the products of the ISM-KA each ISM-KA main product will be managed in terms of content update and budget by the partner organisation that has developed it. The main exploitable project outcome being the ISM-KA MSc programme will be, for now, the sole exploitable product in terms of direct revenue. The HST and the SMP – closed version will be hosted by Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) and utilised and covered as part of the ISM- MSc programme. The MOOC will remain imbedded on the Coursera platform and any necessary updates will be performed by RSM. For the SMP open world version a source of revenue will be sought trough platform membership fees that will in return cover the future upkeep and sustainability of the platform managed by FORMIT.

Democracy and the rule of law are fragile, and require (pro)active protection against crimes that undermine democratic societies governed by the rule of law (ondermijning). At worst, these offences erode public and private institutions and –irreversibly– damage their representatives’ integrity. These crimes themselves and their most corrosive effects can best be understood as complex adaptive systems (e.g., criminal ecosystems, rule-of-law institutions, financial markets). Under complexity science as theoretical framework, COMCRIM studies organized subversive crime, adaptive criminal networks, and interventions in a smart and comprehensive manner. This interdisciplinary –financial– public-private consortium follows (financial) flows on human trafficking, corruption and money laundering.

This investigation focusses on psychological resilience within the context of police work. Psychological resilience helps individuals to cope more effectively with perilous, stressful, and potentially traumatic events. The role of narrative construction in this context is explored and various police members are closely monitored over four years. Interviews and observations will be conducted, and through focus groups police members will engage in co-creation. In addition, complementary survey research may be conducted. The newly acquired knowledge will hold scientific relevance and can serve to strengthen the police force and higher police education.

The overrepresentation of Dutch juveniles with a migration background and/or a weaker socio-economic status among people suspected and convicted of crimes cannot be fully explained by group differences in criminal behaviour. To better understand and monitor these social inequalities and their effects on criminal careers, we develop new statistical techniques. In addition, we develop and test behavioral interventions for and with youth and police officers in Rotterdam to increase mutual trust and reduce problematic inequalities in the sanctioning of delinquent behaviour. We also identify starting points for additional interventions and relevant reforms in and around the Dutch criminal justice system.