Prof. Amanda Davies

Professor Amanda Davies is an Academic and Research Advisor with the Dubai Police Academy, where she leads the development of research, publications and education and training design. With more than 25 years of experience in police education across Australia and the UAE, Professor Davies has held senior positions including Program Chair for Policing and Security with Rabdan Academy, Academic Co-ordinator for Charles Sturt University at the Australian New South Wales Police Academy and Visiting Fellow with the Singapore Home Team Academy. She specializes in evaluative research across police operational and education practices and transfer of research into shaping future practice, with extensive experience in the evaluation of design and application of technologies across multiple policing domains. Professor Davies has played a leading role in evaluating the introduction of technologies such as body-worn cameras for police and sheriffs and the design and application of simulation-based l