Dr Shane Horgan is a researcher, Programme Leader for the BSc in Policing and Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, co-lead of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research Digital Lab and sits on the Scottish Institute for Policing Research Police Community Relations Network Brokering team. Over the past 12 years, Shane’s research has explored how people and organizations, both public and private, make sense of and respond to technologically enabled crime in their routine everyday lives and operations. Shane’s work seeks to develop criminological and sociological perspectives on cybersecurity, the policing of technology-facilitated crime and disorder, and understanding the emerging ways technology can be better deployed in the pursuit of security, crime prevention, and social order. He has presented internationally to both academic and practitioner audiences and his work has featured in esteemed criminological and police practitioner focused journals and media. Most recently Shane co-directed the Scottish International Policing Conference 2025.