Dr Tim Parsons

Tim Parsons is a Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Policing Studies. He has dual citizenship, being a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and of the United Kingdom. He has previously worked as a lecturer in policing at the London Metropolitan University and the University of Plymouth. Prior to that he had a 30 year career in the City of London Police retiring as a chief inspector. His last posting in the police was Head of Equality, Diversity & Human Rights.

From Washington DC through Ouagadougou, Tbilisi and Ulan Bator, Tim has worked in twenty-five countries across the globe as a teacher, mentor, coach and researcher seeking to provide answers to the challenges of modern policing. He has led multi-national project teams for the OSCE, the IOM and the UN-OHCHR.

Degrees

King's College London, United Kingdom, Education Doctorate (EdD)
University of Hull, United Kingdom, Masters in Education (MEd)

Academic appointments

Associate Lecturer, Social Sciences, University of Plymouth, 2017 - 2018
External Examiner, Social Sciences, University of Coventry, 2014 - 2019
Senior Lecturer in Policing & Criminology, John Grieve Centre for Policing & Community Safety, London Metropolitan University, 2010 - 2018