Jose Sousa-Santos

José Sousa-Santos is an Associate Professor of Practice and the Head of the Pacific Regional Security Hub (PRSH) at the University of Canterbury. His research, publications and policy work focus on transnational organised crime, the nexus between terrorism and transnational crime, irregular warfare, foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), hybrid threats in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. He was previously a subject matter expert (transnational crime and terrorism) with the executive educational cadre for the United States INDO PACOM and SOCPAC Cooperation Against Transnational Threats (CATT) program, and Pacific Area Security Sector Working Group (PASSWG) (2015-2019), former lead analyst with the United Nations Joint Mission Analysis Centre (Timor-Leste), and former Australian Defence Force.