Publications
Aldrich, Richard J. and Melina J. Dobson, ‘The Convergence of Spies, Scholars and Science’, Liam Francis Gearon (ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Universities, Security and Intelligence Studies (London: Routledge, forthcoming 2019).
Dobson, Melina J., ‘The Last Forum of Accountability? State Secrecy, Intelligence and Freedom of Information in the United Kingdom’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 21: 2 (2019), pp. 312-329. Impact Factor: 1.543 | 2017 Ranking: 64/169 in Political Science | 31/85 in International Relations
Cybersecurity: A Guide for the Global South (Contributor)
Cyber Security Policy Centre in collaboration with the Warwick Cyber Security GRP 2018, Supported by the Warwick Impact Fund
Conference Papers (selected)
March 2020 | International Studies Association, Annual Convention – Honolulu, USA Papers: ‘Against the Grain: The Ethical Implications of Unauthorised Disclosures’ and ‘Roots meet underground: Hawaii, SIGINT and Snowden.’ |
May 2019 | International Intelligence Historian Association – Berlin, Germany Paper: ‘Comparing US Whistleblowers.’ |
June 2018 | International Intelligence Historian Association – Graz, Austria Paper: ‘Whistleblowers in the Intelligence Community.’ |
April 2018 | International Studies Association, Annual Convention – San Francisco, USA Paper: ‘Waste, Fraud, Abuse: Creating an Improved Whistleblower Track in the Intelligence Community’ (Intelligence Studies Panel). |
May 2016 | Criminal Investigations Symposium (with Warwick, Law School) – Bologna, Italy Paper: ‘The Right to be Forgotten: Privacy and Secrecy in an Age of Sharing.’ |
June 2015 | Science, Security and the Future of Freedom, Warwick Intelligence Futures Event, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) – Warwick, UK Paper: ’Intelligence Oversight and Official Secrecy’ (with Dr. Christopher Moran). |
May 2015 | The Common Good: Ethics and Rights in Cyber Security [ERCS] – Wilberforce Institute, Hull, UK Paper: ‘Behind Closed Doors: Snowden, Accountability and Oversight.’ |
February 2015 | International Studies Association, Annual Convention – New Orleans, US Paper: ‘Edward Snowden and the Impact of Whistleblowing on International Security in the Information Age’ (International Political Sociology and International Communication Panel). |