Jyoti Belur

Jyoti Belur is a Research Associate at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London in London, UK. After obtaining a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai, she briefly worked as a lecturer of Economics at that university. She then joined the Indian Police Service and served as a senior police officer in the North of India. During her training period at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad she completed a Masters in Police Management (Osmania...See more

Jyoti Belur is a Research Associate at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, University College London in London, UK. After obtaining a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai, she briefly worked as a lecturer of Economics at that university. She then joined the Indian Police Service and served as a senior police officer in the North of India. During her training period at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad she completed a Masters in Police Management (Osmania University). She has since then done another Masters degree in Human Rights at the University of Essex in the UK, after which she completed her PhD at the London School of Economics. Her recent research activities at the Jill Dando Institute include a consultancy project for the London Metropolitan Police to help them get a better understanding of the Muslim communities in a number of London boroughs. Dr. Belur's key areas of interest are policing and police studies, terrorism and processes of radicalization and extremism. See less