The Europol Innovation Lab supports the European law enforcement community in the area of innovation. The Lab provides a structure and a set of services to law enforcement agencies to avoid duplication of work, create synergies and pool resources in order to co-create innovative solutions which can boost operational work of investigators and analysts.
More info on the Europol Innovation Lab here.
Europol hosts the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security a collaborative European network of innovation labs aimed at ensuring coordination and collaboration between EU internal security actors (law enforcement, justice, fundamental rights, border security, immigration, customs etc.) in the field of innovation.
The Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) is a multi-disciplinary and end-user focused centre of excellence, located within Sheffield Hallam University. The global reach of CENTRIC links both academic and professional expertise across a range of disciplines providing unique opportunities to progress ground-breaking research. The mission of CENTRIC is to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and the public to focus on applied security research.