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Biographical details
Dr Robert J Downes is a Research Associate at the Policy Institute at King’s, with broad interests in defence, security, and nuclear issues.
Alongside research as a MacArthur Foundation-funded Fellow at the Centre for Science and Security Studies, he lectured extensively on unconventional terrorism and other contemporary issues in science and security in the Department of War Studies from 2015-2018. During this time, Rob supported the delivery of executive education and human capacity building in nuclear security throughout South and South East Asia and the MENA region under the auspices of the United States' State Department, the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
By training, Rob is a mathematician: he holds a PhD in mathematics from University College London. Prior to his position at King's College London, he has worked at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, the United Kingdom's former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the United Kingdom's Government Office for Science, and the House of Lords.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Combating nuclear smuggling? Exploring drivers and challenges to detecting nuclear and radiological materials at maritime facilities
Hobbs, C., Downes, R. & Salisbury, D., 3 Jun 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Nonproliferation Review. 26, 1-2, p. 83-104 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delivering economic growth through exports
Hesketh, R. E., Downes, R. J., Wilkinson, B. J. & Kleinman, M., Nov 2018Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Developing ‘superstar’ exporters in the UK: A review of the evidence
Hesketh, R. E. & Downes, R. J., 3 Sept 2018, London. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report
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Donald Trump, Russia and money: what we learned from this year’s NATO Summit
Downes, R. J. & van Rij, A. L. M., 12 Jul 2018, The Conversation.Research output: Other contribution
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Nuclear terrorism, precarious probabilities, and the use of modelling
Downes, R. J. & Hobbs, C., 2017, (Accepted/In press) IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
Projects
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The implications of Brexit for nuclear safeguards in the United Kingdom
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
1/08/2018 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research
Activities
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Donald Trump, Russia and money: what we learned from this year’s NATO Summit (The Conversation)
Rob Downes (Contributor) & Armida Louise Marina van Rij (Contributor)
12 Jul 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Responding to Skripal: the benefits of a public inquiry
Rob Downes (Contributor)
23 Apr 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Safeguarding Britain’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Obligations After Brexit (RUSI)
Rob Downes (Contributor)
5 Feb 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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What is Euratom and why has it emerged as a Brexit battleground? (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Rob Downes (Contributor)
24 Jul 2017Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Defense of the Realm: Deterrence
Rob Downes (Speaker)
13 Jun 2017Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
Thesis
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Cosserat Elasticity, Spectral Theory of First Order Systems, and the Massless Dirac Operator
Author: Downes, R. J., 2014Supervisor: Vassiliev, D. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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