# Laurence Alison

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Week 5 Reading

In this weeks reading we explore Laurence Alison's seminal paper on ORBIT with a sample of high value terrorist suspects. It really is a good one!

What the Labors of Hercules Can Teach You About Life and Masculinity

You're probably familiar with the mythological tale of Hercules (or "Heracles" as the hero was originally called) from books, comics, and movies. But while Hercules is often rendered as a kind of one-dimensional superhero in popular culture, my guest today argues that he's actually quite a complex …

How to Make Life’s Big Decisions

There are little decisions to make in life like what to wear to work and what to eat for lunch. Then there are potentially life-changing decisions like whether to move, take a new job, break up with someone, or get married. With these big decisions, you may never have faced that choice before, have…

ACIA - Dr Susanne Knabe-nicol AKA the Police Science Dr

Episode: 0019 Release Date:  3rd of March 2022 Podcast Writer: Paige Keningale  Theme Song: Wolf Moon- Unicorn Heads.  Voice overs: Dr Susanne Knabe-nicol/ Police Science Dr Podcast Email: podcasts@acia.org.uk  Podcast Webpage: https://www.acia.org.uk/Podcasts ,  https://www.leapodcasts.com/ …

Ep. 203: Rupert Evill - On Bootstrapping Ethics, Making Risk Relevant, and the Dark Arts of Investigation

Today on the show, I am delighted to bring you my conversation with Rupert Evill. Rupert is the founder of Ethics Insight, a firm that helps organisations make risk relevant and implement risk, ethics and compliance programmes quickly. Rupert has 22 years of experience managing risks and crises i…

A Discussion on the Psychology of Decision Making, with Neil Shortland, PhD

Neil Shortland, PhD is an Assistant Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies at University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research focuses on the psychological aspects of domestic and international security. His research portfolio includes funded projects on military decision making (cognitive an…

The Traitors With Psychologists Laurence Alison and Frankie Surmon-Böhr

Calling all The Traitors and psychology fans, this is a very special episode! Alongside Adam, Damo has invited two good friends that he regularly works with to talk all things The Traitors. Professor Laurence Alison and Dr Frankie Surmon-Böhr are the very best at what they do and also superfans of…

PEACE and Orbit - a conversation with Prof. Laurence Alison

** LIVE at Davidhorn Police Interview Summit 2025 ** This conversation explores the nuances of interviewing techniques in law enforcement, focusing on the Orbit model and its relationship with the PEACE model. Prof. Laurence Alison and Dr. Ivar Fahsing discuss the importance of evidence-based pract…

Modern Masculinity with Laurence & Emily Alison

This episode sees Damo chat with long time friends and world-renowned psychologists Emily and Laurence Alison as they discuss modern masculinity, focussing particularly on Adolescence, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 28 Years Later and Louis Theroux’s into the Manosphere. As mentioned in the pod y…

Episode 573 - Making Comics is an Odyssey!

Sometimes you just have to go back to the classics, and there's none more classic than Homers Odyssey! So this week we chat to Neil Roche and Laurence Alison about gods, myths and translating epic journeys to the comics page. From the challenges of adapting ancient text, to the wonderful artwork of…