Kristian Gustafson

Dr. Gustafson is Reader in Intelligence & War at Brunel University's Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies. After an MA at the University of Alberta, Canada, he moved to the UK to take his PhD at Downing College, Cambridge. Before coming to Brunel, Dr. Gustafson was senior lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He has served in the Canadian Army and as a Reservist in the British Army, and taught at the Joint Services Command and Staff College of the United Kingdom. He is also an Associate Researcher in the Norwegian Intelligence School's Centre for Intelligence Studies.

Dr. Gustafson has conducted consultancy and advisory work for the UK MOD as well as for TV and film. Dr. Gustafson has delivered professional development courses to multiple Allied and partner organisations, including the EU Intelligence Centre, and the governments of Norway, Latvia, France and the United Arab Emirates. In 2013 he worked as an intelligence advisor for the General Command Police Special Units (GCPSU) of the Afghan Ministry of Interior.