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Alistair Fraser is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Glasgow and a presenter of the podcast Young Warriors. He teaches and researches issues related to youth violence, street culture, and urban crime, with a particular interest in the global gang phenomenon, employing ethnographic and creative interdisciplinary methods. His work aims to provide theoretically ambitious, empirically grounded, and policy-relevant contributions to academic public debate. Alistair led a new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) investigating the meaning and utility of 'public health' approaches to violence reduction in Scotland and England. He is the author of 'Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City' (OUP, 2015), which was shortlisted for the BBC/BSA Ethnography Award and co-awarded the British Society of Criminology Book Prize. He has also published numerous articles in reputable journals and contributed to several media outlets, educating the public on issues of crime and justice. Alistair's expertise has earned him recognition, including the 2018 'Outstanding Paper' award from the Hong Kong Studies Association. He is particularly interested in supervising PhD candidates in areas such as youth gang studies, street culture, and urban ethnography.
University of Hong Kong • Hong Kong
Conducted lectures and research on criminology, awarded for outstanding teaching.