Personal profile
Research interests
Public International Law
Maritime Security
International Law of the Sea
International Criminal Law
International Humanitarian Law
Law Enforcement & Policing
Criminal Justice
Policing & Policing Student Employability
Public Trust in the Police
Corruption
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Drug Trafficking at Sea: A Practice-Based Analysis of International Law and the US Approach to High Seas Interdictions, University of Westminster
Award Date: 22 Apr 2022
Master, LLM International Law with Distinction, University of Westminster
Award Date: 16 Nov 2017
Bachelor, BS Criminal Justice with Honours, Loyola University Chicago
Award Date: 1 May 2006
PgC Teaching and Practice, Cardiff Metropolitan University
PgC in Supporting Learning in Higher Education, University of Westminster
External positions
External Examiner , University of Gloucestershire
Dec 2025 → …
Visiting Lecturer, Accent Global Education
May 2023 → …
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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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evaluation of the ‘Pathways to Change’ Programme
Hobson, J., Louis, N., Cross, Z., Holmes, J., Pournara, M., Roberts, J., Ash, D. & Monckton-Smith, J., 2025, 112 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Enabling student employability through volunteering: insights from police volunteers studying professional policing degrees in Wales
Pepper, I., rogers, C., Turner, J., Louis, N. & Williams, B., 19 Feb 2024, In: Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning. 14, 5, p. 1135-1148 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Police, Media, and Professional Policing Education: Impacts of Policing Related Media on Professional Policing Students' Education - Student Perceptions
Louis, N., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Bilateral Maritime Migration Management Arrangements: An Evaluation of State Practice on the use of bilateral agreements for the suppression of irregular migration flows at sea.
Louis, N. & Mavropoulou, E., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Drug trafficking at sea : a practice-based analysis of international law and the US approach to high seas interdictions
Louis, N., 2022, London : University of Westminster.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
Open Access
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Accent Global Education
Louis, N. (Visiting researcher)
24 Jun 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Accent Global Education
Louis, N. (Visiting researcher)
12 Jun 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Accent Global Education
Louis, N. (Visiting researcher)
10 Jun 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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End of the Grotian Era - Lawful Use of the High Seas
Louis, N. (Speaker)
Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Maritime Security and the ILOS
Louis, N. (Speaker)
2018 → 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk