Clear Cogent Solutions
Export control | Research security | Responsible collaboration
Analysis.
Insight.
Clarity.
I’m Alan Campbell, a consultant and research manager with almost a decade of experience in the Higher Education sector. Before that, I worked in private practice as a solicitor and gained a master’s in business administration as well as my legal qualifications.
I’m on a mission to make research security feel less of a challenge. My focus is on problem solving: transforming complexity into clarity and devising pragmatic, usable solutions that meet my clients’ needs. If that’s of interest to you, I’d be delighted to hear from you!
Ask me to use my expertise and hands-on experience to support your organisation on its internationalisation journey.
Services
As an experienced research security practitioner, I understand the dilemmas inherent in managing complex international collaborations in a fast changing, high stakes and yet nuanced environment.
I offer a range of services grounded in my own experience of the operational realities of research security. Click below to find out more.
Latest thinking
UK Export Control and Sanctions Symposium 2026
Oct 27: Economic security centre stage, end-use and end-user the key takeaways
Working together to navigate the grey-zone
Oct 2: How to reconcile research security and academic freedom in an era of global instability.
Calling all UK dual-use exporters: time to start thinking about the annual update to the export control list
Sep 24: Recently published proposals to update the EU’s dual-use control list offer clues to forthcoming changes to the corresponding UK list. What do they tell us, and what should dual-use exporters in the UK do?
