Bill Durodié

Who is Bill Durodié?

Bill Durodié is Professor in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University based in Victoria, British Columbia, where he is Program Head for the Conflict Analysis and Management programs. He previously held positions at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, in the Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis at Cranfield University, part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham, and in the War Studies Group of King's College London.

He is also a Visiting Professor at CELAP – the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong – in Shanghai, as well as being an Associate Fellow of the International Security Programme for Chatham House in London, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent, UK.

His main research interest is to examine the causes and consequences of contemporary perceptions of risk, as well as how these are framed and communicated across a wide range of contemporary social issues. His work explores the limitations of risk management and of the so-called precautionary principle. He has questioned the motivations behind the growing demand to engage the public in dialogue and decision-making in relation to science. He has also sought to draw attention to the parallels between Islamist terrorism and contemporary Western nihilism, noting that many who engage in the former draw their roots from the latter and specifically stating that ‘Islam, for them at least, was more a motif than a motive’.