Daniel Packham
Postdoctoral Researcher
- Daniel.Packham@fhs.se
- Department of Leadership and Command & Control
- Leadership and Command & Control Division Karlstad
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Daniel Packham is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Swedish Defence University where he conducts research into: military leadership; officer recruitment and retention; and motivation amongst conscripts.
Daniel received his PhD in criminology from the University of Cambridge in 2023. His doctoral research focused on former military personnel in the criminal justice system, which he completed while working full-time at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), posted overseas.
In addition to the UK Foreign Office, Daniel has held research positions at the UK's Department for International Development (DfID), the College of Policing and the Ministry of Justice. Prior to this he spent almost ten years in policing in England and previously served in the infantry of the British Army on operational service overseas.
Daniel's current research interests include: leadership and command; conscription; military identity and culture; unit cohesion; peer-leader bonding; civil-military relations; veterans welfare; former military personnel in society; para-military groups and foreign fighters.