Shanghai Jiao Tong University Public Safety Academy (PSA) is a professional research institution and high-end think-tank, concentrating on the research, teaching and training of national security, social security and urban security. It works on promoting knowledge and cultivating talents in the areas of public security analysis, prediction, and the public security strategic decisions, in order to serve the country, the society and the city. It is committed to promote the intelligence level and the management efficiency of public security policy and decision-making through scientific research and technical analysis. PSA aims at developing itself into one of China's first-class professional research institutions of public security.
PSA consists of departments, which are counter-terrorism strategy and warning base, nuclear security research base, aerospace safety research base, marine safety research base, water environment safetyresearch base, hazardous chemicals safety research base, food safety research base , information safety research base, security of public opinion research base, social crisis research base, NIMBY Engineering research base, engineering disasterresearch base , natural disaster researchbase, public epidemic research base, and big data cloud calculation management center.
PSA takes several important research and cooperation projects, including the National Science and Technology Support Program, National Natural Science Fund Project on Terrorism, National Social Science Fund Projects on Major Disasters ,bears the projects come from the state and the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the propaganda department of the central committee of the CPC, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Housing Construction, Ministry of transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ethnic Affairs Committee and the Nuclear Industry Group, almost all ministries and commissions entrusted or tender important projects. And the U.S.-China Cooperation Program with START (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security),the U.S.-China Cooperation Program withHVRI (Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute of University of South Carolina),the U.S.-China Cooperation Program with DRC (Disaster Research Center of University of Delaware), and the U.S.-China Cooperation Research Program on South Asia with Johns Hopkins University.
PSA conducts the scientific research and technology development on public security strategy with the core value of quality and objectiveness. It provides professional consulting services about strategic developmentfor government departments, enterprise groups and social organizations,undertakes the high-end training about the management and education of talents, and releases authoritative assessment reports based on industry standards. PSA emphasizes on public security warning against terrorism, aerospacesafety, energy security, information safety, food safety ,oceans strategy, social crisis, new media public opinion ,engineering NIMBY, disaster risk assessment, emergency technology and other major sensitive issues and hotspots, concentrating itself on the research development of the following four characterized aspects: global counter-terrorism attacks, national nuclear security,South China Sea strategy, social group crisis and the risk of urban NIMBY movements. Based on the big data system of sensible city and social networking’s sensitive points and sensors, PSA devotes itself to dealing with the problems of security management and security policies by means of security technology with the implementation of the four characterized projects, which are the security strategic intelligence analysis, anti-terrorism warning system research and development, social crisis and city risk prevention technology innovations.
The PSA founder and present center director is Professor Liu Xia(Liu zi-han). The deputy directors are Professor Fan Bo, Professor Jin Yao-hui and Professor Hu Chuan-ping.
Senior researchers are:Chen Long-zhu, Chen Yong-guo, Cheng Jin-ping,Gengyong, Dong Youhong,Han Guan-ghua, Han Zi-qiang, He Li-ming, He Yi-liang,Jia Jin-ping, Jiang Xing-hao, Jin Shi-gen,Kong Zi-yue,Li Ben-xian,Li Guan-xing,Li Jian-hua,Li Ming-ming,Li Wen-yi,Lin xiang,Liu Hou-qiang,Liu xiao,Liu Zhe-hui,Luo Qi-feng,Mei lin,Shen Hui-zhang,ShiXian-ming,Teng Wu-xiao,Wuyue, Wang Jin-tao,Wang Xi-fang,Wang yu,Wang Yong-kun,Wei Ying-jie,Xie Yun-geng,Xie Hai-guang,Xiao gang,Xu ding,Yan Zhi-guo,Yu Wen-xian,Zhan Xing-qun,Zheng hua,Zheng Shi-bao, Zhao jun,Zhao Lai-jun.