Otto Adang

Prof. Otto Adang holds a faculty position in the Department of Social Psychology at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, alongside an ongoing role at the Police Academy of the Netherlands since 1990. His research focuses on police use of force, collective violence, and public order policing, with contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to justice and safety.

Key research interests include analyzing how collective violence escalates, evaluating police technologies for riot control, and critiquing evidence-based policing practices. Recent publications emphasize global lethal force monitoring and ethical implications of policing strategies.

Adang has supervised multiple theses, including studies on hooliganism and post-conflict police-citizen interactions. He frequently engages with media and policymakers, offering expert commentary on issues like protest policing and use-of-force proportionality.