Majeed Khader

Dr Khader is the Director of the Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Singapore. A trained hostage negotiator, his previous operational duties include being the Deputy Commander of the Crisis Negotiation Unit and a trainer with the negotiation unit. He teaches criminal and forensic psychology as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technology University (NTU), Singapore.

He is also the Adjunct Honorary Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at National University of Singapore (NUS). For the past 26 years, Dr Khader has overseen the development of psychological services in the areas of stress, resilience, employee selection, deception psychology, leadership, crisis negotiations, crime profiling, and crisis psychology.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Aberdeen (2002 — 2007)
• Masters of Science with Distinction University of Leicester (1998 — 1999)
• Bachelor of Science (Honors) University of London (1992 — 1995)
• Bachelor of Social Sciences Honors National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science (1989 — 1992)

Companies

• Adjunct Associate Professor Nanyang Technological University (2019)
• Member Board Of Directors Special needs trust company (2018)
• Chief Psychologist Ministry of Home Affairs Singapore (2017)
• Senior Fellow Adjunct RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (2015)
• Director Behavioural Sciences Center (2005)
• Crisis Negotiator Singapore Police Force (1994)
• Chief Psychologist and Senior Consultant Psychologist Singapore Police Force (1993)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University (2008 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Nanyang Technological University (2008 — 2019)

Recent/Representative Publications:

• Khader, M. (2019). Crime and behaviour: An introduction to criminal and forensic psychology. World Scientific Publications.
• Khader, M., Neo, L. S., Tan, T., Cheong, D., & Chin, J. (2019). Learning from violent extremist attacks: Behavioural sciences insights for practitioners and policy makers. World Scientific Publications.
• Khader, M., & Poh S. Y. (2017). A multidisciplinary approach to understanding internet love scams. In W. Petherick & G. Sinnamon (Eds.), The psychology of criminal and antisocial behavior (pp. 523-548). Academic Press.