Brooke Rogers
Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
Professor Brooke Rogers OBE took up post as Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser in February 2026. She is also a Professor of Behavioural Science and Security at King’s College London, where she has worked for over 21 years.
Brooke plays a crucial role in ensuring that science, technology, research and evidence-based insights underpin policymaking and operational decisions. As the department’s most senior scientific leader, she provides expert advice to Ministers and senior officials, shaping research and innovation strategies that align with public safety, immigration and borders, and national security priorities. based insights underpin policymaking and operational decisions. As the department’s most senior scientific leader,
Professor Rogers is a social psychologist interested in risk communication, public and practitioner attitudes to, perceptions of, and responses to health and security risks and threats. Her research explores psychological and behavioural responses to low likelihood, high-impact events such as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents; community and organisational resilience; protecting crowded places; risk communication with vulnerable groups, and more.
Professor Rogers has chaired the Cabinet Office National Risk Assessment/National Security Risk Assessment Behavioural Science Expert Group (BSEG), as well as the Home Office Science Advisory Council (HOSAC). She is a participant of the Science Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and co-chaired the behavioural science sub-group (SPI-B) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Rogers has contributed to a range of local, national, and international committees, including the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology (CST).
Sessions
Panel session – ‘Connecting data, decisions, and outcomes across Justice and Policing’
Wednesday @ 3:40 PM
