Michael Bourne

Research output

Research output per year 1998 2004 2005 2006 2011 2012 2014 2015 2018 2025

• 14 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 10 Article
• 6 Commissioned report
• 5 Book
• 10 More
  • 3 Other report
  • 3 Other contribution
  • 2 Chapter
  • 1 Paper
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Disarmament as ontological politics: towards a process–relational and pragmatist theory of disarmament

  Bourne, M., 02 Apr 2025, (Accepted) Reinvigorating disarmament in an age of militarism. Cooper, N., Bourne, M. & Collective, D. (eds.). Lynne Rienner Publishers

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2023

  Weapons-systems

  Bourne, M., 15 Jun 2023, Security Studies: Critical Perspectives. Guillaume, X. & Grayson, K. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
• 2019

  Powers of the Gun: Process and Possibility in Global Small Arms Control

  Bourne, M., 2019, Regulating Global Security : Insights from Conventional and Unconventional Regimes. Hynek, N., Ditrych, O. & Stritecky, V. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 143-168 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Process 100%
  • Arms Control 100%
  • Small Arms 100%
  • Weapons 80%
  • Attention 20%
  119 Downloads (Pure)

• The many lives of border automation: Turbulence, co-ordination and care

  Lisle, D. & Bourne, M., 05 Sept 2019, In: Social Studies of Science. 49, 5, p. 682-706 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Coordination 100%
  • Automation 100%
  • Humans 100%
  • Ordination 100%
  • UK 66%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  431 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Powers of the Gun Process and Possibility in Global Small Arms Control

  Bourne, M., May 2018, In: International Politics. 55, 3-4, p. 441-461 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Process 100%
  • Arms Control 100%
  • Small Arms 100%
  • Weapons 75%
  • Assemblage 50%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  834 Downloads (Pure)

• When risks meet: The dance of experience, professional expertise and science in border security technology development

  Degenhardt, T. & Bourne, M., 07 Nov 2018, (Early online date) In: Criminology and Criminal Justice. 20, 2, p. 207-225 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Detection 100%
  • Risk Assessment 100%
  • Security Technology 100%
  • Border Security 100%
  • Professional Experience 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  432 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘To Smell a Secret: Prehending the Covert and Inscrutable Security Sensations’

  Bourne, M., 2018, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• 2017

  Cyborgs, Control and Transformation: Posthumanist Arms Control and Disarmament

  Bourne, M., 14 Aug 2017, Posthuman Dialogues in International Relations. Hobden, S., Cudworth, E. & Kavalski, E. (eds.). Routledge, 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2016

  Invention and uninvention in nuclear weapons politics

  Bourne, M., 2016, In: Critical Studies on Security. 4, 1, p. 6-23 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Politics 100%
  • Invention Process 100%
  • Process 25%
  • Understanding 25%
  • Actors 12%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  1339 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Cocaine

  Bourne, M., Jul 2015, Making Things International I: Circuits and Motion. Salter, M. B. (ed.). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 328-347 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Cybersecurity

  Bourne, M., Apr 2015, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Newsletter, 10, p. 10-11 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Laboratizing the border: The production, translation and anticipation of security technologies

  Bourne, M., Johnson, H. & Lisle, D., Aug 2015, In: Security Dialogue. 46, 4, p. 307-325 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Decision-Making 100%
  • Threat 100%
  • Security Technology 100%
  • Security Expert 100%
  • Device Development 100%
  87 Citations (Scopus)

  600 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Supplementary Report of TRUST: Tracing Risk and Uncertainty in Security Technology project Government and Stakeholder’s workshop

  Bourne, M., 31 Oct 2014, Economic and Social Research Council. 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• TRUST: Tracing Risk and Uncertainty in Security Technology: Briefing Report For Government and Stakeholders

  Bourne, M., Degenhardt, T., Hayward, K., Johnson, H. & Lisle, D., Oct 2014, Economic and Social Research Council. 185 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Understanding Security

  Bourne, M., Jan 2014, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 360 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Application 100%
  • And-States 100%
  • Contemporary World 100%
  • Understanding 100%
  • Theoretical Perspective 50%
• 2013

  International Trafficking in Weapons

  Bourne, M., 2013, Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice: Second Edition. Reichel, P. & Albanese, J. (eds.). Los Angeles: Sage Publishing Inc., p. 85-100 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 2012

  Controlling the Shadow Trade

  Bourne, M., 2012, Reconceptualising Arms Control: Controlling the Means of Violence. Cooper, N. & Mutimer, D. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 215-240

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Guns don’t kill people, cyborgs do: a Latourian provocation for transformatory arms control and disarmament

  Bourne, M., Feb 2012, In: Global Change, Peace and Security. 24, 1, p. 141-163 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Arms Control 100%
  • Disarmament 100%
  • Provocation 100%
  • Cyborgs 100%
  • Cyborg 100%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Security Implications of the Arms Trade

  Bourne, M., 2012, Contemporary Security and Strategy (3rd Edition). Snyder, C. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 105-127 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 2011

  Controlling the Shadow Trade

  Bourne, M., Apr 2011, In: Contemporary Security Policy. 32 , 1, p. 215-240 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Flow 100%
  • Control 66%
  • Small Arms 66%
  • Literature 33%
  • Actors 33%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Governance and Control of SALW after armed conflicts

  Bourne, M. & Greene, O., Aug 2011, Small Arms, Crime, and Conflict: Global Governance and the threat of armed violence. Greene, O. & Marsh, N. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 183-206 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

• Netwar Geopolitics: Security, Failed States and Illicit Flows

  Bourne, M., Nov 2011, In: British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 13, 4, p. 490-513 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Flow 100%
  • International Politics 100%
  • State 50%
  • Imagination 50%
  • Subject 25%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Securing the human in critical security studies: the insecurity of a secure ethics

  Bulley, D. & Bourne, M., 2011, In: European Security. 20, 3, p. 453-471 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Situation 100%
  • Time 50%
  • Fear 50%
  • Theory 50%
  • Hospitality 50%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Small Arms and Light Weapons Spread and Conflict

  Bourne, M., Aug 2011, Small Arms, Crime and Conflict: Global governance and the threat of armed violence. Greene, O. & Marsh, N. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 29-42 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 2008

  Survey report on the prevalance of illicit SALW in Sri Lanka

  Bourne, M., Mar 2008, Government of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Defence, National Commission Against the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms (NCAPISA). 214 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report
• 2007

  Arming Conflict: The Proliferation of Small Arms

  Bourne, M., Jan 2007, Palgrave Macmillan. 277 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Transfers to non-state actors

  Bourne, M., 2007, (Unpublished) Small Arms Survey. 10 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Paper 100%
  • Actors 100%
  • State 100%
  • Small Arms 100%
• 2006

  Action on Small Arms 2006: Assessing Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms

  Bourne, M., Watson, C., Godnick, W., Greene, O., Vivekananda, J., Kirkham, L. & Macalesher, J., Jun 2006, Print: International Action Network on Small Arms. 288 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Global and Regional Agreements on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Control

  Bourne, M., 2006, 158 p. online : Bonn International Centre for Conversion.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Illicit Ammunition Trafficking

  Bourne, M. & Berkol, I., 2006, Targeting Ammunition. Pezard, S. & Anders, H. (eds.). Small Arms Survey, p. 99-134 36 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

• SALW and Development

  Bourne, M., 2006, 204 p. Online : Bonn International Centre for Conversion.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfer Controls

  Bourne, M., 2006, 118 p. online : Bonn International Centre for Conversion.

  Research output: Other contribution
• 2005

  Armed Violence and Conflict Assessments

  Bourne, M. & Greene, O., 2005, Centre for International Cooperation and Security. 12 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• International Action on Small Arms 2005: Examining Implementation of the UN Programme of Action,

  Bourne, M., Watson, C., Godnick, W., Page, M., Kirkham, L., McLean, A., Greene, O., Vivekananda, J. & Sokolova, J., Jun 2005, Print / Online: International Action Network on Small Arms. 320 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• The EU in Global and Regional SALW processes

  Bourne, M., Greene, O. & Holt, S., 2005, UN Institute for Disarmament Research. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons

  Bourne, M., Jan 2005, New Threats and New Actors in International Security. Krahmann, E. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 155-175 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Armed violence, governance, security sector reform, and safety security and access to justice

  Bourne, M. & Greene, O., 2004, Centre for International Cooperation and Security. 12 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Considering armed violence in the post-conflict transition: DDR and small arms and light weapons reduction initiatives

  Bourne, M., Greene, O. & Ginnifer, J., 2004, Centre for International Cooperation and Security. 13 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• The impact of arms transfers on poverty and development

  Bourne, M., Chalmers, M., Heath, T., Turner, M. & Hooper, N., 2004, Centre for International Cooperation and Security. 50 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 2003

  Implementing the Programme of Action on Small Arms: Action by States and Civil Society: 2003

  Bourne, M., Page, M., Greene, O., Watson, C., Yankey, V., Vazquez, H., Smith, H., Hughes, H. & Flew, C., Jun 2003, Print / Online: International Action Network on Small Arms. 192 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• 2002

  Security Sector Reform and the Challenges and Opportunities of the Privatisation of Security

  Bourne, M., 2002, Security Sector Reform and the Challenges and Opportunities of the Privatisation of Security. Lilly, D. & Page, M. V. T. (eds.). International Alert, p. 1-20 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 2001

  Conflict Diamonds: Roles, Responsibilities and Responses

  Bourne, M., 2001, online and print: University of Bradford, p. 1-15, 15 p. (Peace Studies Papers).

  Research output: Working paper
• 2000

  Resource and Arms Watching - Setting Up Mechanisms for Tracking Resource Appropriation and Arms Proliferation

  Bourne, M., 2000, Private Military Intervention and Arms Proliferation in Conflicts in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Responses. Centre for Democracy and Development, p. 24-25 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 1999

  Light Weapons and Conflict in Central Africa

  Bourne, M., 1999, Over a Barrel: Small arms in the Commonwealth. Thompson, N. & Musah, A. F. (eds.). CHRI, p. 141-159 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 1998

  Light Weapons Flows in the Great Lakes Sub-Region of Central Africa

  Bourne, M., 1998, Light Weapons and Peacebuilding in Central and East Africa. International Alert, p. 5-10 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter