Dr Alexandre Bish

Position : CEO of MyRA
Organization : MyRA
Country : United Kingdom

Short Biography

Alex, co-founder and CEO of MyRA, brings a wealth of experience as a researcher who has held visiting academic positions at Oxford and Yale and a PhD from UCL. His extensive fieldwork in Africa on sensitive issues like terrorism, crime and migration has equipped him with a deep understanding of the challenges in qualitative research and the crucial importance of data security. His experience as a researcher for the EU, UN and leading think tanks helps ensure that MyRA meets the essential needs of users for rapid, precise and secure analysis.

Contact Address

Royal Police Cadet Academy, 90 Sam Pran, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 73110

Expertise / Area of Interest

Crime Science / Criminology, Transnational Crime, Criminal Justice / Law Enforcement, Human Trafficking, Crime Prevention

Relevant Experience :

Director 
Empirika Research, London1 Dec 2022 - present Co-Founder
MyRA, London1 Jan 2024 - present
Research Manager
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime1 Sep 2017 - 28 Feb 2022
Key Expert
European External Action Service, Abuja, Nigeria1 Nov 2016 - 31 Jul 2017

Research Officer
(internship) UNODC1 May 2016 - 1 Nov 2016
Trainee EU

Delegation to Nigeria, Political Section1 Aug 2015 - 15 Jan 2016

Visiting Researcher
University of Oxford, Migration Observatory, Oxford, United Kingdom1 Sep 2023 - 1 Jan 2024

Visiting Scholar

Yale University, School of Public Health - Humanitarian Research Lab, United States1 Mar 2023 - 1 Aug 2024

Related Work :

CEO of MyRA

Academic Publications

  • Bish, A., Borrion, H., Cockbain, E., & Toubaline, S. (2025). Anatomy of a route: Script analysis of irregular migration, smuggling and harms on the Central Mediterranean route to Europe. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 25(1), 59-80. 
  • Bish, A., Cockbain, E., Walsh, P. W., & Borrion, H. (2023). Exploring the'blurred boundary': human smuggling and trafficking on the central Mediterranean route to Europe. Journal of illicit economies and development, 5(1), 70-94.

Type of Collaboration

Joint Research & Knowledge Management

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