Bronwen Perley-Robertson
Senior Research Associate, Immigration
About
Dr. Bronwen Perley-Robertson is a forensic psychology researcher specializing in immigration detention policy and risk assessment. At the Canada Border Services Agency, she developed and validated Canada’s first empirically informed immigration detention risk assessment tool, applying rigorous quantitative methodologies to complex, real-world policy challenges.
Dr. Perley-Robertson has authored multiple technical reports for the Canada Border Services Agency’s Inland Enforcement Directorate and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Global Institute of Forensic Research’s Executive Bulletin, where she synthesizes research to support professional development. She has collaborated with correctional agencies across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand through Carleton University’s Criminal Justice Decision Making Laboratory. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, with recent research spanning risk assessment, missing data methodologies, and intimate partner violence.
Employment History
- Senior Research Associate, The Conference Board of Canada
- Editor-in-Chief, Global Institute of Forensic Research
- Writer, Global Institute of Forensic Research
- Senior Research Analyst, Canada Border Services Agency
- Research Analyst, Public Safety Canada
Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Forensic Psychology (Quantitative Methodology), Carleton University
- Master of Arts, Forensic Psychology, Carleton University
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Psychology and Applied Linguistics, Carleton University