Volker Eick is a political scientist active in the Faculty of Law, Centre for European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen. His primary fields of research include urban security regimes, the commercialization of security, security technology, workfare and new social movements. His latest publication was „Lokale Kriminal- und Sicherheitspolitik“ ("Local Crime and Safety Policies") in: Heinz-Jürgen Dahme, Norbert Wohlfahrt (Hg.), Handbuch Kommunale Sozialpolitik, Hamburg 2011.