Allison Owen

Allison is an Associate Fellow at RUSI’s Centre for Finance and Security. Her primary research projects focus on the policy and security dimensions of cryptocurrency and new payment methods.

Allison supports RUSI’s work on cryptocurrency and counter-proliferation finance, as well as provides guidance for the private and public sector to understand and mitigate associated threats.

Prior to joining RUSI, Allison worked as an electrical engineer at Honeywell and as a graduate research assistant at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism. She holds a Master of Arts in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, a Master of Arts in International Affairs from MGIMO University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas.