Professor Clare has experience in Australia and Canada in conducting applied, operations-focused research with emergency first responders and criminal justice agencies. He is committed to helping applied practitioners utilize theory, research, and analysis to enhance the understanding of problems they are encountering with a view to developing, implementing, and evaluating novel, creative intervention strategies. Since 2005 his research focus has been on using available data to contribute to solving applied problems. Current research activities focus on disrupting stolen goods markets, preventing elder abuse, and measuring and minimising academic misconduct.