Contribute to SIPSI

SIPSI (Security and Intelligence Professional Studies Initiative) is building a publishing and collaboration platform to strengthen the collective voice of people who are passionate about improving how we practice security and intelligence.

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Many practitioners and educators have valuable lessons, frameworks, and best practices, but don’t want peer-review timelines or “influencer” culture. SIPSI exists to publish useful, ethical, evidence-informed work that can shape practice, education, and professional standards.

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What SIPSI hopes to achieve (for now)

1.  A credible publishing platform (website, LinkedIn and periodicals) for practitioner-and-educator writing. 

2. A collaboration loop that makes it easier and safer to publish.

3. A stronger collective voice that can influence how the field learns and evolves.

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Ways to contribute 

• Write short, practitioner-focused articles or guides. This will be published on the SIPSI web page and LinkedIn page, while you can still use it on your own page. We also foresee a periodic SIPSI publication.    

• Develop practical guides for publication on the SIPSI webpage and other selling platforms (Amazon, Etsy, etc).

• Review drafts for clarity, usefulness, ethics/safety.

• Convene briefings, roundtables, and guest sessions to help build the community spirit and

• Connect SIPSI to universities, programs, and partners for collaborations.

 

What we publish

1. Practice Notes:  Short, practitioner-facing pieces that capture lessons, patterns, and best practices, written to be used, not just read. (250–800 words)

2. Working Papers: More developed thinking that bridges disciplines and proposes frameworks, standards, or approaches. (1200-3000 words)

3. Teaching notes: Educator-facing resources that translate SIPSI ideas into learning design: outcomes, prompts, session flow, and assessment ideas. (1-3 pages)

4. SIPSI Guides: Practical resources such as frameworks, templates, rubrics, checklists, or facilitation guides that are presented clearly and professionally. (1-5 pages)

 

​Our publishing norms

• Ethics and safety first: No confidential, operationally sensitive, or identifiable content. Experience-based and interview-based insights must be anonymised and synthesised.

• Respectful challenge: We question assumptions without attacking people. SIPSI is not a home for personal disputes or partisan advocacy.

• Evidence & lived experience: Be clear about what you know, what you believe, and what you’re inferring. Aim for usefulness over performance.

• Credit and integrity: Contributors receive clear credit unless anonymity is requested. We respect authorship and intellectual integrity.

 

Review process (lightweight)

Before publishing, SIPSI applies a simple check:

• ethics/safety (anonymity and sensitivity)

• clarity and usefulness

• fit with SIPSI tone and mission

We may suggest edits. If something creates risk, we revise or we don’t publish. Ethics overrides speed.

 

How to get started

Email us with:

1. your preferred contribution: write/review/convene/connect

2. 1–2 topics you care about

3. Your realistic capacity to contribute 

We’ll reply with:

• a simple template for the publications

• anonymisation and referencing guidance

• a short email acknowledgement line for community norms

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Payment model (for products)

If you create a product SIPSI publishes for sale on SIPSI.org, you earn a revenue share when it sells. The default: Creator(s) 60% / SIPSI 40% of Net Receipts.​

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