 Wall's specialist area of research is crime and information technology, particularly with regard to policing and cybercrime, organised crime and intellectual property crime (counterfeiting).He has a sustained track record of conducting sole and collaborative research projects for the EU, AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC, Nuffield, Home Office, Law Society and many others.He is currently conducting various interdisciplinary research projects into Cybercrime and Cybersecurity (RIUK (formerly RCUK) with various partners).