Associated Research & Projects
Current Projects
This HORIZION WIDERA-funded project is dedicated to enhancing capabilities to protect archaeological sites from illegal excavations and looting across the EMMENA region. The Chairholder contributes criminological expertise, leads a work package, and is partnered with partnered Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (Cyprus), Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain), and Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy). Visit the project website.
CPP4ALL is a 4-year action funded by The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Association) that integrates, harmonizes, and disseminates existing knowledge while fostering the development of innovative services and tools to enhance cultural property protection across Europe and beyond. The Chairholder is Vice Chair of this COST Action. Visit the project website.
The PRICELESS Project, funded by the Dutch National Research Council (NVO) studies financial crime and the valuation of unique goods, particularly art and watches, under the banner of subversive crime. The Chairholder leads a project work package and supervises a PhD researcher on this project. Visit the project website.
Past and Related Projects
The European Research Council (ERC)-funded TRANSFORM Project studied the complex relationships between people and special objects (around antiquities, wildlife, and fossils) and how those relationships can lead to crime. The Chairholder was the Principal Investigator of this Project. Visit the project website.
In response to a tender for research by the European Commission, this study contributed to a better understanding of the illicit trade in cultural goods in Europe by providing insights into its various aspects, such as source, transit and destination of illicitly traded goods. The Chairholder was a subject expert for the study and is co-author of the report. Visit the report website.
Criminogenic Collectables
Supported by the Scottish Funding Council Global Challenges Research Fund, this project allowed a team of diverse criminologically-trained scholars from institutions in the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, and Fiji to conduct fieldwork on thee continents about “criminogenic collectables”: rare and precious objects that seem to inspire crime. The Chairholder was the Principle Investigator of this project.
Trafficking Culture, funded by the European Research Council, was a project that conducted evidence-based research into the contemporary global trade in looted cultural objects. It established a body of reliable evidence that supports the formulation of effective cultural heritage protection policy. The Chairholder was a Key Contributor to this Project. Visit the project website.