The TRANSFORM Project studies the complex relationships between people and objects and how those relationships can lead to crime.
TRANSFORM doesn’t just focus on criminal acts.
We are interested in legal interactions with objects too.
By learning about the legal and illegal networks that form around antiquities, wildlife, and fossils we hope to better understand why people break the law and to develop better ways to protect these objects.
Brodie and Yates speaking at UNESCO/EU Workshop, 27 January
Neil Brodie and Donna Yates will give a keynote presentation titled “Money Laundering and Antiquities” at UNESCO/EU Workshop on the Role of the Financial Sector in the Fight against Illicit
New book edited by Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates out now!
New book titled Crime and Art: Sociological and Criminological Perspectives of Crimes in the Art World edited by Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates is out now! “This volume brings together work
Yates speaking at GIJN conference on 2 November
Dr Donna Yates will speak at Global Investigative Journalism Conference taking place online, 1-5 November. Dr Yates will participate in session titled The New Organized Crime taking place on 2
Mackenzie’s inaugural lecture now available online
Dr Simon Mackenzie’s inaugural lecture titled “Cryptocurrency scams and criminology” covered some of the scams currently flourishing in this new and alternative financial system. The lecture is now available online.
Mackenzie giving a talk on NFTs and cryptocurrency, 7 September
Dr Simon Mackenzie will give a talk titled ‘Bored apes and cryptopunks: Can you really make a million flipping jpegs in the new cyber economy of digital art’ to the
Hübschle on The “Crime Spot meets SHERLOC” podcast
Dr. Annette Hübschle makes an appearance on the “Crime Spot meets SHERLOC” podcast. This podcast explores ‘transnational organized crime investigations, whilst drawing on the expertise of UNODC and the open-source
Why There is Still an Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects and What We Can Do About It
Brodie, Neil, Morag M. Kersel, Simon Mackenzie, Isber Sabrine, Emiline Smith and Donna Yates (2021) Why There is Still an Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects and What We Can Do
Oosterman, Naomi and Donna Yates (editors) (2021) Crime and Art. Cham: Springer.
Yates, Donna (2021) Crime and its objects. Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 51(2): 307-312.
Comparative Analysis of Illicit Supply Network Structure and Operations: Cocaine, Wildlife, and Sand
Magliocca, Nicholas, Aurora Torres, Jared Margulies, Kendra McSweeney, Inés Arroyo-Quiroz, Neil Carter, Kevin Curtin, Tara Easter, Meredith Gore, Annette Hübschle, Francis Massé, Aunshul Rege, and Elizabeth Tellman (2021) Comparative Analysis
Protecting a Broken Window: Vandalism and Security at Rural Rock Art Sites
Yates, Donna, Diāna Bērziņa, and Aaron Wright (2021) Protecting a Broken Window: Vandalism and Security at Rural Rock Art Sites. The Professional Geographer.
Investigating Antiquities Trafficking
Yates, Donna (2021) Investigating Antiquities Trafficking. Global Investigative Journalism Network , 20 September: online.