October 31, 2022
Mackenzie presenting TRANSFORM project to Minister for Research, Science and Innovation
Dr Simon Mackenzie will present TRAFFICKING TRANSFORMATIONS project to the New Zealand’s Minister for Research, Science and Innovation on November 1, 2022. The focus of presentation will be on emerging […]
February 8, 2022
Criminology towards the metaverse: Cryptocurrency scams, grey economy and the technosocial
Mackenzie, Simon (2022) Criminology towards the metaverse: Cryptocurrency scams, grey economy and the technosocial. The British Journal of Criminology. 
November 9, 2021
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 […]
August 31, 2021
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. […]
August 31, 2021
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 […]
August 23, 2021
NFTs: Digital things and their criminal lives
Mackenzie, Simon and Diāna Bērziņa (2021) NFTs: Digital things and their criminal lives. Crime,Media,Culture.
August 12, 2021
Regulating the Wild West: Symbolic Security Bubbles and White Collar Crime in the Art Market
Oosterman, Naomi, Simon Mackenzie, and Donna Yates (2021) Regulating the Wild West: Symbolic Security Bubbles and White Collar Crime in the Art Market. Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, […]
July 26, 2021
Mackenzie speaking at NZIPA Conference & AGM, 6 August
Dr Simon Mackenzie will give an in-person presentation at Annual Conference and AGM held by the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys. Dr Mackenzie will give a talk titled “NFTs: […]
July 24, 2021
Mackenzie’s inaugural lecture, 11 August
Professor Simon Mackenzie will give his inaugural lecture on 11 August. The lecture titled “Cryptocurrency scams and criminology” will cover some of the scams currently flourishing in this new and […]
June 23, 2021
Mackenzie speaking at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, 29-30 June
Dr Simon Mackenzie has been invited to speak at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference which celebrates 50th anniversary of the 1970 Convention. The conference is organised jointly by the UNESCO office in […]
May 4, 2021
Mackenzie speaking at symposium “Preventing Art Crime”, 29 May
Dr Simon Mackenzie will be speaking at symposium “Preventing Art Crime” organised by The New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust. The symposium will take place at City Gallery Wellington on […]
April 15, 2021
We are hosting “The Power of Things” conference, 6 May
“Trafficking Transformations” project is hosting an online conference “The Power of Things: Understanding relationships between objects and crime. The conference will take place on 6 May 2021.  This conference takes […]