Lauren is currently studying for her Ph.D. in Biodiversity Management at DICE, where she is developing new and interdisciplinary methods to intercept elephant ivory traffickers. Alongside this, Lauren is a Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) where her research covers a range of topics related to environmental crime and addressing unsustainable uses of natural resources. Her work has investigated transnational organised criminal networks engaged in environmental crime, cyber-enabled wildlife crime in the UK and Southeast Asia, illegal wildlife trade strategies and supply chains in Eastern and Southern Africa, and illegal fishing and climate change.
Lauren has also worked extensively with wildlife in the Peruvian Amazon where she helps coordinate Esperanza Verde, a wildlife rescue centre and conservation project. She has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s “Costing the Earth”, regularly authors op-eds and is the host of the podcast "Net Earth".
She holds an MSc (Distinction) in Conservation and International Wildlife Trade from DICE, and a BA (Hons) in History from University College London. She is also a visiting lecturer at the University of West London.
Wildlife Trade, Environmental Crime, Climate Change
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