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Biography
Kristian Lasslett is Professor of Criminology at Ulster University and sits on the Executive Board of the International State Crime Initiative. He is joint Editor-in-Chief of State Crime, a leading international peer reviewed journal, and co-founder of the investigative research centre, UzInvestigations. Kristian’s investigative research focuses on criminogenic intersections of state and corporate power, the transnational structures that facilitate elite criminality, and the communities of resistance that emerge in opposition.
This focus has been operationalised through fieldwork on the extractive industries in South-East Asia and Central Asia, in addition to investigative work on grand corruption, kleptocracy, asset recovery, land-grabbing and forced eviction. Kristian has published on a range of subjects in leading international journals and edited collections, including scientific method, state theory, investigative research methodologies, decolonial theory, state-corporate crime, corruption, and forced eviction.
His investigations into corruption and transnational crime have appeared in the BBC, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe, Open Democracy and Tages-Anzeiger. He is the producer of the feature documentary Ophir and project director of web-documentary series, The Colonial Syndrome. His first book State Crime on the Margins of Empire was published by Pluto Press in 2014. His second book, Uncovering The Crimes of Urbanisation, was published by Routledge in 2018.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Shadow State Structures and the Threat to Anti-Corruption Enforcement: Evidence from Uzbekistan’s Telecommunications Bribery Scandal
Lasslett, K. & Capus, N., 19 Oct 2023, (Published online) In: Crime, Law and Social Change. 81, 4, p. 343-364 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“We will give our blood, but not our land!”—Repertoires of resistance and state-organized land-grabbing at a Bangladeshi tea plantation
Khan, A. & Lasslett, K., 26 May 2023, In: State Crime Journal. 12, 1, p. 68-95 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What the public wants and how it is best served: forensic scientists’ perceptions of the drivers of public value creation
O'Connor, K., Lasslett, K., Bunyan, S. & Duffy, D., 20 May 2022, (Published online) In: International Review of Administrative Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Behind the Entrepreneurial Veil: State Aid and Elites in Uzbekistan
Lasslett, K., 2020, UzInvestigations. (Power Briefs | Central Asia)Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Prizes
Profiles
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Blockchain, the Virtual Offshore, and Economic Crime: An Investigative Ethnography
Lasslett, K. (PI), Payne, B. (CoI), Murray, C. (CoI) & MacGiollabhui, S. (CoI)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
15/09/25 → 14/03/29
Project: Research
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Family dynamics, healing and supporting healthy outcomes following the discovery of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) use within the family.
Payne, B. (PI), Murray, C. (CoI), McNaull, G. (CoI) & Lasslett, K. (CoI)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
15/09/25 → 15/03/30
Project: Research
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Examining Environmental Influences Affecting Opioid Substitution Therapy in the North and South of Ireland.
Harris, J. (PI), McLaughlin, A. (CoI), Murray, C. (CoI), Lasslett, K. (CoI) & Roddy, S. (CoI)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
15/09/25 → 14/03/30
Project: Research
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Driving Disruption of the Global Order: A Study of Transnational Networks Shaping Non-Western Shadow Spaces
Lasslett, K. (PI) & Stanczak, D. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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The Impact of Bespoke Interventions for Short-Term Sentenced Prisoners: Exploring Northern Ireland (NI) based initiatives during and post custody
Murray, C. (PI), Coyle, B. (CoI), Lasslett, K. (CoI) & Wekesa, M. (CoI)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
16/09/24 → 16/09/32
Project: Research