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International Journal of Law, Crime and JusticeAcademic Publishing

Tackling Wildlife Crime and Wildlife Trafficking

Location

Remote, Global

Work type

Remote

Employment

Contract

Experience

Experience flexible

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

1h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

This Call for Papers invites scholars to submit research for a special issue on wildlife crime and trafficking. Contributions will explore the dynamics of wildlife offending, legal frameworks, and challenges faced by policymakers and enforcement agencies.

This Special Issue brings together scholars working at the intersection of criminology, criminal law, policing, conservation, environmental justice and socio-legal studies to explore the evolving nature, scale and impacts of wildlife crime and wildlife trafficking, including fisheries crime, illegal logging, timber trafficking, and offences involving protected or endangered species.

Contributions will examine the organisation and dynamics of wildlife offending, the harms experienced by human and non-human communities, the legal and regulatory frameworks developed to address these crimes, and the contemporary challenges facing policymakers, practitioners and enforcement agencies in preventing and responding to wildlife crime.

Guest editors:

  • Dr. Nicholas Pamment, University of Portsmouth

  • Dr. Tanya Wyatt, Independent Scholar, Vienna, Austria

The Special Issue also seeks to critically examine contemporary enforcement and governance challenges, including corruption, organised crime involvement, forensic and technological developments, border control, online wildlife markets, demand reduction strategies, and the role of international cooperation and multi-agency partnerships. In doing so, it aims to explore broader questions of environmental justice, ecological harm, species protection, and the relationship between wildlife crime, sustainability and global inequality.

Alongside identifying emerging threats and future challenges, this Special Issue will bring together innovative research, policy analysis, and practitioner perspectives to support more effective, equitable and interdisciplinary responses to wildlife crime and wildlife trafficking.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Transnational organised wildlife crime networks

  • Wildlife cybercrime, online trafficking and digital ecosystems

  • Green criminology, environmental justice and ecological harm

  • Wildlife policing, investigation and prosecution

  • Wildlife forensics and technological innovation

  • International law, regulation and transnational cooperation

  • Corruption, illicit markets and organised crime

  • Biodiversity loss, conservation and sustainability

  • Human-wildlife conflict and community responses

  • Emerging challenges and innovative responses to wildlife crime and trafficking

Submission deadline: 01 January 2027

Updated 1h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Criminology • 1+ yrs
Criminal Law • 1+ yrs
Policing • 1+ yrs
Conservation • 1+ yrs
Environmental Justice • 1+ yrs
Socio-legal Studies • 1+ yrs
Wildlife Forensics • 1+ yrs
International Law • 1+ yrs

Experience

Experience flexible

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Contract

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationRemote, Global
Work typeRemote
Global hiringNo

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Company snapshot

Company

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

Team size

Growing team

Location

Remote, Global

The International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice is publishing a special issue focused on the evolving nature, scale, and impacts of wildlife crime and wildlife trafficking, inviting scholarly submissions from various interdisciplinary perspectives.

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Tackling Wildlife Crime and Wildlife Trafficking

Remote, GlobalContract