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Academic Biography
Prof. Georgios A. Antonopoulos is a criminologist working on organised crime and illegal markets. He has taught at the University of Durham and has delivered guest lectures at several European universities including Utrecht University, the University of Trento, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, and the University of Zagreb. Previously he was visiting fellow at Sheffield University and at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. A former local government officer, he has worked in partnerships providing strategic direction to community safety partners with the aim of coordinating criminal policy. He has led and managed projects funded by the European Commission, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the British Ministry of Justice.
Prof. Antonopoulos is member of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, board member of the Cross-Border Crime Colloquium, series editor of the Routledge Studies in Organised Crime, and editor-in-chief of the journal Trends in Organised Crime. From 2010 to 2014 he was Chair of the North-East branch of the British Society of Criminology, and in 2014-2015 he served as executive director of the International Association for the Study of Organised Crime (IASOC). He has acted as expert or consultant to: the strategic analysis sector (e.g. Enterprise & Diplomatie Groupe ADIT, France; Sandstone SA, Luxemburg; Oxford Analytica, UK), RAND, the Centre for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria), Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the British Police, the UK Cabinet Office, the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, the US Department of Commerce, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He is a trustee of Recovery Connections, a charity to support those affected by substance abuse. Since 2019 he has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Summary of Research Interests
Research interests and areas of potential PhD supervision
Georgios' research interests include:
- ‘Organised crime’/ Illegal markets
- Human smuggling and trafficking
- Illicit tobacco trade
- Counterfeiting
- Criminal finances
- Human enhancement drugs
- Corruption in sports
- Criminal policy
Georgios would welcome applications from potential Ph.D candidates aiming to conduct research relating to his research interests.
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Projects
Hate speech tool for monitoring, analysing and tackling Anti-Muslim hatred
1/02/18 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
Research Output
HATEMETER: Hate speech tool for monitoring, analysing and tackling Anti-Muslim hatred online. eCrime
Di Nicola, A., Andreatta, D., Martini, E., Antonopoulos, G. A., Baratto, G., Bonino, S., Bressan, S., Burke, S., Cesarotti, F., Diba, P. & Ferret, J., 2020, Trento: eCrime. 71 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
How Eritreans plan, fund and manage irregular migration, and the extent of involvement of 'organised crime'
Whitle, J. & Antonopoulos, G., 1 May 2020, In : Crime Prevention and Community Safety. 22, 2, p. 173-190Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Illegal labour practices, trafficking and exploitation: An introduction to the special issue
Lloyd, A., Antonopoulos, G. & Papanicolaou, G., 11 Feb 2020, In : Trends in Organized Crime. 23, 1, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Looking ‘Acceptably’ Feminine: A Single Case Study of a Female Bodybuilder’s Use of Steroids
Kotzé, J., Richardson, A. & Antonopoulos, G., 17 Sep 2020, In : Performance Enhancement and Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
On irregular migration from Eritrea, human smuggling and ‘criminal networks’, CIROC Newsletter
Antonopoulos, G. & Whittle, J., Aug 2020, CIROC.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access