About this speaker
Having initially trained as a translator, Amber's journey as a criminologist began in 2012 while she was living and working in Calabria, Italy. Her experiences with anti-mafia organisations inspired her AHRC-funded PhD at the University of Bristol, which she successfully defended in 2018. She was appointed Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Gloucestershire in 2018, before joining UWE as Senior Lecturer in Criminology in 2020.
Amber's primary research interests are organised crime and financial crime, both of which draw on her continuing interest in mafia-type groups. She has developed international collaborative partnerships with law enforcement practitioners and fellow academics, and her work has been published in international journals including Trends in Organised Crime.
Amber's most recent work has focused on the social reuse of confiscated mafia assets in Italy, and the challenges faced by police officers investigating financial crime. She is currently researching asset recovery in the UK, supported by a VC Early Career Researcher Award.
