Bio
Dr Tanya Wyatt's research specialisms are wildlife trafficking and animal welfare. She was the project leader for the Scottish Government and DEFRA-funded project ‘Scoping Research on the Illegal Puppy Trade and Puppy Farming’ investigating the nature and scope of illegal and irresponsible puppy breeding and trade happening within England, Scotland and Wales.
Tanya was also the co-investigator on a British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship about the trade and trafficking of wildlife between Mexico and the EU. She is helping to continue this avenue of research on an EU funded project, which is further exploring approaches to sustainable and traceable trade. In collaboration with Dr Angus Nurse at Middlesex University, Tanya and Northumbria colleagues are beginning a project investigating the links between animal abuse and inter-human violence for the League Against Cruel Sports and the Spanish organisation, CoPPA (Coordinator of Professionals for the Prevention of Abuses).
Tanya was recently awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council Leadership Fellowship for her proposed two-year project ‘Lessons learned on the implementation of and compliance with the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)’. She is dedicated to decreasing wildlife trafficking and her research uncovers how this is facilitated through corruption and organised crime. She has written numerous books and articles on the topic, including Wildlife Trafficking: A deconstruction of the crime, the victims and the offenders published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Related Publications
Professional enablers of economic crime during crises
- financial crisis
- Professional enablers
- economic crime
- corruption
- humanitarian crisis
Integrity risks for international businesses in Kenya
- business integrity
- business
- private sector
- business environment
- foreign direct investment
- Kenya
Literature Review on Corruption, Narcotics, and Illegal Arms Trade
- narcotics
- organised crime
- illegal arms
Mainstreaming anti-corruption into global programmes: Literature review
Technological innovations to identify and reduce corruption
- reporting corruption
- information communication technologies icts
- mobile phones
- detection
Tanya Wyatt
Affiliation
Northumbria University
Professional Title
Associate Professor
Region
- Americas
- Europe and Central Asia
Country/Territory
Topics
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Illicit financial flows
- Money laundering
- Rule of law
- Environment
- Forestry
- Organised crime
Specialisms
Wildlife and Timber Trafficking; Corruption; National Security