Laura Gutiérrez

Dr Laura Gutiérrez is a Lecturer in Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool's School of Law and Social Justice, part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She holds degrees including a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Sheffield. Her work focuses on green criminology, socio-environmental harm from extractive industries, and wildlife crime, particularly in non-Western contexts. She explores Global North-South relations and uses qualitative, interdisciplinary methods.

Education: LL.B, MA, MPhil, PhD. Research emphasizes the political ecologies of environmental crime, with notable projects on the illegal wildlife trade and Colombian policing practices. Advocacy work includes mental health in academia, fieldwork safety, and resistance to precaritisation in higher education.

Teaching includes modules like 'Criminological Perspectives and Their Applications' and 'Dissertation 2'. No listed awards or grants are mentioned, but her work contributes to critical debates in environmental and global criminology.