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Dr Alexander Baird is an Associate Research Fellow at Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation within the Faculty of Arts and Education. His research focuses on green criminology, environmental crime, and water theft in Australia and transnational contexts. He leads an Australian Research Council-funded project on preventing water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin, emphasizing state and corporate commodification of natural resources. He holds degrees in Arts (Honours) and Criminology from Deakin University.
- Education:
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Deakin University
- Bachelor of Criminology, Deakin University
His research interests explore environmental harm through criminological lenses, including ecological justice, water markets, and colonial impacts on resource management. Current projects investigate water theft motivations, regulatory interventions, and surfveillance in public spaces. He collaborates on interdisciplinary studies addressing environmental policy and crime's carbon footprint.
Key grants include an ARC Discovery Project (2023–2026) involving researchers like Walters, Bedford, and Austin. He supervises doctoral student Holly Austin on water theft's biodiversity and mental health impacts. Baird's work bridges criminology with environmental science, offering policy-relevant insights into resource exploitation and justice frameworks.
His publications span journals like Journal of Criminology and Critical Criminology, addressing topics from water theft typologies to surveillance ethics in sports venues.
