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Nicholas Lord is Professor of Criminology at the University of Manchester's School of Social Sciences. He serves as Director of the Centre for Digital Trust and Society and Director of CrimRxiv. His research examines international corruption/fraud regulation, organization of serious financial crimes, and implementation of criminological analysis in fraud enforcement.
Research interests span corporate bribery, food fraud, illicit finance, and comparative regulatory systems. His work connects criminological theory with practical enforcement challenges in financial crime.
Recent publications explore AI-enabled fraud control, shell company misuse, sports corruption, and fisheries crime. Research consistently addresses how digitalization and globalization transform criminal enterprise and regulatory responses.
Awards include the Criminology Book Prize (2015), RISCS Cyber Risk Prize (2022), and Young Career Award (2014). Current funded projects examine online shell company markets (SSHRC 2024-2027), fisheries crime in Norway (2021-2025), and FinTech crime prevention.
He leads multiple research networks including the European Working Group on Organisational Crime and co-founded the European Food Crime Research Group.
