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Elliot Doornbos

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Staff Group(s)
Criminology and Criminal Justice

Role

Senior Lecturer in Criminology

Career overview

Elliot Doornbos is a Senior Lecturer of Criminology in the Criminal Justice Department, In addition to his teaching and research roles Elliot is module leader for the year three module Green Criminology He is also a supervisor for third year dissertations. Elliot is currently studying for his doctorate at Nottingham Trent University, which focuses on the trafficking of whale shark fins.

Modules taught on:

Crim30605 Green Criminology (Module Leader)

Drugs Crime and Justice

Conversations in Criminology

Research areas

Elliot's research interests include:

  • The protection of endangered species and species justice.
  • Green Criminology.
  • Transnational crime.

Publications

Doornbos, E. (2024) “In the interest of hippos: Reflecting on the interests of the Colombian hippo population and their management”, Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia, 48(187), pp. 413–416. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.2648

Doornbos, E. (2023) Colombian Hippos and Species Management: Exploring the Legal Case Surrounding the Management and Control of the Colombian Hippos from a Species Justice Perspective. Laws, 12, 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws12020029

Op-Eds:

Doornbos, E and Whitehead, J (2024)  Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific – but one treaty won’t be enough to protect them.  The  Conversation  (Online) available at: https://theconversation.com/whales-and-dolphins-now-have-legal-personhood-in-the-pacific-but-one-treaty-wont-be-enough-to-protect-them-227615

Doornbos, E and Nurse A. (2023)  UK ivory trade ban extended to five more species – here’s why we think it will be ineffective. The conversation (Online) available at:  https://theconversation.com/uk-ivory-trade-ban-extended-to-five-more-species-heres-why-we-think-it-will-be-ineffective-206709

Munk, T and Doornbos E. (2023) Verden mistede interessen for økokatastrofen. Jyllands- Posten (Online) available at:  Verden mistede interessen for økokatastrofen (jyllands-posten.dk)

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Press expertise

Elliot did a live interview on Mornings with Simi on 980 CKNW regarding the Colombian hippo population and their management.

Elliot was quoted in a nature article titled: Colombia begins sterilizing its invasive hippos: what scientists think.