Biography

Dr Nicholas Pamment is Director of Innovation and a member of the Senior Leadership Team. He leads strategic initiatives in contract management, tendering and short-course development.  He also serves as one of the strategic leads for the Police Education Consortium, overseeing police entry programmes across several UK forces.

Nicholas teaches across the core criminology curriculum, with specialisms in wildlife crime and youth justice. His work is grounded in a strong applied focus and a commitment to capacity building and the development of effective, human-centred conservation strategies. He has delivered training as part of the Wildlife Crime Leadership Initiative, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, supporting enforcement officers in addressing wildlife trafficking. He has also worked with the Botswana Police Service to design and accredit a comprehensive pre-service training programme for new recruits.

In 2015, alongside Dr Caroline Cox, he launched The Ivory Project at the House of Commons, an initiative examining the role of the UK antiques trade in the sale of ivory.  He is Deputy Lead of the Victimology and Ecological Justice Research Group, which brings together scholars working on wildlife crime, conservation and climate change. His publications span raptor persecution, wildlife forensics, ivory market regulation, research methods and youth crime. A regular speaker at national and international conferences, Nicholas recently delivered a keynote address at the Climate, Energy, and Environmental Justices and Transitions conference, hosted by the European University Institute in Florence.

ResearchGate Profile

Research interests

• Wildlife Crime
• Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT)
• Conservation Social Sciences
• Green Criminology
• Environmental Justice
• Youth Crime, Youth Justice

Teaching responsibilities

• Publication and Dissemination (M23865), Level 8
• Global Advances in Wildlife Crime Investigation (M32555), Level 7
• Green Crime and Environmental Justice (M30811), Level 6
• Ecological Justice and Climate Change Criminology (M32541), Level 6
• Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response (M23803), Level 5
• Youth Crime, Youth Justice (M21007), Level 5