Dr Emiline Smith is an Associate Professor in Criminology at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow. Her research examines the protection, securitisation and restitution of cultural and natural resources, with a particular focus on illicit transnational trade and the ways in which the looting and trafficking of cultural and natural heritage can be prevented or disrupted. Her work explores why and how people participate in illicit transnational markets, alongside broader research on transnational and white-collar crime, and crimes and harms affecting oceans and ecosystems. Her research is grounded in extensive ethnographic fieldwork across Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the UK. Dr Smith advises governmental and non-governmental organisations on the protection, securitisation and restitution of cultural and natural resources. Her work has been published widely in academic journals and edited volumes and regularly features in national and international media.