Lauren Young

Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute
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(386) 825-5501
Location
London, England, United Kingdom, UK
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Advanced Open Water Diver
    PADI
    May, 2015
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Royal United Services Institute
    • United Kingdom
    • Think Tanks
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Research Fellow
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      Promoted to Research Fellow in July 2022.

    • Research Analyst
      • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

      I am a Research Analyst in the Organised Crime and Policing team at RUSI with expertise in wildlife crime and conservation.

  • University of Kent
    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PHD Candidate
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      I am researching wildlife trafficking networks by applying geographic profiling, connectivity analysis and graph theory to predict the most likely supply routes between poaching events and exit ports, in addition to crucial nodes where ivory is consolidated. Understanding these networks and predicting the criminal decision-making that shapes supply routes has the potential to improve the targeting of interventions, not just for elephant ivory but, by its extension, for other illegally traded commodities worldwide. Show less

  • Freelance
    • London, England, United Kingdom
    • Independent Consultant advising on Wildlife Crime and Conservation
      • Sep 2020 - Present

      I am an Independent Consultant advising on organised environmental crime, primarily wildlife trafficking. My previous research includes an investigation of new strategies for tackling cyber-enabled wildlife crime in the UK, the development of e-crime tools for law enforcement agencies in Southeast Asia as part of a DEFRA Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund collaboration between Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), a strategic review of the South African Development Community’s (SADC) Law Enforcement and Anti-Poaching (LEAP) strategy for USAID, and an economic analysis of illegal wildlife supply chains in Eastern and Southern Africa for Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). Show less

  • Esperanza Verde International
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Vice President
      • Jul 2014 - Present

      Esperanza Verde (EV) is a wildlife rescue centre and conservation project in the Amazon Rainforest. EV gives wildlife confiscated from the illegal trade a second chance, and protects rainforest habitat. • Working from Peru and remotely from the UK, I play a key role in determining the focus and direction of the project. I source funding and expertise, manage staff and volunteers, conduct research, represent the organisation in interviews and on social media platforms, and work hands-on rehabilitating and releasing wildlife. • I coordinate development projects and advise on strategies, with consideration of local stakeholders, animal welfare, ecological impacts, potential biodiversity issues, and environmental policy. • I am Vice President of the International Association (EVI) and I established the UK Charity (Reg No. 1176480). I regularly liaise with EVI’s external partners and provide progress reports to sponsors. I have also independently sourced funding for several projects; including a grant from Lush Cosmetics to build rehabilitation enclosures to release native species back to their natural environment. Show less

  • Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
    • Switzerland
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

      GI-TOC was preparing a scientific report on wildlife trade in Eastern and Southern Africa. As a research assistant, I consolidated and analysed large quantities of qualitative and quantitative data relating to the trade of cycad species. GI-TOC was preparing a scientific report on wildlife trade in Eastern and Southern Africa. As a research assistant, I consolidated and analysed large quantities of qualitative and quantitative data relating to the trade of cycad species.

  • CDC Group plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Team Assistant
      • Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

      CDC Group is a development finance institution investing in businesses across Africa and Asia. They aim to create jobs in some of the world’s poorest regions. Alongside my work at Esperanza Verde and prior to starting my MSc, I supported the investment team and arranged complex travel itineraries to remote regions in Africa. The team regularly visited some of the world’s most high-risk destinations; I facilitated and supported their travel from the London office. I carried out risk assessments and arranged every element of their travel. Although CDC’s focus was not wildlife conservation, their commitment to creating jobs for local people taught me that safeguarding local livelihoods is vital to the success and longevity of any venture. Show less

Education

  • University of Kent
    Master of Science - MS, Conservation and International Wildlife Trade
    2019 - 2020
  • Utrecht University
    Short Course, Observing Primate Behaviour
    2019 - 2019
  • UCL
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, History
    2007 - 2010
  • Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College
    A Level & GCSE
    2000 - 2007

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