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Email

laura.bedford@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
School of Social and Political Sciences
Education
PhD
The University of Queensland
Masters (Research)
University KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelors Degree
University of Alberta
ORCID

0000-0002-7714-9546

Dr Laura Bedford

Senior Lecturer in Criminology
School of Social and Political Sciences

34 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The Imperial Extractivist Boomerang: The Spectre of (Un) just Transition in Spain
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Book Review: The Crimes of Digital Capitalism: Corporate Crime in an Age of Exploitation JiménezA. (2025). The Crimes of Digital Capitalism: Corporate Crime in an Age of Exploitation. New York University Press.
    DOI: 10.1177/2631309x251362850
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Water theft in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: Offender motivations and criminal justice outcomes
    DOI: 10.1177/26338076251331234
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    White-Collar and Corporate Crime
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Preventing Water Theft in the Murray-Darling Basin
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Solidarity as Praxis in Class Struggle
    DOI: 10.56687/9781529235319-013
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Ecologically Unequal Exchange, Transnational Mining, and Resistance: A Political Ecology Contribution to Green Criminology
    DOI: 10.1007/s10612-019-09464-6
Laura Bedford

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) (FHEA)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Earth Unbound: Situating Climate Change, Activism and Planetary Justice
    DOI: 10.51952/9781529235319.ch001
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Recalibrating Minimum Force: Some Unintended Consequences of Tom Swift's 'Electronic Rifle'
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56347-8_3
  • 2024

    Editorship

    PLANETARY JUSTICE: Stories and Studies of Action, Resistance and Solidarity
  • 2024

    Report

    Water Theft Project Murray-Darling Basin PROJECT DESCRIPTION, OBJECTIVES AND METHODS - DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 1
  • 2024

    Report

    Water Theft Project Murray-Darling Basin EXPLORING WATER THEFT - DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 2

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