Artified fossils, desirescapes, and selling the unvaluable

The Peer Review Crisis: A Commitment and a Request
Posted on 27 October 2022
I’m here to peer review, but only if the submission is ready for reviewing

(Not) Self Plagiarism and Copy+Pasting Core Background Text
Posted on 22 October 2022
I’ve run out of new ways to describe antiquities trafficking background so I’m going to stop trying

New Paper: Creative compliance, neutralization techniques, and palaeontological ethics
Posted on 12 October 2022
Available Open Access from The Geological Curator

Same Names, Different Schemes
Posted on 10 October 2022
If you wait long enough, the same names turn up in art crime/fraud accusations again and again.

Seeking 3 (Remote) Interns for Art and Heritage Crime Research and Communications
Posted on 20 September 2022
These are unpaid, but flexible positions

Reviving Culture Crime News?
Posted on 20 September 2022
I don’t have time to do it, but maybe someone else does…

‘Afghan Genizah’ Paper: The ‘Silk Roads Programme’ at Cambridge University’s King’s College should NOT be included
Posted on 1 July 2022
Apologies. It is being corrected.

Yes there was a jewel heist in my city yesterday
Posted on 29 June 2022
But I’m not ready to talk about it

WCO’s Illicit Trade Report for 2021: No confusing charts and graphs
Posted on 29 June 2022
They’ve eliminated past pathways for misinterpretation

Call for PhD Proposals in Criminology
Posted on 22 June 2022
Fully-funded position open in my department

“Tribal addiction”? Urgh. The art market can’t give up racist descriptors
Posted on 13 June 2022
Another day, another Parisian sale of Precolumbian artefacts