Kristian is an investigative criminologist specialising in the study of elite networks involved in the organisation of serious economic crime. His research focuses thematically on grand corruption, kleptocracy, money laundering and environmental crimes. Kristian’s area-focus is the Asia-Pacific, Central Asia, Russia, ‘the offshore’, and international financial centres. He specialises in using advanced investigative methods to track complex illicit schemes and the transnational enabling structures they are executed through.
Kristian’s first book State Crime on the Margins of Empire was published by Pluto Press in 2014. His second book, Uncovering The Crimes of Urbanisation, was published by Routledge in 2018. He also collaborates with investigative journalists at the BBC, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe, OCCRP, Open Democracy and Tages-Anzeiger.
