Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
- Financial Crime, compliance and risk
- EU Energy security and law
- Comparative counter-terrorism and societal security
- International trade and economic law
- Digital property and assets
Biography
Prof Dr Umut Turksen is a student centered and a business facing legal academic.
He is interested in the practical application of the law in innovation, societal security and development. He has provided consultancy and training to prestigious international businesses and government projects. This includes technical assistance programmes to multinational corporations (e.g. France Telecom, Orange, Wilmington Plc) and international organisations (e.g. NATO, OECD, CEPOL, EUROPOL, Commonwealth Environmental Investment Forum), professional development training to keystakeholders and to the EU funded projects (e.g. Secucities, MUTRAP III). In addition to his expertise in EU energy security & law, Prof Turksen has extensive knowledge of countering financial crimes (e.g. fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing) as well as publications in international trade, arbitration and investment.
His current research involves four different topics:
1) Use of artificial intelligence in tracking illicit financial flows;
2) Impact of digital assests and non-fungible tokens;
3) Solidarity in EU's external energy trade and security; and
4) Illicit trafficking of cultural goods and rare earth elements.
He is currently leading a EU H2020 project, TRACE, https://trace-illicit-money-flows.eu.
He welcomes PhD proposals in these areas in particular.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Senior research consultant, VIENNA CENTRE FOR SOCIETAL SECURITY
1 Jun 2022 → …
Innovation Caucus, Innovation Caucus
1 Jan 2019 → …
Executive of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association
Trustee of the Sturts Farm Camphill Community
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Countering Tax Crime in the European Union: Benchmarking the OECD’s Ten Global Principles
Turksen, U., 22 Oct 2022, 1 ed. Hart Publishing. 309 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Harnessing African Free Trade Area and WTO for Clean Energy Transition
Turksen, U. & Abukari, A., 11 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Law and Development Review. (In-Press), p. (In-Press)Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harnessing AI for due diligence in CBI Programmes. Legal and Ethical Challenges
Joseph, J. D. & Turksen, U., 1 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Ethics and Legal Technologies (JELT). 4, 2, p. 3-25 24 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Art of Money Laundering with Non-Fungible Tokens: A myth or reality?
Kafteranis, D. & Turksen, U., 25 Oct 2021, In: European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin. 22, 6, p. 23-31 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cybercrime in Action
Turksen, U., Akdemir, N. & Lawless, C., 15 Oct 2021, 1 ed. Nobel Academic Publishing. 384 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or Edited Book › peer-review
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OECD - Task Force on Tax Crimes and Other Crimes
Umut Turksen (Speaker)
22 Jun 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Indiana University and Leeds University - Summer Tax Workshop Series
Umut Turksen (Speaker)
15 May 2020 → 1 Aug 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Journal of Banking Regulation (Journal)
Umut Turksen (Peer Reviewer)
1 Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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The 37th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime
Lorenzo Pasculli (Convenor), Umut Turksen (Co-convenor) & Dalvinder Singh (Invited Speaker)
6 Sep 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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The 36th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime
Lorenzo Pasculli (Convenor) & Umut Turksen (Co-convenor)
6 Sep 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference