Walls of secrecy

We are proud to present our forthcoming project, funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant. This project will commence in 2025 and will run for a period of 5 years, in collaboration with the Department of Law, Society and Crime of Erasmus University Rotterdam. 

This research aims to understand how, where and why medical/legal businesses facilitate, conceal and launder illegal transplants and assesses the implications for anti-organ trade responses.

The aims will be addressed through online research, ethnographic fieldwork and studies of the most recently prosecuted cases across the globe. The project is guided by a unique theoretical framework that combines notions from criminology, transplant medicine and medical ethics.

In 2025 we will launch a recruitment process, together with Erasmus University's Department of Law, Society and Crime for 2 talented PhD students to join our team, who have experience conducting qualitative/ethnographic fieldwork into hidden crimes. The students will be employed by Erasmus MC and will also be able to work from Erasmus University's Department of Law, Society and Crime.

More info will follow in the course of 2025.