Umut Turksen, Prof. Dr.

 

Senior Research Fellow

phone: +44 7530 832 350
e-mail: umut.turksen@vicesse.eu

 Full CV & Publication List: Here

Biography

Umut Turksen is Professor in Law at Coventry University, UK, where his work has included the roles of: Associate head of law school (2018-2020), responsible for overall research environment at Coventry Law School. Co-leading the Faculty of Business and Law Research Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity and co-chair of the professoriate of the Faculty of Business and Law. Mentoring early career academics in their research, research funding and impact for the REF. Director of studies for 8 PhD candidates. Leading a € 3 million H2020 project PROTAX as well as a € 7 million H2020 project, TRACE. Advisor for two other EU projects (COFFERS and VIRTUe) as well as for a project for the UK Cabinet Office’s Accelerated Development Scheme – the Future Leaders Scheme (total value £8 million). His external appointments and consultancy work currently include: Instructor for European Financial and Economic Crime Centre, EUROPOL. Advisor to the OECD on Capacity Building Programme for countering tax crimes. Instructor at NATO–COEDAT, Centre for Excellence Defence Against Terrorism. Instructor at CEPOL(European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training). Member of the Innovation Caucus, UKRI, ESRC and Innovate UK- https://innovationcaucus.co.uk (2019 – Present). EU Commission, Research Executive Agency – H2020 Reviewer.  

Research focus

  • international economic and trade law

  • public international law

  • WTO Law

  • international arbitration

  • European Union Law

  • constitutional law

  • comparative counter-terrorism measures

  • human rights

  • financial crime

  • energy law

  • virtual assets law

 Recent Publications

 

Turksen U., Whistle-blower Protection in the EU: Critical Analysis of Challenges and Future Prospects in Whistleblowing e Prevenzione Dell’illegalità. atti del i convegno annuale del dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche “Cesare Beccaria”, (Eds) Della bella A. and Zorzetto S., (Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, 2020).

Turksen U., (Monograph) Countering Tax Crimes in the European Union: Benchmarking the OECD’s Ten Global Principles, (Hart Publishing, 2021)

TurksenU.,andKassemR.,‘TheRoleofPublicAuditorsinDetectingFraud-ACriticalReview’, Forthcoming 2021 in (Eds), Contemporary Issues in Public Sector Accounting and Auditing – CSEF, Vol 105 (Emerald, 2021)

Turksen U., Akdemir N. and Lawless C., Cybercrime in Action, (Nobel Publishing, 2021)

TurksenUandVozzaD.,WhentheStateKeepsItontheHush:OntheLimitstothePunishment of Whistle-blowers in Grasso C., Whistle-blowers: Voices of Justice (Springer International, 2022).

Turksen U. and Abukari A., Harnessing African Free Trade Area and WTO for Clean Energy Transition, (2022) Law and Development Review, Vol.2.

Turksen U., Rasmouki F., Kreissl R. and Vozza D., Tax Crimes and Enforcement in the European Union: Solutions for Bridging the Gaps in Law, Policy and Practice, (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2022)

Turksen U. and Vozza D., ‘Organised Tax Fraud and EU Criminal Justice Responses: An Identification of the Missing Pieces of the Puzzle’ in E. Johnston, D. Jasinski and A. Phillips, Global Perspectives on Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Criminal Justice, (Routledge, forthcoming 2022)

Turksen U. and Oliver C.., ‘Deferred Prosecution Agreement: A Soft Touch?’ in E. Johnston, D. Jasinski and A. Phillips, Global Perspectives on Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Criminal Justice, (Routledge, forthcoming 2022).

Turksen U, and Kafteranis D., Art of Money Laundering with Non-Fungible Token: A myth or reality?, European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin, (forthcoming 2022).