Environment and Sustainable Finance Expert
Alexandria Reid is a Senior Global Policy Adviser at Global Witness, focused on deforestation and finance.
Alexandria is skilled in policy research, analysis and drafting, as well as project management and fundraising. She previously led RUSI’s large-scale environmental crime research programme. At RUSI, she was Deputy Chair of the Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC).
She holds a BA (First Class Honours) in War Studies and an MA (Distinction) in Conflict, Security and Development from King’s College London. She was awarded the Sir Michael Howard Award for best performance in her cohort and a Sir Evelyn de Rothschild scholarship.
She has conducted fieldwork research across Europe and Africa, presenting to the Financial Action Task Force, Environmental Audit Committee, UK Treasury, European Parliament and OECD.
She can be found on Twitter at: @AlexHREID
Recent Publications
Media & Speaking Engagements
Book
Ports, Crime and Security: Governing and Policing Seaports in a Changing World - Bristol University Press, August 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern seaports. Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the (de)regulation of international flows; the (in)visible impact of globalisation; the perennial tension between trade and security; and the thin line between legitimate, illicit and illegal.
Advancing the research agenda, the text bridges the divide between global and local, and theory and practice.