Rhianna studies transnational environmental crime specifically focusing on the key actors and networks involved in this trade. Her research aims to uncover trends in the trade of species from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Rhianna’s research is supported by the ARC Industry Laureate grant “Combatting wildlife crime and preventing environmental harm”

Antarctica is one of the only examples left of transboundary, stateless, near untouched wilderness on the earth, it deserves our protection and offers us a second chance at environmental responsibility where we have failed elsewhere.

— Rhianna Hamilton