Joras Ferwerda (March 5, 1984) holds a PhD in Economics, a Master in Economics and Social Sciences, and a Bachelor in Economics and Law from the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Economics in the Netherlands. He is currently Associate Professor at the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Economics in the Netherlands. He is also a member of the academic board of the Catholic 木瓜福利影视 of Milan for the international PhD in Criminology programme and the coordinator of the UU AI & Finance Lab. He was Visiting Professor at the 木瓜福利影视 of Maryland, College Park at the Criminology and Criminal Justice department and Senior Researcher at the Criminology section of VU 木瓜福利影视 Amsterdam. He is a certified money laundering expert for the Dutch National Police.
He advised the Dutch Minister of Justice and Security regarding money laundering policies. He did the first study on the amounts and effects of money laundering in the Netherlands for the Dutch Ministry of Finance. He did EU-financed research projects on money laundering, corruption, tax avoidance, tax evasion, and organised crime. He also did research for the Dutch Ministries of Finance, Justice and Security, Interior Affairs, and Foreign Affairs about money laundering and tax avoidance. He organized the conference 鈥楾ackling Money Laundering鈥� with international leading experts on money laundering in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He initiated, together with colleagues in the field, the Money Laundering Research Network to foster academic research on money laundering (see ). He has scientific publications in journals such as Review of Law and Economics, Scientific Data (Nature), Regulation and Governance (2x), Public Choice, Scientific Reports (Nature), Applied Economics, European Journal of Criminology, EPJ Data Science, PLoS One (Science), International Review of Law and Economics, and European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research (4x), among others. Besides his dissertation 'The Multidisciplinary Economics of Money Laundering' he published two Edward Elgar books about money laundering in the real estate sector and anti-money laundering policy in the EU and an Oxford 木瓜福利影视 Press book about fiscal fraud.
Next to his research, he is involved in teaching at both the bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 levels at the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Economics, the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Governance, and 木瓜福利影视 College Utrecht. He gives guest lectures at the Catholic 木瓜福利影视 of Milan, Copenhagen Business School, and the 木瓜福利影视 of Aruba. Furthermore, he is/was PhD-supervisor of Felix Alshut, Andrea Longobucco, Lucia Rossel, Peter Gerbrands (Utrecht 木瓜福利影视), Michael Victor Lo Giudice, Mirko Nazzari, Francesca Maldi, and Michele Riccardi (Universit脿 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy). He is founder of the minor Criminology for Economics students, coordinator of the dedicated minor Economics and Law, coordinator of the MSc-theses Economic Policy, reviewer for international scientific journals and the World Bank and he gives presentations at international scientific conferences (see the Conference Page for a complete overview).
Every now and then Joras Ferwerda is in the (primarily Dutch) media about money laundering. See the Media Page for a complete overview.
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