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Alexandra Orlova received her PhD in law from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the same institution and has been called to the Bar of Ontario since 2002. Orlova has been teaching at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Faculty of Arts, specifically in the Department of Criminology, since 2005. Her research interests include transnational organized crime, global constitutionalism, human rights, and international crimes. She has contributed to various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and has co-edited a book with colleagues from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. As an invited international expert, she delivered lectures at the Railway Police College in Zhengzhou, China, focusing on national security, terrorism, and organized crime. Orlova has played a significant role in organizing international SSHRC-funded conferences that engage scholars, practitioners, and government officials from various jurisdictions. Furthermore, she is actively involved in editorial boards of journals and has provided expert opinions to organizations such as the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Norwegian Refugee Council. Besides her research, she has supervised PhD, MA-level students, and undergraduate research assistants.
Department of Chemical Engineering