Professor Gary Potter
Professor in Critical CriminologyProfile
Professor in Criminology, Law School.
Gary Potter graduated with a BA (Hons) in Law and Criminology from the University of Sheffield in 1999. He obtained his MA (distinction) in International Criminology in 2000 and his PhD ("Weed, Need and Greed: Domestic Marijuana Production and the UK Cannabis Market") in 2007, both at Sheffield, where he also served as a Lecturer from 2003-2004. From 2005-2008 he was a Lecturer in Criminology at Queen's University, Belfast, and from 2008-2015 he served as a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at London South Bank University. He joined Lancaster University Law School as a Senior Lecturer in 2015, was promoted to Reader in 2019, and awarded a personal chair in 2023.
Research Overview
Dr Potter's primary research interests are in the fields of illegal drugs (drug use, drug markets, social supply of drugs, cannabis cultivation, links between drugs and crime) and green criminology (illegal wildlife trade, environmental harm as crime, environmental harm as a cause of crime, environmental protest).
PhD Supervision Interests
Dr Potter is interested in supervising PhD students looking at aspects of drug use, drug distribution (trafficking, dealing, social supply, drug production, cannabis cultivation) or links between drugs and crime.He is also interested in supervising PhD students conducting work within the field of green criminology (illegal wildlife trade, environmental harm as crime, environmental harm as a cause of crime, environmental protest).
Lancaster Environment Lecture: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Environmental Law for the Future
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Right to Grow
Invited talk
Drugs and Alcohol Today (Journal)
Editorial activity
Methodological Innovations Online (Journal)
Editorial activity
International Journal of Drug Policy (Journal)
Editorial activity
International Journal of Drug Policy (Journal)
Editorial activity
Drugs and Alcohol Today (Journal)
Editorial activity
Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
- Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
- Security Lancaster (Policy, Law and Ethics)