Joshua Tjeransen

Joshua Tjeransen is an independent consultant, researcher, and trainer specialising in counter-proliferation financing (CPF), financial crime, and the intersection of financial innovation and statecraft, with over a decade of professional experience spanning frontline policing, fintech compliance, think-tank research, UN technical assistance, and academia. 

His doctoral research interests centre on why financial innovation consistently outpaces crime prevention, with a particular focus on how emerging payment technologies reshape both illicit finance and national security. Joshua has broad international experience delivering CPF technical assistance and capacity-building to governments and financial institutions across multiple regions. He co-ordinated UNODC's global CPF technical assistance programme and currently supports RUSI's CPF Programme. Joshua also coordinates the EVIDENCE Network at King's College London (KCL), a research initiative countering CBRN disinformation, and serves as a Visiting Lecturer across the KCL Departments of War Studies and Law. He also provides parliamentary research and briefing support to Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle in the House of Lords. 

Prior to moving into research and policy, Joshua worked as a Financial Investigator and Compliance Specialist at Wise in Estonia and served as a Police Constable. Joshua holds an MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism from University College London, and a BA in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of South Wales.