Publications

Blog and research reports by Dr Alicia Heys, Dr Bethany Darby, and Dr Craig Barlow from the Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull

Report evaluating how the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) and responsible recruitment reforms are reducing modern slavery risks and improving working conditions in Malaysia’s medical glove sector.

Report exploring safehouse provision for survivors of modern slavery. 

Report exploring housing challenges faced by people with lived experience of modern slavery.

Analysis of policy and data on reconsideration requests for negative decisions from the National Referral Mechanism 

Practical guidance notes exploring how to undertake modern slavery research with ethical considerations in place. 

Report examining the role of financial investigations in strengthening prosecutions for offences under the Modern Slavery Act.

Seeing beyond the negative: An examination of key variables in the different reasons for the decisions not to formally recognise people as survivors of modern slavery.

Evidence Review: assessing the nature and scale of modern slavery risk in the construction sector, with focus on the housebuilding subsector.