How to bring together policy actors from different areas through research?
Dr Beth Jackson provides answers in her blog for Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) based on her @slaveryPEC funded project on modern slavery and climate change

New Blog! Dr Beth Jackson, Senior Research Fellow, Rights Lab at Nottingham Geography explores the challenges of considering intersectional issues in policy and outlines three key takeaways for engagement with policy makers 👉 upen.ac.uk/blogs/?story_i… Modern Slavery PEC

Productive conversations with governance actors in siloed spaces - reflections on engaging with policy folx during our recent project looking at modern slavery & climate change is now LIVE!!!
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Bill to introduce Commercial&Public Authorities Duty to Prevent Human Rights and Environmental Harms in their value chains, awaiting date of 2nd Reading, bills.parliament.uk/publications/5… Corporate Justice Coalition Anti-Slavery International AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children Centre for Sustainable Fashion Labour Behind The Label lucy siegle Rob Hastings Rights Lab

Rights Lab Dr Doreen Boyd our #AI innovation for #ClimateAction has featured in the Global UNTAPPED Report of UNDP

Fabulous morning with the CASBA advocacy group and colleagues from anncrafttrust talking about how we can create practical outputs from our Nuffield Foundation project on cognitive impairment and exploitation. Lots of valuable insights and inspiration! Rights Lab

How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector. Dr Caroline Emberson @NottmUniBSchool writes for The Conversation.

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Really looking forward to this event on Monday, come and join us!

‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system.

Prof Kevin Bales Rights Lab comments to @Guardian on how the concept ‘absconding’ reflects a system that is part of the window-dressing of enslavement.

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This is such wonderful news. Richly deserved, Dr Lauren Eglen. You are an real leader in impact in the Rights Lab and Nottingham Research, especially all your super-imaginative ideas for work using arts methods. So great to be working with you!

Karma Nirvana And you can see Azadi’s online exhibitions of amazing trafficking survivor artwork, photography, and creative writing, resulting from ethical storytelling projects, here: azadikenya.org/exhibition2022

Karma Nirvana Read more about KN’s campaign for a statutory definition of HBA here: karmanirvana.org.uk/campaigns/curr…

You can read our first honour based abuse zine created with members of Karma Nirvana ‘s Survivor Ambassador Panel here: karmanirvana.org.uk/news-item/read…
The zine includes artwork and creative writing by survivors and KN’s survivor-informed definition of HBA

Proud to receive this Rising Star award Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement ! Thank you to Katarina Schwarz and Dr Helen McCabe for the nominations & your constant support. Most of all, thanks again to Azadi Kenya and Karma Nirvana for collaborating on these projects and the amazing work you do!!

📢It's day three of spotlighting our #IPEAwards winners.

We are pleased to announce Dr Lauren Eglen (Dr Lauren Eglen), Research Fellow Rights Lab and @uon_socsci as the winner of the Rising Impact Award: Public Engagement category.

More about her work: nottingham.ac.uk/policy-and-eng…

Many thanks to Lord Speaker for our conversation, giving me an opportunity to talk about the PMB I’m sponsoring that will receive its 2nd Reading 10 May. Corporate Justice Coalition Anti-Slavery International Better Business Act lucy siegle Vix B 💙👩‍🔬🔬🧪🧫⚗️ Rights Lab Dr Todd Landman K Biswas Labour Behind The Label The Anti-Slavery Collective

Looking forward to joining Patricia Hynes FAcSS and Academics Stand Against Poverty UK for this very interesting conversation on intersections between poverty and exploitation.

🎉In this second video, Dr Lauren Eglen - Research Fellow Rights Lab UoN Social Sciences and our second nominee for the Rising Star Award: Public Engagement category - speaks about her work with honour based abuse survivors and survivors of human trafficking in Kenya.

At 5pm, we will hear about modern slavery from:
- Professor Dame Sara Thornton Rights Lab
- Tatiana Gren-Jardan, Head of the Modern Slavery Policy Unit The Centre for Social Justice
- Alison Logier, Director of Modern Slavery Response Hestia

More info here 👇

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Great to see our Nottingham Politics Rights Lab Arts and Humanities Research Council research featured this morning. Such a brilliant project from Hannah Baumeister and Karma Nirvana. BBC News - Forced marriage comic made to 'get students talking'
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