Ella Cockbain

Ella Cockbain is Associate Professor in Security and Crime Science at UCL. She leads the UCL Research Group on Human Trafficking, Smuggling and Exploitation.

After 11 years of publishing, the team at Beyond Trafficking and Slavery is moving on to new projects. Thank you for joining us!

/ 1 Dec 2025

Far-right bullies are on the rise, and exploitation will likely rise with them. Cross-movement organising is the only way out

/ 10 Nov 2025

Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping

/ 26 Jun 2025

We started BTS in 2014 to help everyone better understand the root causes of exploitation. Did we succeed?

By Cameron Thibos, Joel Quirk and Ella Cockbain

/ 19 May 2025

We know policing often harms sex workers. We need to talk about what it would take to change tack

By Ella Cockbain and Jyoti Belur

/ 21 Nov 2024

A whole industry exists to combat abuse and grooming online, but can we trust it to ever find a ‘solution’?

By Cameron Thibos, Sabra Boyd and Ella Cockbain

/ 8 Oct 2024

Holly Archer, author of I Never Gave My Consent, on the dangers of being a survivor in the public eye

By Holly Archer and Ella Cockbain

/ 13 Jun 2023