Joel Quirk is Professor in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research focuses upon slavery and abolition, human mobility and human rights, repairing historical wrongs, and the history and politics of sub-Saharan Africa. Joel is currently a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project, where he serves as Rapporteur. Your can follow him on twitter at @joelquirk.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIn whom should we trust? Regulation and responsibility in global supply chainsWhat is the best strategy for combating labour abuses in global supply chains? Should we continue with ‘corporate...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFollow the evidence: our series on 'research and representation'BTS editors introduce the research methods stream of our ‘possible futures’ project, arguing that a stronger and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryUncomfortable silences: anti-slavery, colonialism and imperialismThe history of anti-slavery is replete with lessons, but those commonly cited by the new abolitionists are not the...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDoing more harm than good: the politics of child trafficking prevention in South AfricaRecently introduced anti-trafficking regulations in South Africa are doing more harm than good. This is because they...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHuman trafficking and Africa’s ‘pornography of pain’: the pitfalls of CSRLexisNexis South Africa has mined its newspaper archives to produce a deeply flawed ‘human trafficking awareness...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryRace, ethnicity and belongingRace is, ironically, an often-overlooked aspect of the modern slavery debate. BTS editors look critically at the...