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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBecky is deadBecky’s life represents the world in microcosm. She isn’t the first of the migrants I’ve worked with to have died...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryPartners, payoffs and power plays: researching mobility across north-south dividesResearch across multiple sites comes with many rewards, but the partnerships required for multi-sited work often...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe promises and pitfalls of mobile pollingMobile polling could revolutionize how civil society and human rights groups operate—if it’s done right. A...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFrom invisible to digital: digitising endangered historical documents in BrazilWithout documents, much of the history of the enslaved is lost. Digitisation offers a way to preserve rapidly...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhy study the ‘bad guys’?To understand violence we must speak to those who commit violence. Conducting research in conflict zones is...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryResearching surrogacy online: the challenges and opportunities of digital ethnographyOnline discussions on support websites, in which geographically dispersed people communicate about shared concerns,...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaverySlave narratives from the pastThe existence of more than 200 autobiographical writings by former slaves gives us a crucial window in the world of...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryListening to the enslavedArchives containing courtroom testimony by the enslaved can be valuable resources for scholars of slavery.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryMethodological challenges in the business of forced labourMost forced labour takes place in business contexts, yet the business logics of exploitation are rarely explored....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIs the 'impact agenda' stifling methodological innovation?Changes to the ways universities are financed and evaluated are impacting academic research practices and inhibiting...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhy (and how!) we need to talk to ‘the victims’We’ll never overturn the trafficking narratives backed by big (and bad) data unless we take the time to speak with...
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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 SlaveryCan snowball sampling estimate human trafficking?
Snowball sampling is a popular method of researching hidden populations, but its limitations make it the wrong...
