Policy and Evidence Centre for Modern Slavery and Human Rights

Lead Research Organisation: British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Department Name: Head office

Abstract

Modern slavery traps 40 million people worldwide, costs the UK economy between £3.3-£4.3bn a year and is described by the Prime Minister as "the great human rights issue of our time" . Despite the UK's world leading Modern Slavery Act, there are still between 10,000-13,000 people enslaved in the UK, often hidden in plain sight.

A Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) will provide independent, impartial and authoritative insight and analysis of practical utility to Government, Parliament, business, NGOs, and international organisations. It will undertake policy-focussed research, respond to strategic challenges, advance understanding and stimulate innovative and effective solutions.

Funded Value:

£6,814,892

Funded Period:

Sep 19 - Mar 24

Funder:

SPF

Project Status:

Active

Project Category:

Research Grant

Project Reference:

AH/T012412/1

Principal Investigator:

Murray Hunt

Research Subject:

Law & legal studies (100%)

Research Topic:

Human Rights (100%)

Organisations

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Murray Hunt (Principal Investigator)

Publications

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Anonymous Person With Lived Experience Of Modern Slavery, Who Has Worked With The Modern Slavery PEC (2021) "People with lived experience haven't had their voice heard for too long." Modern Slavery PEC statement for Anti-Slavery Day.

Ash C (2022) Engagement of lived experience in international policy and programming: regional report for North America

Asquith W (2022) Engagement of lived experience in international policy and programming

Asquith W (2022) Engagement of lived experience in international policy and programming: Research Summary

Asquith W (2022) Engagement of lived experience in international policy and programming: methodology annex

Azadi Kenya (2022) Engagement of lived experience in international policy and programming: regional report for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), East and West Africa

Azizul Islam, M (2022) Impact of Covid-19 on women in the Bangladesh garment industry

Balch, A (2021) Covid-19's impact on identification of modern slavery cases in the UK

Bhutta, M (2021) Forced labour in the Malaysian medical gloves supply chain

Burcu, O (2021) Impact of Covid-19 on Romanian and Bulgarian workers in UK agriculture

Key Findings
Impact Summary
Policy Influence
Further Funding
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Engagement Activities


Description	The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC) was created by the investment of public funding to enhance understanding of modern slavery and transform the effectiveness of law and policies designed to address it. The Centre commissions and co-creates high quality research with a focus on policy impact, and brings together academics, policymakers, businesses, civil society, survivors and the public on a scale not seen before in the UK to collaborate on solving this global challenge. The Centre is a consortium of six academic organisations led by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. In April 2021 the Modern Slavery PEC published its strategy which outlined its five strategic objectives and how these would be achieved over the period to 2024. The strategy also set out the Centre's core values (inclusive, transparent, rigorous, collaborative) which are fundamental commitments that guide the way the organisation works. The Modern Slavery PEC is a source of independent and impartial expertise on modern slavery grounded in high quality research. Modern Slavery PEC commissions and carries out new research and amplifies the existing evidence base. Four research priorities were identified as a result of a wide-ranging consultation, co-designed by a working group that included academics, policymakers and other actors from the sector. These are: 1. Prevention 2. Survivor identification and support 3. Supply chains 4. Effectiveness of legal enforcement In 2021 we introduced a new research area to enable us to respond to cross-cutting issues, such as impact of Covid-19 and the scale and nature of modern slavery. Over the period the Modern Slavery PEC has funded 40 research projects in these areas and built collaboration between researchers and policymakers to influence the laws and policies against modern slavery. Other research and outputs have been produced through partners within the Centre's consortium model. Throughout these projects, the Modern Slavery PEC has facilitated innovative collaborations between researchers and partner organisations working to address modern slavery. By bringing together organisations and individuals that may have different knowledge, experiences and perspectives, we aim to help new thinking about modern slavery to emerge, giving rise to new solutions. Overall, funded teams have comprised 89 academic team members from over 35 universities and academic institutions, 26 individuals from 17 NGOs, four private sector organisations and a number of other governmental and international organisations, and independent parties. 21 of these projects were or are being delivered through Modern Slavery PEC open research calls funded and administered directly by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Ten of these are responsive research, funded and administered directly by the Modern Slavery PEC, where the Centre commissions researchers to answer specific questions and evidence gaps through responsive and agile projects and seven are projects delivered by the consortium partners. This year the Centre introduced a new mechanism to administer longer projects directly, and is funding one project on addressing modern slavery with data science methods. The Centre's profile and expertise has also meant that the Office of Theresa May MP and the FCDO independently funded two research projects in 2022, which subsequently received additional funding for further work, and an additional research project on the role of investors in addressing modern slavery in supply chains, that has begun in 2023. Additionally, the collaboration of the six partner organisations is built into the Modern Slavery PEC's model. Our partner-led workstrands are utilising the existing expertise within the PEC partners and allowing both agile and longer-term approaches to meet the needs of policymakers. Partner-led workstrands include a variety of types of work, such as evidence reviews and rapid response policy briefs, developed in close collaboration with the Modern Slavery PEC core team. All research projects have been guided by the Centre's research principles of: • Effectiveness: the aim that research should address evidence gaps relevant to policy and improve understanding of what works. • Equity: the aim that research should address structural inequalities, root causes and wider issues of social justice alongside a more equitable approach to allocation of research funding. • Survivor involvement: the aim that research should involve people affected by modern slavery at all stages, from selection, through design, production and implementation. The Centre has engaged with a number of organisations and individuals to ensure the effective involvement of people with lived experience in its work. The Centre seeks to improve the law and policy responses to modern slavery by promoting evidence and insight produced by the Modern Slavery PEC's research in an accessible way. Since the beginning of 2022, the Centre has undertaken over 100 engagements with the UK government and Devolved Administrations, including facilitating 18 meetings between policymakers and research teams. The Centre has also submitted evidence to consultations run by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights, the International Development Sub-Committee and contributed to the UK Government's review of the Modern Slavery Strategy. The Centre has used various means to share its work and research with stakeholders across the modern slavery sector, including policymakers, businesses and practitioner organisations. This has taken the form of collaborating with funded research teams to develop and publish 22 Modern Slavery PEC Research Summaries, which provide an accessible overview of key findings and policy recommendations from research projects, seven policy briefs which synthesise evidence to address key questions for policymakers, 40 blogs (authored by a mixture of researchers, and Modern Slavery PEC staff) and seven podcasts and recordings to promote research findings or share learnings from our experiences. In 2022, the Centre has also hosted six online events and roundtables to disseminate research, learnings and discuss implications of these findings.
Exploitation Route	The Modern Slavery PEC was designed to enhance understanding of modern slavery across the globe and transform the effectiveness of laws and policies and practices designed and implemented to overcome it. The outcomes of this funding will be: 1. Policymakers, businesses and organisations increasingly know about, access, understand and use evidence in decision-making 2. Portfolio of high quality, more diverse funded research informs on evidence gaps 3. Improved understanding of needs and perspectives of survivors is built into research, policies and laws 4. Improved and greater collaboration and information sharing to address modern slavery 5. The Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre is an exemplar of good practice within the modern slavery research sector
Sectors	Communities and Social Services/Policy,Government, Democracy and Justice
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/


Description	The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC) aims to enhance understanding of modern slavery across the globe and transform the effectiveness of laws and policies designed to overcome it. The Centre has a unique role in the sector, as a research funder, knowledge broker, convenor of stakeholders and producer of analysis, with policy impact at its core. As a new initiative, the Centre has had the opportunity and scope to work in a different way to established practices and formalised institutional structures; improving its approach based on feedback and learnings, and substantial and meaningful engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including those with lived experience. The Centre's work is guided by its Theory of Change, and the achievement of activities focused on five outcomes: Outcome 1: Policymakers, businesses and organisations increasingly know about, access, understand and use evidence in decision-making Since its inception, the Modern Slavery PEC has impacted policymaking in the UK in a variety of ways. The Centre consults with policymakers to understand research priorities and has held meetings to brief policymakers on upcoming research projects, and on interim or final findings from the Centre's portfolio. The majority of policymakers consulted within the Home Office, FCDO, and the Devolved Administrations report using PEC-funded research in areas of their work. Policymaker respondents to a feedback survey felt the Centre's work had contributed to their understanding of the evidence on modern slavery, with one policymaker interviewee stating that the Centre's research had increased knowledge and upskilled in modern slavery topics, both their own and of their wider team, including on survivor engagement. The Modern Slavery PEC has developed and sustained deep, trusting and consistent relationships with a number and variety of policy stakeholders, the strength of which has been demonstrated by requests from policymakers to continually support policy activity. The organisation has also facilitated cross-government engagement by bringing together different departments to engage on priority evidence gaps and upcoming research calls, outputs, and recommendations. The Centre also aims to foster and support relationships between policymakers and researchers in order to further encourage the use of evidence in decision-making. Since the beginning of 2022, the Centre has facilitated or participated in 18 engagements between research teams and policymakers on research findings. There are several examples of where research funded by the Centre has directly impacted policies, laws, governmental ways of working and statutory guidance related to modern slavery. The Centre has submitted to several parliamentary calls for evidence to directly input evidence into the development and scrutiny of modern slavery laws and policies and the work of the Centre has also been cited in a number of published policy documents across a range of stakeholders, including the Home Office modern slavery statement and Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner annual reports. The Centre's work has also informed policy documents, such as the JCHR report on 'Legislative Scrutiny: Nationality and Borders Bill (Part 5)-Modern slavery', published in 2021. To support policymakers to access evidence, the Centre ensures the development of policy relevant outputs. To date, the Centre has published seven policy briefs, which were highlighted by policymakers as an appropriate means of drawing together research and framing in policy relevant terms, bringing 'coherence' and 'clarity' to the recommendations. The Centre has also funded and supported research project teams to produce 22 Modern Slavery PEC Research Summaries, which have increased policymaker access to evidence, and promoted their understanding of individual research projects. In addition to policymakers, the Modern Slavery PEC seeks to influence and collaborate with businesses and other organisations, including non-governmental organisations, charities, and the wider policy-engaged academic sector. The Centre's partnerships work has focussed on building relationships with these organisations and held: • five calls with local government umbrella bodies or associations; • 20 calls with NGOs that are either survivor-led or that engage closely with survivors; • 13 calls with academic networks or centres that have a focus on research-policy engagement or specifically on modern slavery; • four meetings with business stakeholders and one business roundtable, alongside participation in three meetings of the Bingham Centre Business Network. The purpose of these meetings includes raising the profile of the Centre, sharing research outputs and findings, learning from others' expertise and good practices, collating ideas on evidence gaps and research priorities, and laying the groundwork for future collaboration. The Modern Slavery PEC has also engaged with wider stakeholders through events and the publication of blogs, podcasts, media articles and social media. Over 1,800 stakeholders receive the Centre's monthly newsletter, with high levels of engagement. The Centre has around 2,500 followers on Twitter and over 4,750 followers on LinkedIn. Outcome 2: Portfolio of high quality, more diverse funded research informs on evidence gaps The Centre uses its extensive network and significant internal resource to incorporate stakeholder views on individual research calls and application review processes, including by seeking views of people with lived experience of modern slavery, policymakers and other specialists and a Peer Review College comprising of 50 experts from the wider sector to join the College, including NGOs, academics (including Early Career Researchers) and people with lived experience of modern slavery. The Centre has supported 40 research teams since its inception on a range of modern slavery research projects. These research areas align with the research priorities identified by a wide-ranging consultation process in 2020, including academics, policymakers, people with lived experience of modern slavery and other actors from the sector. To support the quality and policy impact of research, the Centre provides ongoing and tailored support to research teams, operating much more 'hands-on' than other funding bodies and working with research teams throughout their projects to ensure research achieves the objectives set out in research calls and amplifying opportunities for research impact. Areas of the Centre's support most highly rated by research team survey respondents relate to policy impact activities, review of draft reports, research summaries and policy recommendations. The Modern Slavery PEC has sought to distribute research funding equitably to a diverse group of organisations and institutions. The majority of research projects have included non-academic partners, a requirement of all ongoing and future projects. Overall, the 40 funded teams have comprised 89 academic team members from over 35 universities and academic institutions, 26 individuals from 17 NGOs, four private sector organisations and a number of other governmental and international organisations, and independent parties. The Centre has funded research team members from a diverse range of disciplines, including modern slavery, politics, data science, management, law and public health. Projects have been funded that cover different types of modern slavery, different geographies as well as the experiences of children, young people and adults. The Centre is aware of eight Modern Slavery PEC funded projects which have received follow on funding for work relating the projects they have undertaken, including from the AHRC, individual universities and other national and international bodies. Outcome 3: Improved understanding of needs and perspectives of survivors is built into research, policies and laws Recognising the importance of sufficient resource and expertise dedicated to this agenda, in 2022 the Centre recruited a Lived Experience Manager and Lived Experience Coordinator to lead on the development of the Centre's survivor engagement work. The Centre has also created a Working Group which consists of a small number of civil society organisations from across the anti-slavery sector who collaborate to identify, discuss and consolidate good practice in the inclusion of people who have lived experience of modern slavery in work that directly affects them (with a particular focus on their inclusion in research), to build agreement around that good practice, and to ensure that the Modern Slavery PEC's own work reflects that good practice. People with lived experience have participated in the Centre's research call development, application processes and the development of other outputs including strategies and policy briefs. Feedback from those with lived experience who have worked with the Centre has been very positive, highlighting the innovative approach, commending the PEC's strong commitment to meaningful inclusion and appreciating the skill and knowledge development opportunities. Furthermore, many of the research projects the Centre has funded have a strong focus on survivor involvement, for example the portfolio of five research projects on the theme of long-term outcomes and indicators of well-being and recovery for survivors. These projects explore different approaches to survivor inclusion in research, including engaging survivors in project design, advisory roles, co-creation through participatory group work and as peer-researchers. The Centre has also prioritised sharing learnings from these projects with other stakeholders working on modern slavery research. In 2022 the Centre hosted a workshop bringing together nine Modern Slavery PEC funded projects to discuss the work they have done to engage with people who have lived experience of modern slavery in their research. A blog was published, summarising the discussion and sharing the learnings from the event with the wider sector, and the recording of this event is publicly available. Throughout, research guidance is shared with teams on the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience. The Centre has produced a number of outputs that support best practice including a bespoke Safeguarding Policy that has been iteratively informed by our learnings and experience and shared with research teams, and meeting rules to ensure that meetings are safe spaces for participants to engage in discussions. These meeting rules have been shared with, and used by, research teams including in public facing events which policymakers have attended. Outcome 4: Improved and greater collaboration and information sharing to address modern slavery Collaboration is one of the fundamental values that guide the work of the Modern Slavery PEC. Dedicated partnerships resource has enabled the Modern Slavery PEC to focus on building collaborations, particularly through the development and implementation of a partnerships strategy. The Modern Slavery PEC has over 2,000 stakeholders in its contact database across academia, businesses, NGOs and government, and regularly seeks to increase this diversity. For example: • In 2021 and 2022 the Modern Slavery PEC held 20 introductory meetings with civil society organisations that are either led by, or closely engage with, survivors of modern slavery to learn about ongoing innovation and good practice in lived experience engagement, as well as to share our own plans and receive feedback on them. • In 2022 the Modern Slavery PEC also held 13 introductory meetings with academics and policy-facing academic centres or networks, seeking to learn from good practice in research-policy engagement in other policy areas, while sharing learning from the Centre's own work. The Modern Slavery PEC joined the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) to facilitate engagement with organisations in this space. • The Centre co-hosted an event with the Human Trafficking Research Network to share its work on policy impact and survivor engagement for early career researchers as part of efforts to diversify academic stakeholders engaging with the Centre The Centre has also set up a shared mailing list to which any member can contribute. It has over 280 members, enabling people working on modern slavery to connect with their peers. The group has been used by stakeholders to introduce themselves, share event invitations, funding calls and opportunities and to make requests for research partners on Modern Slavery PEC and other projects. In addition, all research projects funded must involve academic and non-academic partners. In 2022, the Modern Slavery PEC hosted three workshops for research teams to provide an opportunity for the project teams to meet, exchange learnings and advice from their experiences, and collaboratively discuss key thematic issues including research methods and their importance for policy impact. Across all sessions, all elements were judged to be helpful by survey respondents with the strongest positive response on the impact of the session for 'understanding of other research projects funded by the Modern Slavery PEC' and 'building networks with other research teams'. There have also been instances where teams continue to work together following completion of projects, for example in future applications to Modern Slavery PEC research calls, on work relating to their initial projects. Outcome 5: The Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre is an exemplar of good practice within the modern slavery research sector As set out in previous sections, the Centre has used its role and convening power to trial approaches, seek views from a wide range of stakeholders to inform activities and share these learnings. The Modern Slavery PEC's reputation is demonstrated by invitations to speak at events across the sector in both national and international contexts. The Centre has also been invited to collaborate with Freedom Fund and the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) on a research conference due to take place in June 2023. The Centre has also published 40 blogs and seven podcasts or recordings that share the Centre's approach, alongside learnings from funded research teams and Modern Slavery PEC staff on a range of topics including how to do policy relevant research and the meaningful inclusion of lived experience in research. In light of the Centre's expertise, the Centre has been commissioned by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to conduct two projects, and by the Office of Theresa May MP to undertake a scoping study to examine the case for a Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
First Year Of Impact	2019
Sector	Communities and Social Services/Policy,Government, Democracy and Justice
Impact Types	Societal,Policy & public services


Description	BSI
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	appointed to initiative that develops international guidance


Description	BSI training
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact	developed training material which is delivered worldwide


Description	Bonavero & Bingham Report on "Effectiveness of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act"
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/tisc-effectiveness


Description	Citation in Independent Commission for Aid Impact report, June 2022
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	The report states that "The Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre (MS PEC) has established itself both nationally and internationally as a credible research actor and has commissioned a significant range of research including on the impact of COVID-19, how to support long-term victim and survivor outcomes and recovery, and effective approaches to survivor engagement and empowerment."
URL	https://icai.independent.gov.uk/review/icai-follow-up-review-of-2020-21-reports


Description	Citation in US State Department Trafficking in Persons report
Geographic Reach	North America
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	"The report notes that, 'The government continued to support the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre through a five-year £10 million $13.51 million) investment through the 2023-2024 fiscal year to better understand how to combat trafficking and to develop research to inform policy choices. The centre published policy briefs on trafficking and international development and the effectiveness of forced labour bans, in addition to funding a research project assessing potential interventions for trafficking prevention in the UK and funding five research projects focused on long-term survivor outcomes and recovery. Notably, one research project included survivors of trafficking in research design, data collection, and analysis."
URL	https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-trafficking-in-persons-report/


Description	Co-chairing of a roundtable with the Home Office Modern Slavery Unit to discuss research and evidence, as part of the UK Government's review of the Modern Slavery Strategy
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review


Description	Consumer atttitudes project cited in Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual report 2021-22
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	Our study is heavily cited in the report and outlines new thinking in this area e.g. p.45: The paper recommended that campaigns should be targeted to specific audiences with clear pathways to action. It also recognised the power of social influencers and recommended that the design, development and evaluation of awareness raising campaigns could be improved through common marketing techniques.
URL	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1070...


Description	Expert contribution to UK Department for International Trade technical discussion with G7 partners on best practices to prevent, identify and eliminate forced labour in global supply chains
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
Impact	Improved understanding among G7 partners on best practices to prevent, identify and eliminate forced labour in global supply chains


Description	Global Commission
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	joined committee that informs international policy setting


Description	Interactive workshops for regional modern slavery partnerships
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/interactive-workshops-regional-partnerships


Description	LEAG submission to JCHR enquiry on Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents


Description	Modern Slavery PEC Director of Research oral evidence cited in the IDC sub committee's report
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	Evidence contributed to ICAI's recommendations
URL	https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/7735/documents/80648/default/


Description	Modern Slavery PEC response to Director of Labour Market Enforcement call for evidence
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/labour-market-enforcement-strategy-submission


Description	Modern Slavery PEC worked with the Home Office to facilitate 2 workshops between Modern Slavery PEC funded researchers and UK government departments and 5 Eyes partners to increase understanding of modern slavery risks in Malaysia's rubber glove sector during the pandemic. This was highlighted in the Home Office modern slavery statement 2020 to 2021
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	Within the Home Office Modern Slavery Statement the Home Office cites this engagement as part of its engagement with other domestic and international public sector partners to increase our collective understanding of the risks of modern slavery in PPE supply chains and develop policy and practical solutions.
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-modern-slavery-statement-2020-to-2021


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's evidence on Nationality and Borders Bill highlighted in JCHR report, 'Legislative Scrutiny: Nationality and Borders Bill (Part 5)-Modern slavery'
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8328/documents/84688/default/


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's work highlighted in the 2021 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2021-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's work highlighted in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Annual report 2020/21
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://www.antislaverycommissioner.co.uk/media/1642/independent-anti-slavery-commissioner-annual-re...


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's work highlighted in the Scottish Government 'Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy: fourth annual progress report - 2020 to 2021'
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://www.gov.scot/publications/trafficking-exploitation-strategy-fourth-annual-progress-report/do...


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's work highlighted in the UK Government Beating Crime Plan
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beating-crime-plan


Description	PEC's work highlighted in the 2020 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9271...


Description	PEC's work highlighted in the Government response to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact review on modern slavery
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmg-response-to-the-icai-recommendations-on-uks-approach-...


Description	PEC's work highlighted in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Annual report 2019/20
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9186...


Description	Public procurement Canada
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact	developed training material which is delivered worldwide


Description	Submission to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) call for evidence on the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/submission-nationality-borders-bill


Description	The Modern Slavery PEC's briefing on the 2014 Modern Slavery strategy review
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/modern-slavery-strategy-briefing


Description	Capital Markets Research Project
Amount	£29,150 (GBP)
Organisation	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	02/2023
End	03/2023


Description	ESRC Impact Accelerator Award: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Amount	£15,032 (GBP)
Organisation	Economic and Social Research Council
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	01/2023
End	03/2023


Description	Global Commission transition funding
Amount	£99,568 (GBP)
Organisation	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2022
End	03/2023


Description	Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in modern slavery research
Amount	£85,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2022
End	02/2023


Description	Modern Slavery - Survivor Engagement in International Policy and Programming
Amount	£65,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	02/2022
End	06/2022


Description	Modern Slavery Landscape Analysis
Amount	£79,552 (GBP)
Organisation	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	02/2022
End	05/2022


Description	Quality related policy support funding: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Amount	£39,934 (GBP)
Organisation	United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Department	Research England
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2022
End	03/2023


Description	Advisory Group
Organisation	Freedom Fund UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	We are collaborating with Freedom Fund and GFEMS to organise an international research conference with a focus on survivor inclusion and engagement within the sector. The event will be taking place in London in summer 2023 and will be attended by ~50 international experts from academia, third sector and affected communities. The Modern Slavery PEC is overseeing an Advisory Group for the event which is made up of people with lived experience and/or people from affected communities, who are giving feedback and making suggestions for the event. The Centre is also making a monetary contribution of £27,000. As well as supporting the overall running of the event, the funds from will go towards supporting the attendance of international attendees who otherwise would not have been able to attend
Collaborator Contribution	Freedom Fund and GFEMS are both making significant budget contributions to this event, which is either matched or more than the Centre has contributed. Freedom Fund, as the lead organiser of the event, is also contributing a significant amount of staff time to developing the event, including visa, travel and accommodation support for attendees. All 3 organising partners meet regularly to progress the planning.
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Advisory Group
Organisation	Global Fund to End Modern Slavery
Country	United States
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	We are collaborating with Freedom Fund and GFEMS to organise an international research conference with a focus on survivor inclusion and engagement within the sector. The event will be taking place in London in summer 2023 and will be attended by ~50 international experts from academia, third sector and affected communities. The Modern Slavery PEC is overseeing an Advisory Group for the event which is made up of people with lived experience and/or people from affected communities, who are giving feedback and making suggestions for the event. The Centre is also making a monetary contribution of £27,000. As well as supporting the overall running of the event, the funds from will go towards supporting the attendance of international attendees who otherwise would not have been able to attend
Collaborator Contribution	Freedom Fund and GFEMS are both making significant budget contributions to this event, which is either matched or more than the Centre has contributed. Freedom Fund, as the lead organiser of the event, is also contributing a significant amount of staff time to developing the event, including visa, travel and accommodation support for attendees. All 3 organising partners meet regularly to progress the planning.
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK
Organisation	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	We collaborated with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA) on the planning and delivery of an international virtual conference. We financially contributed to the organisation of this event, had weekly/bi-weekly catch ups and collaborated throughout the planning of the event, including on programme development, communications and branding.
Collaborator Contribution	Our partners at the CPA owned the project management of the event from the initial survey of stakeholders of the event, contacting and securing speakers, through to the successful delivery of the event across two days on an innovative virtual platform. Their invlvement also included supplying us with regular 6 weekly reports so that we could keep our partners up to date on progress, and the production of a thorough post-event report
Impact	A virtual international conference, which is discussed in more detail in the 'Engagement Activities' section
Start Year	2020


Description	Multi-stakeholder Working Group to oversee the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation (representatives from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, the Home Office, The Alan Turing Institute, Nottingham University Rights Lab, Hull University Wilberforce Institute and The Clewer Initiative).
Organisation	Alan Turing Institute
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	We set up this Working Group to oversee our research consultation. A member of the PEC's senior management board chaired the Working Group and delivered the research consultation.
Collaborator Contribution	The Working Group provided support to the research consultation for example by chairing stakeholder roundtables, contributing to the design of the consultation and providing feedback on draft reports.
Impact	A research consultation report, underpinned by a survey of over 100 stakeholders and eight stakeholder roundtables.
Start Year	2020


Description	Multi-stakeholder Working Group to oversee the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation (representatives from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, the Home Office, The Alan Turing Institute, Nottingham University Rights Lab, Hull University Wilberforce Institute and The Clewer Initiative).
Organisation	Clewer Initiative
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	We set up this Working Group to oversee our research consultation. A member of the PEC's senior management board chaired the Working Group and delivered the research consultation.
Collaborator Contribution	The Working Group provided support to the research consultation for example by chairing stakeholder roundtables, contributing to the design of the consultation and providing feedback on draft reports.
Impact	A research consultation report, underpinned by a survey of over 100 stakeholders and eight stakeholder roundtables.
Start Year	2020


Description	Multi-stakeholder Working Group to oversee the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation (representatives from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, the Home Office, The Alan Turing Institute, Nottingham University Rights Lab, Hull University Wilberforce Institute and The Clewer Initiative).
Organisation	Home Office
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	We set up this Working Group to oversee our research consultation. A member of the PEC's senior management board chaired the Working Group and delivered the research consultation.
Collaborator Contribution	The Working Group provided support to the research consultation for example by chairing stakeholder roundtables, contributing to the design of the consultation and providing feedback on draft reports.
Impact	A research consultation report, underpinned by a survey of over 100 stakeholders and eight stakeholder roundtables.
Start Year	2020


Description	Multi-stakeholder Working Group to oversee the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation (representatives from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, the Home Office, The Alan Turing Institute, Nottingham University Rights Lab, Hull University Wilberforce Institute and The Clewer Initiative).
Organisation	Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	We set up this Working Group to oversee our research consultation. A member of the PEC's senior management board chaired the Working Group and delivered the research consultation.
Collaborator Contribution	The Working Group provided support to the research consultation for example by chairing stakeholder roundtables, contributing to the design of the consultation and providing feedback on draft reports.
Impact	A research consultation report, underpinned by a survey of over 100 stakeholders and eight stakeholder roundtables.
Start Year	2020


Description	Multi-stakeholder Working Group to oversee the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation (representatives from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, the Home Office, The Alan Turing Institute, Nottingham University Rights Lab, Hull University Wilberforce Institute and The Clewer Initiative).
Organisation	University of Hull
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	We set up this Working Group to oversee our research consultation. A member of the PEC's senior management board chaired the Working Group and delivered the research consultation.
Collaborator Contribution	The Working Group provided support to the research consultation for example by chairing stakeholder roundtables, contributing to the design of the consultation and providing feedback on draft reports.
Impact	A research consultation report, underpinned by a survey of over 100 stakeholders and eight stakeholder roundtables.
Start Year	2020


Description	Multi-stakeholder Working Group to oversee the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation (representatives from the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, the Home Office, The Alan Turing Institute, Nottingham University Rights Lab, Hull University Wilberforce Institute and The Clewer Initiative).
Organisation	University of Nottingham
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	We set up this Working Group to oversee our research consultation. A member of the PEC's senior management board chaired the Working Group and delivered the research consultation.
Collaborator Contribution	The Working Group provided support to the research consultation for example by chairing stakeholder roundtables, contributing to the design of the consultation and providing feedback on draft reports.
Impact	A research consultation report, underpinned by a survey of over 100 stakeholders and eight stakeholder roundtables.
Start Year	2020


Description	Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
Organisation	Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	We agreed a Memorandum of Understanding setting out how the IASC and the Modern Slavery PEC already collaborate and how we propose to deepen that collaboration. It also covers how the IASC may support research relevant to her statutory remit whilst also providing advice and guidance to the Modern Slavery PEC as a member of the Advisory Group.
Collaborator Contribution	As before
Impact	The IASC continues to offer valuable guidance and insight to the Modern Slavery PEC as a member of the Centre's Advisory group
Start Year	2021


Description	Partnerships meetings
Organisation	Anti-Slavery International
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	As part of its partnerships and survivor engagement strategies, the Modern Slavery PEC reached out to a number of organisations working very closely with people with lived expeirence of modern slavery. Through these meetings we understood that there was a lot of potential for knowledge exchange and collaboration across the part of the sector and so we ran an open call for membership of a working group for survivor engaged organisations. Through this call we appointed a range of relevant UK representatives and made further efforts to recruit additional represenation from UK survivor led organisations. The group is establishing itself and currently working on a project to review survivor payment standards across the sector, with a view to making recommendations based upon its findings
Collaborator Contribution	Partners are contributing time and knowledge to this project
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Partnerships meetings
Organisation	Human Trafficking Foundation
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	As part of its partnerships and survivor engagement strategies, the Modern Slavery PEC reached out to a number of organisations working very closely with people with lived expeirence of modern slavery. Through these meetings we understood that there was a lot of potential for knowledge exchange and collaboration across the part of the sector and so we ran an open call for membership of a working group for survivor engaged organisations. Through this call we appointed a range of relevant UK representatives and made further efforts to recruit additional represenation from UK survivor led organisations. The group is establishing itself and currently working on a project to review survivor payment standards across the sector, with a view to making recommendations based upon its findings
Collaborator Contribution	Partners are contributing time and knowledge to this project
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains'
Organisation	ShareAction
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	knowledge; expertise; scientific method; data collection and analysis
Collaborator Contribution	Data; contacts; expertise
Impact	reports; contacts; events
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains'
Organisation	University of Nottingham
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	knowledge; expertise; scientific method; data collection and analysis
Collaborator Contribution	Data; contacts; expertise
Impact	reports; contacts; events
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Ethical AI technology to improve survivor support and UK policy'
Organisation	Aberystwyth University
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2023


Description	Research team for project 'Ethical AI technology to improve survivor support and UK policy'
Organisation	Trilateral Research and Consulting LLP
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2023


Description	Research team for project 'Identification of adults with lived experiences of modern slavery in the UK'
Organisation	British Institute Of International & Comparative Law
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Identification of adults with lived experiences of modern slavery in the UK'
Organisation	Human Trafficking Foundation
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Impact of providing technology to survivors of modern slavery in the UK'
Organisation	Glasgow City Council
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Impact of providing technology to survivors of modern slavery in the UK'
Organisation	International Organization for Migration
Country	Switzerland
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Impact of providing technology to survivors of modern slavery in the UK'
Organisation	University of Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in modern slavery research'
Organisation	St. Mary's University
Country	Ethiopia
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in modern slavery research'
Organisation	University of Nottingham
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in modern slavery research'
Organisation	University of Sheffield
Department	Sheffield Biorepository
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Collaborator Contribution	Sharing of knowledge and expertise as project partners
Impact	No impact yet
Start Year	2022


Description	Research team for project 'Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK'
Organisation	University of Sheffield
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Ongoing sharing of knowledge and opportunities to be part of research.
Collaborator Contribution	Research ideas and exchange of knowledge. Access to pracitioners and survivors
Impact	Research outputs + podcast for MSPEC - equitable partnerships between NGOs and academics https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/partnerships-academics-ngos
Start Year	2020


Description	Survivor Alliance
Organisation	Survivor Alliance
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	As part of our consultation on the PEC's research priorities, we collaborated with Survivor Alliance to seek the views of survivors on the following topic "what research would you like to pursue that addresses issues of sustainable freedom and wellbeing for survivors of slavery?"
Collaborator Contribution	Survivor Alliance conducted research with six survivors of modern slavery to inform the PEC's research consultation.
Impact	A research consultation report, informed by the views of survivors of modern slavery
Start Year	2020


Description	Alison Gardner and Pauline Werner blog on building resilience against exploitation after the pandemic.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Blog promoting research examining the implications of the pandemic for resilience against exploitation in Dakar, Senegal, and Nairobi, Kenya. The impact of this blog was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/sengal-kenya-costs-covid-19


Description	An Anti-Slavery Day blog from a person with lived experience of modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	An Anti-Slavery Day blog from a person with lived experience of modern slavery. The impact of this was an increased profile and opportunity to share views by a person with lived experience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/listening-to-people-with-lived-experience


Description	Anti Slavery Day Networking Event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	We marked our first Anti-Slavery Day by hosting a virtual networking event, entitled "Building new collaborations in modern slavery research", to create a platform for researchers and non-academics to facilitate new collaborations in modern slavery research. The UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Dame Sara Thornton headlined the event, with the participants also hearing from researchers running the current PEC projects, presenting their own ideas for research and networking directly with other colleagues. The event proved to be very popular and we will aim to build on it and continue providing platforms for people to come together against modern slavery.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/event-building-new-collaborations-in-modern-slavery-research


Description	Anti-Slavery Day, listening to people with lived experience
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	For Anti-Slavery Day, a podcast talking about the importance of listening to people with lived experience of modern slavery. The impact was increased awareness of learnings across the sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/podcast-listening-lived-experience


Description	Appearance on BBC Newsnight 2nd November 2022
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Modern Slavery PEC Director of Research, Professor Alex Balch, was invited to contribute to BBC Newsnight programme which aired on 2nd November 2022, to discuss government claims about migrants crossing the channel in small boats and the so-called 'abuse' of the Modern Slavery Act.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Bingham Centre Business Network meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The Centre shared an update on its mandatory human rights due diligence policy brief
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Blog by Prof Alex Balch: Why the new Modern Slavery PEC funding call focuses on the role of wider laws and policies on modern slavery.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog promoting a research call on the role of wider laws and policies on modern slavery, and the process for applying. 36 expressions of interest were received for the research call
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/modern-slavery-links-wider-contexts


Description	Blog for Business Against Poverty
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	A blog post which opened the conversation on the best ways to tackle modern slavery in supply chains, and set out the PEC's priorities for research on what works in this area
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://businessfightspoverty.org/lets-open-a-conversation-on-research-into-modern-slavery-in-busine...


Description	Breaking taboos on trafficking survivors in East Asia
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on opendemocracy by research team on project looking at survivor engagement in international programming and policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/breaking-taboos-on-trafficking-survi...


Description	Building the research capacity of small NGOs
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Workshop to support small NGOs with less research experience to partner on research projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/smaller-ngos-in-research


Description	Business and academic workshop to consider business research ideas
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Following the business roundtable, the purpose of this workshop was to refine the list of potential research areas and begin to shape the content of the Responsive Research call on long and complex supply chains. The impact of this was successfully shaping a research call that met the identified evidence needs of business while also being relevant to ongoing academic research on modern slavery.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021


Description	Business roundtable with a range of large, UK-based multinational businesses on the key evidence gaps where new research could support their actions to address modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The purpose was to gather input from stakeholders. The outcome was a prioritised list of potential evidence gaps. This was refined further and informed the development of a Responsive Research call 'Visibility over long supply chains'. The impact was shaping the Responsive Research Call mentioned, which will produce research that directly responds to evidence gaps identified by businesses
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021


Description	Businesses need to do more to involve workers in their supply chains governance
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	blog on the findings of the research analysing supply chain governance in complex supply chains.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/businesses-involve-workers-supply-chains-governance


Description	Businesses should build on the experience of the pandemic to better safeguard against forced labour. Blog by Owain Johnstone.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Blog promoting the Modern Slavery PEC's policy briefing analysing evidence on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery. The impact of this blog was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/pandemic-increased-forced-labour-business-improve


Description	COP27 and modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on COP27 and modern slavery
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/cop27-modern-slavery


Description	Call for expressions of interest: researcher database
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Call for researchers to express interest in undertaking Modern Slavery PEC research, one trial project in which a researcher was approached to undertake a piece of responsive, policy impactful work with the PEC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022,2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/commissioned-research


Description	Call for responsive research proposals on establishing visibility and influence over long and complex supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release setting out the launch of research call a research call on establishing visibility and influence over long and complex supply chains, and the process for applying. 6 research team applications were received
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/call-research-visibility-supply-chains


Description	Call for responsive research proposals: improving the identification of adults who have lived experience of modern slavery in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release setting out the launch of research call improving the identification of adults who have lived experience of modern slavery in the UK, and the process for applying . The impact was increased awareness of research calls
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/call-research-identification-survivors


Description	Capacity building workshop for wider laws and policies funded research teams
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Workshop to discuss modern slavery definitions and approach to policy impact
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Consumer attitudes towards modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Podcast promoting research investigating how consumer action can be effectively supported and mobilised to address issues of modern slavery, and what interventions can be effective in instigating impactful consumer action. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/podcast-consumer-attitudes


Description	Consumer attitudes towards modern slavery: launch event
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	This was the launch event for the research, well attended nationally
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baBWaG4KmKY&t=3704s


Description	Cost of living likely to make people more vulnerable to modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on cost of living crisis increasing vulnerability to modern slavery.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/cost-of-living-vulnerable-modern-slavery


Description	Could survivors help 'fix' anti-trafficking?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on opendemocracy by research team on project looking at survivor engagement in international programming and policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/could-survivors-help-fix-anti-traffi...


Description	Cumberland Lodge workshop - Practitioner Responses to Child Trafficking: Emerging Good Practice
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	PEC Director of research, Alex Balch, participated in a 2-day workshop dedicated to improving the use of evidence from practioners in efforts to address modern slavery. The impact of this was cross-sector learning on generation and use of practitioner evidence in relation to safeguarding of children
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021


Description	Devon and Torbay Anti Slavery Partnership: Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	To support development of prevention activity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Director of Research Prof Alex Balch blogs on the PEC research priorities consultation report published today.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog promoting the findings of the Modern Slavery PEC's research consultation and priority research areas. The impact of this was increased awareness of the Modern Slavery PEC's research priorities among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/we-need-research-that-is-more-equitable-and-effective


Description	Dr Alicia Kidd's blog for Thomson Reuters to promote the PEC-designed workshops for local actors to devise local strategies against modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog promoting the workshops designed by the Modern Slavery PEC project for local actors to create their own local response to cases of modern slavery
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://news.trust.org/item/20201015123823-50gpt


Description	Dr Alicia Kidd's blog for Yorkshire Post to promote the PEC-designed workshops for local actors to devise local strategies against modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Blog promoting the workshops designed by the Modern Slavery PEC project for local actors in Yorkshire to create their own local resposne to cases of modern slavery. The Wilberforce Institute, which led on the project, is based in Hull and has rich links to local communities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/anti-slavery-days-importance-raising-awarene...


Description	Engagement of lived experience makes policies more effective
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release on new research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/lived-experience-more-effective


Description	Event on research and policy impact hosted jointly with UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Event on research and policy impact to share learnings. The impact was increased awareness of learnings across the sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/collaboration-maximise-impact-modern-slavery-research


Description	Event on the impact of Covid-19 on modern slavery across the world and best practice to protect people from exploitation.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Event promoting the research on 'Good practice in protecting people from modern slavery during the Covid-19 pandemic'. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/event-good-practice-covid


Description	Event: How effective is the UK law on transparency in supply chains?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Event promoting the research on 'how effective has the Modern Slavery Act been in holding UK businesses accountable for preventing exploitation in their supply chains, and what can we do to make it more effective going forward?'. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/effective-uk-law-transparency-supply-chains


Description	Event: The role of consumers in addressing modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Event discussing the best ways of engaging consumers in addressing modern slavery. The impact was increased awareness of research findings across the sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/event-consumers-addressing-modern-slavery


Description	Event: what data do investors need to take effective action on modern slavery?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Event promoting the research on 'what data do investors need to take effective action on modern slavery?'. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/data-investors-event


Description	Expert group: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Advancement in thinking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023


Description	Five lessons about the war in Ukraine and human trafficking
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on identifying and reducing risks of human trafficking and exploitation in relation to the war in Ukraine, based on a recent evidence-gathering roundtable.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/lessons-ukraine-human-trafficking


Description	Flipping the script on Survivor Leadership in anti-trafficking
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on opendemocracy by research team on project looking at survivor engagement in international programming and policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/flipping-the-script-on-survivor-lead...


Description	Forced Labour Import Bans: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Article by Owain Johnstone in Delta 8.7 Forum, a platform for evidence connected to modern slavery and SDG 8.7, on forced labour ban policy briefing. The impact was increased awareness of evidence on forced labour bans among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://delta87.org/2021/12/forced-labour-bans-what-does-evidence-tell-us/


Description	Forced labour import bans
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Podcast discussing the EU proposal for forced labour bans legislation and the general effectiveness of import bans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/podcast-forced-labour-import-bans


Description	Forced labour import bans can be effective, but need to be considered in a wider context of complex efforts, blogs Owain Johnstone
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Blog promoting Modern Slavery PEC's policy briefing on the effectiveness of forced labour import bans. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/import-bans-potentially-useful-but-careful-how-you-use-them


Description	Four lessons we learnt from our workshop for small NGOs
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	blogs following the Centre's workshop with small NGOs looking to partner on research projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/four-things-learnt-workshop-smaller-ngos-research


Description	Four things we'll do to improve equality, diversity and inclusion
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Summary of the Modern Slavery PEC's EDI strategy and action plan
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/four-things-improve-edi


Description	Google Group mailing list
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Building membership and use of the Google Group mailing list. The purpose is to build an interactive mailing list with a large and diverse membership across the anti-slavery sector. There are currently 170 members, who have used it to share research questions and interests, and to look for partners with whom to collaborate on research bids.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021,2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/google-group


Description	HTRN Early Career Researcher Webinar
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The Centre discussed its approach to policy impact and shared opportunities for early career researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Holistic approach key to quality legal advice for modern slavery survivors
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	blog on new research about legal advice for survivors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/holistic-approach-key-quality-legal-advice-modern-slavery-surviv...


Description	Home Office Modern Slavery Unit: Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Outline findings of research project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	How can we improve equality, diversity and inclusion in modern slavery research?
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Podcast discussing the lack of diversity in modern slavery research and ways to improve it.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/equality-diversity-inclusion-modern-slavery-research


Description	How to build partnerships between academics and NGOs in research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Workshop to support creation of equitable partnerships in modern slavery research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/build-partnerships-academics-ngos


Description	How to make modern slavery research more impactful. Prof Alex Balch's blog on three things we learned from our event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog setting out three key lessons we took away from our event (co-hosted with the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner) entitled 'Working collaboratively to maximise the impact of modern slavery research', to discuss the obstacles standing in the way of achieving this impact and the best practical ways to overcome them. The impact of this was increased awareness of learnings across the sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/make-modern-slavery-research-impactful


Description	How to meaningfully engage people with lived experience of modern slavery?
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Podcast discussing meaningful engagement of people with lived experience of modern slavery in international programmes and policies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/engage-lived-experience


Description	How to research modern slavery better: partnerships between academics and NGOs
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Recording of the event from 18 July on building equitable partnerships between academics and NGOs in modern slavery research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/partnerships-academics-ngos


Description	How to research modern slavery better: small NGOs in research
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Recording of the event from 31 January 2023 on building the capacity of smaller NGOs to partner in academic research projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/how-to-research-modern-slavery-better-small-ngos-in-research


Description	IOM Anti Slavery Day Panel
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Modern Slavery PEC spoke at a workshop to discuss interim findings of a research project on the 'Impact of providing technology to survivors of modern slavery in the UK', to raise awareness of digital exclusion of survivors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/bridging-digital-gap-survivors-modern-slavery


Description	Inclusion of people with lived experience - five examples of good practice
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on examples of meaningful engagement of people with lived experience of modern slavery in international programmes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/inclusion-lived-experience-five-examples


Description	Industry briefing: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	advancement in thinking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023


Description	Industry group: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Advancement of thinking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023


Description	Intro workshop for wider laws and policies funded research teams
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The Centre brought together five funded research teams within a cohort to introduce the PEC, its ways of working and the other projects in the cohort.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Introductory meeting between Modern Slavery PEC and Home Office Safeguarding Minister
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Introduction to the Modern Slavery PEC, research priorities and ongoing work. The impact of this was iincreased awareness of the Modern Slavery PEC's priorities by the Minister and Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021


Description	Investor Action article (FT FDi Intelligence)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Researchers working on a project funded by the Modern Slavery PEC were interviewed and had the work of their project cited in this FDI Intelligence article (FDI Intelligence is the FT's platform for investors, the article is on working to end modern slavery through data).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://www.fdiintelligence.com/article/79350


Description	Irene Pietropaoli blogs on what next for human rights due diligence
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Blog promoting upcoming research on mandatory human rights due diligence approaches. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/due-diligence-laws-effectiveness


Description	Jakub Sobik blogs on five key takeaways from the CPA UK and the Modern Slavery PEC conference on assisting and supporting survivors
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on five key takeaways from the CPA UK and the Modern Slavery PEC conference on assisting and supporting survivors. The impact was increased awareness of learnings across the sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/what-we-learned-survivor-support-conference


Description	Leeds Anti-Slavery Pledge launch: Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	To help the development of a public health approach to modern slavery
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Legal advice needs to be placed at the centre of survivor support considerations, Dr Samantha Currie blogs
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Blog promoting research analysing access to legal advice and representation in England for people with lived experience of modern slavery. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/legal-advice-needs-improvement


Description	Lessons for early career researchers on policy relevant research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on on the Modern Slavery PEC's information session on policy-relevant research for Early Career Researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/lessons-early-career-researchers


Description	Lessons we learned from our modern slavery prevention research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog from Liz Such on five things we learned about preventing labour and sexual exploitation in the UK. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/lessons-modern-slavery-prevention-research


Description	Listening to the voices of survivors of child trafficking to improve support
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog by researchers on findings of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/listening-to-support-child-survivors


Description	Meet trafficking survivors where they are, not where you wish them to be
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on opendemocracy by research team on project looking at survivor engagement in international programming and policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/meet-trafficking-survivors-where-the...


Description	Meeting with OSCE Special Representative on human trafficking (Val Richey) as part of his UK country visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on upcoming PEC research project/portfolio
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Modern Slavery Business Roundtables
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Modern slavey in busines supply chains is one of the research priority areas of the PEC. The 1st roundtable in this series provided an introduction of the PEC to businesses; the 2nd roundtable continued on that 1st roundtable whilst expanding the business members base; the 3rd roundtable introduced relevant PEC projects to business on modern slavery in business supply chains
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019,2020
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/roundtable-business


Description	Modern Slavery Data for Investor Action Roundtables
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Aligned with the PEC research priority area of modern slavery in business supply chains, two roundtable events were held which focused on investor access to high-quality, accurate data on modern slavery risks in investment portfolios The first roundtable was held with asset management industry representatives; the second with participants representing a range of different stakeholder groups, with both totalling seventy experts ranging from asset management professionals to representatives of civil society organisations, commercial information providers, and leaders of initiatives, to foster collective action in the financial sector to address modern slavery.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/research-projects/modern-slavery-data-investors


Description	Modern Slavery PEC Business Roundtable
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Roundtable aimed at sharing opportunities; thematic discussion; invite input from businesses
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Modern Slavery PEC and AHRC open call for research on links to wider legal and policy frameworks.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release setting out the launch of research call a research call on the role of wider laws and policies on modern slavery, and the process for applying. 36 expressions of interest were received for the research call
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/call-research-links-modern-slavery-wider-laws-policies


Description	Modern Slavery PEC launches five new projects looking at wider laws and policies
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release on new research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/wider-laws-policies


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's Partnership Manager Owain Johnstone blogs on the key challenges for the finance sector in tackling modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Blog sharing findings of a Modern Slavery PEC roundtable with organisations from the finance sector on the key challenges for the finance sector in tackling modern slavery The impact was increased awareness of learnings across the sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/learning-finance-sector-roundtable


Description	Modern Slavery PEC's five new calls for research proposals
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release setting out the launch of all research calls. Applications and expressions of interest were received for research calls
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/five-research-calls


Description	Modern slavery survivors in the driving seat in five new Modern Slavery PEC research projects.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release announcing five research projects funded by the Modern Slavery PEC which aim to improve key areas of support for people affected by modern slavery in the UK. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/survivor-recovery-project-launch


Description	New report finds compelling need for a global commission on modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release on new research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/report-need-global-commission-modern-slavery


Description	New report lays groundwork for developing data solutions for investors to help address modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Press release promoting research on developing data solutions for investors to help address modern slavery. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/investors-data


Description	Opinion piece: It's time to listen to people who've experienced modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog from an Expert by Experience who works with the Modern Slavery PEC outlining the need to meaningfully include people with lived experience in research. Republished on the Modern Slavery Pec blog. The impact of this was increased awareness of meaningful inclusion of people with lived experience in research. This put people with lived experience forward as experts rather than those being researched
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://news.trust.org/item/20211018151546-e8z7u/


Description	Our actions as consumers matter. Blog by Deirdre Shaw, Michal Carrington and Andreas Chatzidakis
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Blog promoting research investigating how consumer action can be effectively supported and mobilised to address issues of modern slavery, and what interventions can be effective in instigating impactful consumer action. The impact of this is increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/consumers-help-prevent-modern-slavery


Description	PEC Director's blog for Thomson Reuters (reposted on the PEC website)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog by the PEC director published by Thomson Reuters outlining the context for the PEC's existence, the key problems it's set out to tackle and its mission
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://news.trust.org/item/20200915113542-a2pk7


Description	PEC-CPA International Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Marking the official opening of the new Modern Slavery PEC, we hosted a global conference on assisting and supporting survivors of modern slavery on 15 & 16 September, organised in partnership with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK. It brought together over 250 survivor advocates and professionals from over 30 countries, with speakers including the former UK Prime Minister Theresa May, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Dame Sara Thornton, Chair of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act Frank Field, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Prof Tomoya Obokata.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/virtual-conference


Description	Peer Review College
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Open call for membership to our Peer Review College, advertised widely and to diverse audidences, membership selected, members who were offered roles on panels have received training and support to sit on assessment panels at the PEC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022,2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/assets/downloads/Peer-Review-College-Advert.pdf


Description	Policymaker briefing: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advancement in thinking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023


Description	Presentation at the Home Office Modern Slavery Strategy and Implementation Group (MSSIG) Prevent group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The PEC was invited to speak at the Home Office Prevent MSSIG group - which brings together Government with partner organisations to address modern slavery - about the PEC's overall research aims
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021


Description	Presentation of research findings on policy brief on mandatory human rights due diligence to government officials from multiple departments
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on final findings from PEC research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Presentation of research findings on policy brief on public procurement to government officials from multiple departments at Modern Slavery and Procurement Implementation Group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on final findings from PEC research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Presentation of research findings on research relating to access to legal advice
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on final findings from PEC research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Presentation of research findings on research relating to survivor engagement in international programming and policy
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on final findings from PEC research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Presentation of research findings on research relating to survivor engagement in international programming and policy
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on final findings from PEC research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Prof Alex Balch analyses the figures of people referred as potential victims of modern slavery in the UK for 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Press release analysing National Referral Mechanism stats, undertaken by the Modern Slavery PEC in conjunction with the University of Liverpool. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/covid-19-limited-ability-identify-people-modern-slavery


Description	Prof Alex Balch on listening and acting on meaningful inclusion of lived experience in our research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Blog sharing the Modern Slavery PEC's approach to survivor inclusion and highlighting its importance. The impact of this was increased awareness of the Modern Slavery PEC's approach to survivor inclusion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/inclusion-lived-experience


Description	Protecting British nationals from modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release on new research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/support-british-nationals


Description	Protecting those who experience criminal exploitation
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog by researchers on findings of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/protection-criminal-exploitation


Description	Public procurement - key for addressing modern slavery in supply chains?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on evidence for legislation on public procurement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/public-procurement-modern-slavery


Description	Rapid research call: assessing the potential of interventions to prevent modern slavery in the UK.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release promoting the research call on assessing the potential of interventions to prevent modern slavery in the UK. One project was funded on the topic
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/call-research-prevention-modern-slavery-uk


Description	Real policy change is at the heart of our strategy, writes the PEC director Murray Hunt
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog promoting Modern Slavery PEC strategy. This blog increased awareness among stakeholders of the Modern Slavery PEC's priorities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/transform-solutions-modern-slavery


Description	Report analysing access to legal representation for survivors in England
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Press release promoting research on access to legal representation for survivors in England. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/barriers-legal-advice


Description	Report uncovers widespread exploitation in the industry supplying PPE to the NHS
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Press release promoting research on the impact of COVID-19 on forced labour in the Malaysian medical glove industry. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/forced-labour-malaysia-medical-glove


Description	Report: relying on civil society to hold business to account for preventing modern slavery in their supply chains has been ineffective.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Press release promoting research on the effectiveness of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/report-enforcing-tisc-measures


Description	Research Priorities Consultation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Over the summer 2020 we held a consultation to inform the development of the PEC's research priorities for the next five years, with an online survey and a series of workshops that followed up throughout September. A report, alongside a blog by the Director of Research Prof Alex Balch on the PEC's website, was published in January 2021. It will inform the Modern Slavery PEC's research strategy, due to be published in April 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020,2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/resources/report-consultation-on-the-modern-slavery-pec-research-priori...


Description	Research finds the pandemic Romanian and Bulgarian workers became vulnerable to exploitation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Press release promoting research on the impact of COVID-19 on conditions of migrant workers. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/report-worsen-conditions-migrant-workers-uk-agri-food


Description	Research: brands committed to ethical trading were more resilient to the pandemic
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release on new research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/brands-ethical-trading-more-resilient


Description	Roundtable of finance sector organisations
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The purpose was to gather together a number of organisations in the UK finance sector to discuss key evidence gaps where new research could help support their work to address modern slavery. The outcome was a better understanding of those gaps as well as new relationships with a network of finance organisations with whom the PEC will continue to engage. The impact of this was the development of our network in the sector providing an avenue for the finance sector to inform the PEC's research priorities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021


Description	Roundtable to discuss policy brief on mandatory human rights due diligence
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Briefed policymakers on final findings from PEC research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Roundtable with UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	We organised a roundtable with Professor Tomoya Obokata, the newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. The purpose of the roundtable was to give an opportunity for Professor Obokata to introduce the plans he was drawing up for his work in the role, to create a platform for key PEC stakeholders to engage with him and provide feedback on his priorities, and for the attendees well to learn more about the PEC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020


Description	Scottish government human trafficking team: Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To outline findings of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Smaller NGOs in research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Workshop supporting smaller NGOs to partner on research projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/smaller-ngos-in-research


Description	Speaker at BASNET full members meeting to present the Centre's EDI Action Plan
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	The Centre's Monitoring and Evaluation Manager presented the Centre's EDI Action Plan and opportunities for third sector organisations to get involved
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Speaker at panel discussion on 'Equitable and inclusive monitoring, evaluation and research in the anti-trafficking movement' at 2022 conference Monitoring & Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons (METIP)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Personal invitation as keynote or other named speaker to a conference. PEC Operations Director, Kelly Ryan, spoke at a panel discussion on "equitable and inclusive monitoring, evaluation and research in the anti-trafficking movement at the 2022 METIP conference. The audience included anti trafficking professionals from across the globe. The impact of this was raising the profile of the Modern Slavery PEC to a wider audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://metip.net/2022-Annual-Conference


Description	Speaker at panel discussion on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking at the 2021 Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) Conference on Maximising Impact from Serious Organised Crime Research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	PEC Director of Policy Impact, Olivia Hesketh, spoke at a panel discussion on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, at the 2021 Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) Conference on Maximising Impact from Serious Organised Crime Research. The audience included researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, and members of the third sector. The impact of this included raising profile of the Modern Slavery PEC to a wider audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://www.paccsresearch.org.uk/resources/maximising-impact-from-serious-organised-crime-research/


Description	Speaker at race equality conference to present the Centre's EDI Action Plan
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The Centre's Monitoring and Evaluation Manager presented the Centre's EDI Action Plan and discussed opportunities for audience involvement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Supplier briefing: Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	advancement in thinking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023


Description	Survivor engagement learning workshop for funded research teams
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The Centre brought together funded research teams to discuss survivor involvement in research, to a) Share and discuss emerging learning, opportunities and challenges b) For projects to learn from each others' experiences c) For the Modern Slavery PEC to learn more about what works and consider how we can best support the research teams we fund d) Consider whether there is emerging good practice that could be consolidated and shared more widely E) To inform a possible future output on good practice in engaging with people who have lived experience in modern slavery research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Tackling Modern Slavery BBC Podcast (BBC Radio 3 New Thinking podast)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	The New Thinking Podcast produced jointly by BBC and AHRC, hosted by Naomi Paxton, featured two researchers working on the PEC projects, Katarina Schwartz from the Rights Lab on the analysis of the main source countries of trafficking into the UK and Alicia Kidd from the Wilberfoce Institute on the interactive training for frontline practitioners. The podcast was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and is available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020
URL	https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jnmc


Description	The Modern Slavery PEC has published a Policy Brief on the impact of Covid-19 on modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Press release promoting Modern Slavery PEC's policy brief on impact of Covid-19 on modern slavery. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/covid-pandemic-increased-vulnerability


Description	The river of life for a survivor: from dependency to agency
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	A blog by a person with lived experience of modern slavery on meaningful engagement in research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/from-dependency-to-agency


Description	There's less focus on modern slavery, but there are opportunities to integrate it across all new priorities, blogs Prof Alex Balch
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Blog promoting the Modern Slavery PEC's policy briefing assessing of evidence linking modern slavery with the seven ODA priorities. The impact of this blog was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/integrate-modern-slavery-uk-international-development


Description	Three factors to influence measures to address modern slavery in public procurement
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on evidence to address modern slavery in procurement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/three-factors-public-procurement


Description	Three lessons from bringing together researchers from our funded projects
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	blog following the workshop with researchers working on addressing wider policies and laws addressing modern slavery.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/three-lessons-bringing-together-researchers


Description	Three lessons on engagement of survivors in research
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on lessons learned from our projects so far on meaningfully involving survivors in research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/lessons-engagement-survivors-research


Description	Three reflections on building research partnerships between academics and NGOs
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on building research partnerships between academics and NGOs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/academic-ngo-partnership


Description	Understanding the Role of the Consumer in Modern Slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Article by lead researchers on the role of consumers in addressing modern slavery on Delta 8.7 Forum. The impact was increased awareness of Modern Slavery PEC evidence
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://delta87.org/2021/10/understanding-the-role-of-the-consumer-in-modern-slavery/


Description	Virtual roundtable on the pandemic's unequal impacts on global garment supply chains
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Event discussing the findings of recently published research. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/roundtable-pandemic-garment-supply-chains


Description	We want our research to be driven by the wider community, so want to hear your ideas. Blog by Izzy Templer.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Blog promoting research ideas form so that anyone interested in the modern slavery issues can share their ideas for the research that they would like us to commission. We particularly welcome ideas from people with lived experience of modern slavery and communities at particular risk of exploitation. We also welcome ideas from users of research, for example policymakers, businesses or those delivering frontline services. The impact of this blog was increased awareness of the form and use to submit ideas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/incorporating-community-research-ideas


Description	We're rethinking measuring outcomes of survivors' recovery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog by researchers on findings of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/rethinking-outcomes-survivors-recovery


Description	Welsh Government modern slavery team: Prevention of adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Outline research project findings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Westminster Legal Policy Forum keynote seminar - Next steps for tackling modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Personal invitation as a named speaker at a conference. PEC Director of research, Alex Balch, participated in a Westminster Legal Policy Forum involving participation from key policymakers within legislatures, governments and regulatory bodies, and from stakeholders in the professions, businesses and their advisors, consumer organisations, local government, the third sector and other interested groups, The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/publication/Modern-Slavery-21


Description	What could prevent survivors from being retrafficked in India? A decent income
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on opendemocracy by research team on project looking at survivor engagement in international programming and policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/what-could-prevent-retrafficking-in-...


Description	What the latest stats tell us about modern slavery in the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog outlining five key takeaways from the latest National Referral Mechanisms statistics. The impact of this was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/2021-nrm-stats


Description	What we learnt from our conference on trade, investment and modern slavery
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on 'Harnessing UK trade and investment to address modern slavery' conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/conference-trade-investment-modern-slavery


Description	Why aren't child soldiers treated as human trafficking 'survivors'?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Blog on opendemocracy by research team on project looking at survivor engagement in international programming and policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/why-arent-child-soldiers-treated-as-...


Description	Women working in the Bangladeshi garment industry have been particularly affected by the pandemic. Blog by Prof. Muhammad Azizul Islam
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Blog promoting the research which explored conditions of women workers working in UK retailers' supply factories based in Bangladesh during the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact was increased awareness of the research among stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/covid-women-garment-bangladesh


Description	Written and verbal feedback from policy officials to inform research application reviews
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Policymaker feedback on research applications to inform panellists' decisions on funding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

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