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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎨Explore the Theresa Roberts Art Collection & its new home at the Wilberforce Institute in this webinar on art, culture & collaboration.

🗣️ Featuring Theresa Roberts, Dr Emma Roberts, Prof Rina Arya & Dr Cassandra Gooptar

📅 Monday 14th July 2025 | 🕒 3pm - 4:30pm
🔗 Book now: bit.ly/43NSqQd

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are delighted to welcome Professor Angela McCarthy, Director of the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago and an Honorary Researcher of the Institute.

Angela is visiting from New Zealand as part of her research into Scottish involvement in slavery in the Caribbean.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Jun 12

Indonesian children say climate change puts them at risk of exploitation.

On World Day Against Child Labour, Dr Saphia Fleury from the Wilberforce Institute highlights the critical links between climate change and child exploitation in Indonesia.

Read Saphia's blog here: bit.ly/45R9RR9

Indonesian children say climate change puts them at risk of exploitation

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 29

Low conviction rates under the Modern Slavery Act raise urgent questions—what’s stopping prosecutions, and what can businesses do?
Join Dr Alicia Heys on Friday, 6th June, at 2 pm for this online session on legal and institutional barriers to justice.
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/barriers-t...

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 23

Dr Alicia Heys was at the Ministry of Justice today for the Modern Slavery Scrutiny Panel, helping scrutinise CPS responses to modern slavery cases.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 19

Despite rising victim numbers, convictions under the Modern Slavery Act remain low. Join Dr Alicia Heys to explore the barriers to justice—and what they mean for business.
👉 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/barriers-t...

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 14

Proud to see Alicia’s report on barriers to prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act featured in Forbes:
🔗 bit.ly/3GV5kmq
The article shares insights from interviews with legal experts on why conviction rates stay low despite strong UK laws.

Prosecutions Under ‘World Leading’ U.K. Modern Slavery Act Remain Low

Ten years on from the historic Modern Slavery Act coming into power, slavery and lavor exploitation remains rife across the British economy.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 14

Staff from the institute joined members of the Wilberforce House Museum Advisory Board, heritage colleagues, and members of the public last evening for the Hull launch of 'Mariners- Race, Religion and Empire in British Ports'. Hosted by our friends at the Hull History Centre until 26 June 2025.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 13

Despite thousands of victims identified, convictions remain low. Dr Alicia Heys' new report explores why—and what must change.

🗞️ Guardian: bit.ly/3WwYpXq
📄 Report: bit.ly/3wEv7gA

University of Hull @uniofhull.bsky.social · May 13

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 is letting victims down – here’s why 👇

A new report that commissioned research from the Wilberforce Institute at the University of Hull found that prosecution rates remained low.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · May 9

Great to see Dr Alicia Heys's new report on the barriers to successful prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act, published by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre today. Also, find details of her lunchtime seminar next week.

Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) @modernslaverypec.bsky.social · May 9

Read the report and summary:
www.modernslaverypec.org/resources/pr...

The research was carried out by Dr Alicia Heys from @wilberforcehull.bsky.social.

It was funded by @modernslaverypec.bsky.social, part of @oxhumanities.bsky.social. The PEC is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Barriers to prosecutions and convictions under the Modern Slavery Act…

We strive for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.

www.modernslaverypec.org

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Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) @modernslaverypec.bsky.social · May 8

Tomorrow we'll publish a report on the reasons for low prosecution rates since the Modern Slavery Act.

Dr Alicia Heys from @wilberforcehull.bsky.social will talk about her research in our lunchtime seminar next Wednesday 14 May, 12.30pm UK time.

Register👇
www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/lunch...

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks to Janet Alder and Dan Glazebrook for a truly thought provoking Stephen Lawrence Day lecture at the University of Hull yesterday. Learn more from their book: 'DEFIANCE – Speak up for Christopher Alder' www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/janet....

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Dr Saphia Fleury @saphiafleury.bsky.social · Apr 11

Searching for examples of sustainable travel policies at universities across Europe. If you are based in Europe, please send me your university’s staff travel policy!
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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 17

We were delighted to welcome Ayrton Sarbeng yesterday. He came to see how his uncle, former President John Kufuor, is celebrated for officially opening our institute in 2006. Ayrton is presently studying for a degree in Marketing Management and Business Strategy at the University of Hull. 🇬🇭

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 11

We were delighted to welcome Professor Zoe Trodd, Director of the Rights Lab, University of Nottingham back to the Wilberforce Institute this week. Many fruitful ideas about research projects were identified and Professor Trodd gave us the benefit of her leadership experience and insights.

Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 9

Last week, the Centre for Violence, Victimisation and Vulnerability hosted a networking event with 20 researchers & practitioners from across Europe—sharing insights, tackling key issues & building future plans.
Find out more about the Centre👉 www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us...

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 7

🗓️Don’t miss Dr Michael Bennett’s lecture on the financing of Barbados’s 17th-c. sugar boom & links to the English Civil War. A deep dive into merchant investment, slavery, & transatlantic ties. #HistoryLecture #Barbados #SlaveryAndCapitalism
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-mer...

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 7

Success Village, Hanover, Jamaica—key to our Guardian Legacies of Enslavement project—is featured in The Guardian this week. Dr Cassandra Gooptar shares insights on how archaeology connects past to present. #WilberforceInstitute #LegaciesOfEnslavement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavement

www.theguardian.com

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Apr 3

Congrats, Dr. Bethany Darby!
She defended her thesis on children’s perceptions of criminal exploitation & county lines. Part of the Better Policing, Safer Communities cluster & Wilberforce Institute, she is a Postdoc on the GRIP Hotspot Policing project. Thanks to her examiners, chair & supervisors!

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Mar 28

Join Sophie Blanchard, Ops Manager at the Wilberforce Institute & Project Manager for the Violence Prevention Partnership, for a Wilberforce Business Academy session on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) & its role in supporting UK victims of modern slavery.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Mar 27

We were delighted to host a visit by members of the National Centre for Teaching Black History Educator's Steering Group at the International Slavery Museum yesterday. They heard about the work of the Wilberforce House Museum Advisory Board to make heritage more inclusive. #KnowledgeExchange

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Mar 26

Today, Cristina Talens, our Director of Risk Assessment and founder of www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins... is presenting at the Disrupting Modern Slavery Conference talking about how risk assessments can be used to get to the root of problems on labour exploitation with focus on UK supply chains.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Mar 21

Book today: DEFIANCE – Speak up for Christopher Alder

➡️ Janet Alder in Conversation with Dan Glazebrook

➡️ Tuesday 22 April 2025 – 1 - 2.30 pm

➡️ Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull.

➡️ Find out more and book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/defiance-s...

DEFIANCE - Speak up for Christopher Alder

For this annual Stephen Lawrence Day lecture, we welcome Janet Alder, sister of Christopher Alder, who died in police custody in 1998.

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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Mar 21

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Subedi Essay Prize is Richa Shrestha for her outstanding essay, 'Chains of Modern Slavery: Exploring International Trafficking Networks and Foreign Fighters in the Russia-Ukraine War'. Discover more: www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Mar 18

Professor Simon Green is currently a visiting scholar at Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (lnkd.in/eBT45xJx), co-editing a special edition focusing on the intersection of exploitation, victim rights & victimological values & co-authoring an article on Victim Survival Skills.

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