“Consumers have a powerful role to play in the fight against modern slavery, but due to a lack of awareness, understanding or motivation, this potential is yet to be realised.”
-Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Annual Report 2020-21
About
Michal, Andreas and Deirdre are an international team who have been working collaboratively for over a decade. They have a significant body of research on modern slavery that focuses on understanding consumer-citizen perspectives to support action and underpin policy on modern slavery and related environmental impacts, including, climate change.
Research
Reports
(2021) Addressing Consumer Awareness and (in)action Towards Modern Slavery. Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre.
(2020) Modern Slavery From Production to Consumption
(2018) Consuming Modern Slavery.
Journal Articles
(2021) Consuming worker exploitation? Accounts and justifications for consumer (in)action to modern slavery. Work, Employment and Society.
Other Articles
(2021) Modern slavery: how consumers can make a difference. Conversation.
(2018) We all buy slave-made products: here’s how we avoid feeling guilty. Conversation.