Good time for new beginnings:
Oxford has been very good to me, and from this week I'm a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool School of Law & Social Justice
This year I'll teach Migration and Asylum Law and Socio-Legal Theory; and conduct empirical research on understandings of work and exploitation.
"For anti-slavery efforts to be effective, they have to look wider and deeper, identify the root causes of exploitation, and aim to address not isolated incidents, but structures of exploitation affecting thousands of workers."
New blog post on the Modern Slavery PEC website, following @vmantouvalou new book
https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/from-isolated-cases-to-structural-injustice
Modern slavery is not merely an isolated problem caused by individual perpetrators. It results from economic, social, and political structures, where the law is not just the protection, but often the cause of exploitation. Smugglers and deceitful recruiters take advantage of vulnerable…
We also have a book launch in Oxford at the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights on 24 May, organised by the great
@Niezna with an outstanding panel:
Bridget Anderson, Samantha Currie, Emily Kenway, Maayan Niezna, Shreya Atrey, chaired by Manoj Dias-Abey.
This is in person & online:
https://law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/book-launch-structural-injustice-and-workers-rights
Next week I'll be visiting Cardiff Business School-Employment Research Unit, to discuss my research on changes to the recruitment model of migrant workers and Palestinian workers in Israel, and policy responses to exploitative recruitment fees and debt.
https://cardiff.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeGsrjsqHdyxvqvGpFDeNcSBMginSVeu
Join us to discuss Dr Maayan Niezna's research on recruitment fees as exploitation: the case of Palestinian workers in Israel. She will present her work on trafficking for labour exploitation and, more specifically, the structural elements of the extreme exploitation of migrant workers and Palestinian workers in Israel.
I just donated to the UCL security guards' strike fund. Donate here to help the sustain the strike and win!
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/ucl-security-guards-strike-fund-in-house-now?source=twitter&
Ben Waber
Virginia Mantouvalou
Reuben Binns⁉️
Yochai Benkler
