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Research on slavery and trafficking aims to understand, build awareness and protect victims
This Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we highlight research at the University of Leeds that explores the causes and solutions to modern-day slavery and contributes towards ending it.
Innovative new art project set to tackle women’s concerns about safety in parks
School of Law Associate Professor Anna Barker’s work on safety in parks inspires wide-ranging and impactful responses, including a new art project for local park Woodhouse Moor.
Timely article by School of Law academic Dr Cristina Saenz Perez reveals how Government portrays asylum seekers as ‘security risk’
Dr Saenz Perez’s article considers how governmental discourse around refugees serves to justify punitive sanctions against them.
Film portraying life in Northern towns post-Brexit to premiere at Leeds film festival
Documentary film ‘From Where We Stand’ originated from a large-scale University of Leeds research project entitled Northern Exposure: Race, Nation and Disaffection in ‘Ordinary Towns and Cities after Brexit’.
Improving home retrofit policies with place-based solutions
A team from the Universities of Leeds, Strathclyde and Sussex are using research to improve support for people to retrofit their homes.