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The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach (2021)
Journal Article
Brady, E., McCabe, H., Otiende, S., Baya, R., Manji, Y., Sorby, R., Ali Haji, A., & Muhunyo, M. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach. Journal of Modern Slavery, 6(2), 247-266

Researchers and practitioners are increasingly calling for the involvement of survivors of human trafficking at all levels of, and in all areas of, anti-trafficking research, policy, work and legislation. Although it is now quite common for survivors... Read More about The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach.

The Chinese Communist Party’s Hybrid Interference and Germany’s Increasingly Contentious China Debate (2018-21) (2021)
Journal Article
Fulda, A. (2021). The Chinese Communist Party’s Hybrid Interference and Germany’s Increasingly Contentious China Debate (2018-21). The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies, 2, 205-234. https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2021.2.205-234

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ambition to neutralise independent academia at home and abroad is the conundrum at the heart of this article. Based on a review of the literature on sharp power, hybrid interference, the United Front system and the... Read More about The Chinese Communist Party’s Hybrid Interference and Germany’s Increasingly Contentious China Debate (2018-21).

Bureaucratic Professionalization is a Contagious Process Inside Government: Evidence from a Priming Experiment with 3,000 Chilean Civil Servants (2021)
Journal Article
Sass Mikkelsen, K., Schuster, C., Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., & Rojas, M. (2022). Bureaucratic Professionalization is a Contagious Process Inside Government: Evidence from a Priming Experiment with 3,000 Chilean Civil Servants. Public Administration Review, 82(2), 290-302. https://doi.org/10.1002/puar.13446

Education is at the centre of theories of how bureaucracies professionalize. Going back to Weber, the process towards a capable and professional bureaucracy has been viewed as driven by the entry of well-educated, professional recruits. We argue that... Read More about Bureaucratic Professionalization is a Contagious Process Inside Government: Evidence from a Priming Experiment with 3,000 Chilean Civil Servants.

Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines (2021)
Journal Article
Brewster, B., Robinson, G., Silverman, B. W., & Wash, D. (2023). Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines. Trends in Organized Crime, 26, 156-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-021-09442-x

In March 2020, the UK was placed in lockdown following the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Just as legitimate workplaces made changes to enable their employees to work from home, the illicit drugs trade also made alternative arrangements, adapting its... Read More about Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines.

Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters? (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Barclay, A. (2023). Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters?. Political Studies, 71(4), 1151-1170. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217211061512

The 2016 European Union referendum revealed fundamental divisions in British politics and society more broadly. It also raised key questions around representation and the role of Members of Parliament. Should they follow their own judgement or their... Read More about Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters?.

A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Sudulich, L. (2022). A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 32(4), 960-979. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.2009484

The internet has become a key battleground for political parties and candidates running for office. Using data from three consecutive parliamentary elections in Estonia, spanning across the last decade, we map the extent to which candidates make use... Read More about A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world.

The Khartoum Process and human trafficking (2021)
Journal Article
Lumley-Sapanski, A., Schwarz, K., & Valverde-Cano, A. (2021). The Khartoum Process and human trafficking. Forced Migration Review (English Edition),

The Khartoum Process’s emphasis on stopping northward migration comes at great cost to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers.

J.S. Mill’s understanding of the “organic” nature of socialism (2021)
Book Chapter
McCabe, H. (2021). J.S. Mill’s understanding of the “organic” nature of socialism. In G. Bíró (Ed.), Humanity and Nature in Economic Thought: Searching for the Organic Origins of the Economy (89-109). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003138655-5

John Stuart Mill is mostly referred to as one of the classical figures of laissez-faire liberalism, without going into detail regarding, or often even mentioning, his socialism. However, Mill and his co-author Harriet Taylor, were influenced by the s... Read More about J.S. Mill’s understanding of the “organic” nature of socialism.

America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, R., & Rees, W. (2022). America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK. British Politics, 17(1), 62-80. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-021-00198-0

The article seeks to assess to what extent the Trump presidency damaged the Anglo-American special relationship. By drawing on a theoretical framework that is broader than much of the existing literature, this article argues that the Trump presidency... Read More about America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK.