Email: sasha.jesperson@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
Dr Sasha Jesperson was the first Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery from 2016-2018. During her time as Director, Sasha established a firm foundation for the work of the Centre and was successful in gaining funding from the Home Office Modern Slavery Innovation Fund to conduct research into human trafficking and organised crime from Nigeria, Albania and Vietnam. She is an experienced policy researcher focused on organised crime, conflict, migration, modern slavery, and border management. She has an extensive track record of working with a range of government departments and institutions to deliver technical advice, research, and programming, including UK government departments and the European Commission.
Sasha is a senior analyst with RHIPTO - Norwegian Centre for Global Analyses, and she is a Deployable Civilian Expert for the UK Stabilisation Unit. Recent publications include Human Trafficking: An Organised Crime? and Militarised Responses to Organised Crime: The War on Crime.