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Staff
Dr Carole Murphy - Centre Director and Research Lead
Email: carole.murphy@stmarys.ac.uk
Carole Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology, and successfully launched the MA in Human Trafficking, Migration and Organised Crime in 2017. She played a key role in establishing the Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery at St Mary’s University in 2015 and is currently Acting Director and research lead for the Centre. Her main research interests are in human trafficking and modern slavery and intersections with social problems, inequalities, addiction, and health/mental health issues. Carole has published on the particular challenges faced by asylum seeking survivors in the UK and on the role of the Catholic Church in raising awareness of modern slavery.
Her report A Game of Chance?: Long-term support for Survivors of Modern Slavery (2018) a study based on interviews with first responders in the UK including police and NGOs, evaluated the impact of gaps in long-term support for survivors of modern slavery. She has also published on the performance of identity in recovery from addiction and on media representations and political discourses about migration, smuggling and human trafficking. Carole has undertaken multiple independent evaluations of services for survivors in the UK. She is currently examining barriers to services for people with complex and intersecting needs.
Dr Anta Brachou - Project and Research Officer
Email: anta.brachou@stmarys.ac.uk
Vanna Derosas - Survivor Education Project Coordinator
Email: vanna.derosas@stmarys.ac.uk
Dr Diem-Tu Tran – Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: diem-tu.tran@stmarys.ac.uk
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