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26 November 2025

Rights Lab wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education - the UK’s highest national honour for universities

The award recognises the pioneering research by the university’s Rights Lab to help tackle the global problem of modern slavery and forced labour, which has had a real-world impact and accelerated action for thousands of vulnerable people around the world.

14 April 2025

Digital research led by Kings to forecast the emergence of slavery in war zones

Academics from the Department of Digital Humanities and the King’s Digital Lab will spearhead digital research in the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War.

09 April 2025

New £10m centre to improve understanding of the role of slavery in war

A new £10 million research centre is being established by King’s College London in partnership with the University of Nottingham to improve understanding of the links between slavery and war.