Our Team

With a leadership team at King’s College London and the University of Nottingham, the Centre harnesses the complementary strengths of the world’s largest academic community dedicated to war and security and the global leader in modern slavery research.

Strategic oversight is provided by a diverse advisory group, including global experts, stakeholders, and a Lived Experience Panel, ensuring rigorous, inclusive, and impactful research.

Management

Dr Maeve Ryan

Director
Reader in History and Foreign Policy, King’s College London
Professor Zoe Trodd

Director of the Rights Lab and Professor of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, University of Nottingham
Professor Todd Landman

Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham
Dr Jeni Mitchell

Lecturer in War Studies, King’s College London
Kelsey Carthew

Centre Manager, King's College London
Oliver Thompson

Senior Operations Officer, University of Nottingham

Strand Co-Leads

Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries

Reader in International Politics, King’s College London
Professor Kevin Bales

Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Nottingham
Dr Andrea Ballatore

Senior Lecturer in Cultural Data Science, King’s College London
Professor Doreen Boyd

Professor of Earth Observation, University of Nottingham
Dr Kevin Fahey

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham
Dr Rebekka Friedman

Reader in International Relations, King’s College London
Dr Rosana Garciandia

Senior Lecturer in Public International Law, King’s College London
Dr Jack McDonald

Senior Lecturer in War Studies, King’s College London
Professor Andrew Mumford

Professor of War Studies, University of Nottingham
Dr Katarina Schwarz

Associate Professor of Antislavery Law and Policy, University of Nottingham
Professor Simon Tanner

Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King’s College London

Early Career Researchers

Dr Lucrezia Canzutti

Post-doctoral Research Associate in Slavery in War (Forced Migration), King’s College London
Dr Sima Farokhnejad

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Forecasting and Data Science), University of Nottingham
Dr Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja

Post-doctoral Research Associate in Slavery and War (Digital Humanities), King’s College London
Robbie Millar

Senior Research Assistant, King’s College London
Dr Erika Miyamoto

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Laws and Justice), University of Nottingham
Dr Rawan Mohamed

Post-doctoral Research Associate in Slavery in War, King’s College London
Dr Yelyzaveta Monastyrova

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Concepts and Theories), University of Nottingham
Dr Juan Carlos Ríos-Prieto

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Comparative Contexts), University of Nottingham
Dr Henry Staples

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Governance and Interventions), University of Nottingham
Rebecca Sykes

Senior Research Assistant, King’s College London
Dr John Trajer

Post-doctoral Research Associate in Slavery and War (Concepts and Laws), King’s College London
Dr Cristina Vrinceanu

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Earth Observation and Data Science), University of Nottingham
Jerome Arab

PhD Student (AHRC-Funded)

King’s Digital Lab

Dr Arianna Ciula

Senior Research Software Analyst, King’s College London
Neil Jakeman

Senior Research Software Analyst, King’s College London