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The Human Trafficking Research Network regularly hold online seminars, where members of our network or invited guests present work in progress or recently published human trafficking research. The seminars are free to attend and often attract participants from a range of countries and contexts.

Take a look at some of our previous online seminars.

How do we Research Human Trafficking?

Recorded 12 March 2026

This PhD seminar panel brought together Maria Loureiro Oliveira (PhD Researcher, Birmingham City University, UK) and Giulia Repetti (PhD Researcher, University of Hull, UK), two third-year doctoral researchers working on human trafficking from distinct but complementary perspectives. The session invited discussion around methodological choices, theoretical framing, ethical challenges, and the practical realities of researching trafficking across disciplines.

Recognising Lived Experience as Expertise: Inclusion in Research on Movement and Exploitation

Recorded 19 November 2025

In this seminar, members of the HTRN and Asylos hosted a seminar discussing the process of drafting and disseminating a call to action on the recognition of lived experience expertise.

Addressing Human Trafficking During Armed Conflict: Perspectives from Ukraine and its Borders

Recorded January 31 2024

In this session, we welcomed Professor Zbigniew Lasocik (University of Warsaw), and representatives from the All-Ukrainian NGO Coalition for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings who provided important reflections on addressing human trafficking during armed conflict.