People

DemandAT brings together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers with expertise across fields including migration, labour and regulatory studies. The project’s nine partner institutions span Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. They bring together a wealth of expertise to examine demand for human trafficking and the efficacy of measures that aim to influence that demand.

International Centre for Migration Policy Development

The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is an international organisation whose purpose is to promote innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies and to function as a service exchange mechanism for organisations and governments. The organisation has established a reputation for its research on international migration trends and patterns, as well as policies in the wider European context based on comparative analysis.

University of Bremen

The Arbeitsbereich Interkulturelle Bildung (Unit for Intercultural Education) at the University of Bremen is a multidisciplinary team involved in a broad range of research and teaching relevant for intercultural education and cohesion in a society experiencing immigration. The the University of Bremen belongs to the top league universities in Germany, and was awarded the title and benefits of a ‘University of excellence’ in June 2012.

University of Edinburgh

The School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh is one of Europe’s leading centres for social science. The University of Edinburgh is one of the largest and most successful universities in the United Kingdom with an international reputation as a centre of academic excellence. The University is the leading research university in Scotland and ranks amongst the top ten in the United Kingdom.

La Strada International

The International La Strada Association is a leading European NGO-network working to ensure a world without trafficking in human beings by promoting respect for human rights. The network comprises eight independent member organisations that operate from a grass-roots level and implement activities for advocacy, prevention and social support for trafficked persons and at-risk groups in order to empower them to exercise their rights.

Lund University

The Department of Social Anthropology is part of the Sociology Institute of Lund University. Lund anthropology has been significantly strong in the development of global systematic anthropology. Lund University seeks to be a world-class university that works to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. The university is ranked as one of the top 100 in the world.

University of Durham

The Department of Geography at the University of Durham is one of the leading centres of geographical scholarship in the world. The Department was founded in 1928 and remains among the strongest in the UK. Durham University is currently ranked a top 5 UK university

European University Institute

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute is devoted to inter-disciplinary and comparative research and to promote work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society. The European University Institute was created in 1972 by the Member States of the founding European Communities to provide advanced academic training to PhD-students and to promote research at the highest level.

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces is an international foundation established in 2000 on the initiative of the Swiss Confederation. DCAF’s mission is to assist the international community in pursuing good governance and reform of the security sector.

La Strada Czech Republic

La Strada Czech Republic (LSCz) is a non-governmental organization which aims to contribute towards the elimination of all forms of exploitation and trafficking in human beings. To achieve these results, LSCz wants to make the issue of THB visible by influencing authorities, media and public opinion to address this violation of human rights and by informing the public about possible dangers of trafficking and commercial exploitation.

Stakeholder Advisory Board

The DemandAT project benefits from the continual advice and engagement of a Stakeholder Advisory Panel with expertise in trafficking, forced labour, supply chains and labour rights.