Research
Ben Brewster

Ben Brewster

Rights Lab Lead in Technology and Exploitation and Assistant Professor in Information Systems

Email: ben.brewster@nottingham.ac.uk

Dr. Ben Brewster works as part of the Rights Lab’s Business Programme. His research focuses on the use of online technologies in human trafficking and modern slavery, including the role that digital platforms themselves can play in prevention and discovery. Ben has a research background in the evolving methods and behaviour of organised criminals and has worked extensively with international law enforcement agencies, including EUROPOL, on a range of crime issues and their intersections with internet misuse and cybercrime.

Research Projects

Addressing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Brazil (follow on funding)

Addressing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Brazil

Covid-19 and Child Criminal Exploitation: Closing Urgent Knowledge and Data Gaps on the Implications of Pandemic for County Lines

Evidence Review of Modern Slavery Perpetration

Innovate to Perpetrate: the Use of the Internet to Facilitate Modern Slavery

Understanding the Prevalence of Moldovan Nationals in the UK National Referral Mechanism

World Childhood Forum - OSEC Live-Streaming Payments Philippines

 

 

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