Human Rights and Social Justice

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The Human Rights and Social Justice research cluster at the Department of Politics, University of Liverpool is a group of staff and PhD researchers in Politics who are committed to examining contemporary human rights issues. These issues include but are not limited to modern slavery, refugees, abortion, adoption and decolonial research practices. The cluster is actively engaged with policy-makers, international and local NGO’s, and the media.

The cluster's research is centred around the people impacted by politics and policies, with a particular focus on the relationship between practice, theory, and empirical analysis of human rights both locally and globally. They encourage research that is informed by human rights and social justice to pursue impactful and politically transformative outputs and practices. Members of the cluster have received funding from major UK funding bodies, acted as consultants to policy-making bodies and helped to inform policy and practice in their field.

The cluster's research is focused on several key areas, including forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking, decolonial research practices, reproductive justice, abortion rights and access, adoption practices and inequalities, refugee journeys and border practices, international political economy, and the politics of the Middle East. The cluster also conducts research on safeguarding and risk in research.

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University of Liverpool
Liverpool