Exploitation Research
Labor exploitation: the new face of human trafficking
Team
The research project is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) by means of an individual research grant (VENI) through its Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. It is carried out by Masja van Meeteren. Masja is Associate Professor of Criminology at Leiden University. Whereas the research project is fully independent research, Masja keeps close connections to a number of governmental and non-governmental organizations to ensure that various stakeholders will benefit from the results of this project.
The research project ‘labor exploitation: the new face of human trafficking’ is essentially an individual 4-year research project carried out by Masja van Meeteren alone. However, over the course of the project, a number of graduate and undergraduate students have contributed to the project in various ways. Please see their affiliations and contributions to the project below.
Contact
E-mail: info@exploitation-research.org
Tel: +31 71 527 3512
Work address
M.J. van Meeteren
Department of Criminology
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden
The Netherlands
Masja van Meeteren
Masja van Meeteren is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology. Her research interests include intersections of migration and crime. She has conducted research on irregular (‘illegal’) migration, intended and unintended consequences of migration policies, human trafficking, migrant legalization, informal labor, and return migration. Recently, she published a book on her work on irregular migration entitled “Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands: Aspirations and Incorporation" with Amsterdam University Press.
Sanne Bannink
Sanne Bannink is a Master student of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Leiden University. She has a Bachelor degree in Criminology from Leiden University and is now in the final stages of finishing two master programs: Criminal Justice (MSc) and Criminal Policy and Law Enforcement (MSc). In her combined internship and Master thesis, Sanne investigates to what extent and how labor exploitation in the Netherlands can be considered a transborder phenomenon.
Katerina Lazaridou
Kate is a Master student of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Leiden University. She has a bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of Thessaloniki in Greece. She is now in the final stages of finishing the Master program Criminal Justice (MSc). In her combined internship and Master thesis, Kate investigates the role of NGOs in combating labor exploitation in the Netherlands.
Ellen Wiering
Ellen is a Master student of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Leiden University. She has a bachelor degree in Criminology from Leiden University. She is now in the final stages of finishing the Master program Criminal Policy and Law Enforcement (MSc). As a research assistant she supports the research project.
Sonja Geldermans
Sonja is a bachelor student at Leiden Law School. Sonja has been a student in the extracurricular program Honours College Law at Leiden University. In connection to this program, she did an internship for the project. In her internship, she conducted a comparative analysis of two forms of human trafficking: sexual exploitation and labor exploitation. Whereas Sonja focused on comparing the two forms as phenomena, Liz van Ringelestijn (to the right) conducted a comparative analysis of legal aspects related to the two forms.
Liz van Ringelestijn
Liz is a bachelor student at Leiden Law School. Sonja has been a student in the extracurricular program Honours College Law at Leiden University. In connection to this program, she did an internship for the project. In her internship, she conducted a comparative analysis of two forms of human trafficking: sexual exploitation and labor exploitation. Whereas Liz focused on comparing legal aspects related to the two forms, Sonja Geldermans (to the left) conducted a comparative analysis of the two forms as phenomena.