Over the two days of the event there will be an opportunity to hear from leading academics in the field of supply chains and modern slavery, the front line of policy development, and leaders within the sector working with businesses to address slavery and supply chains.
Keynote Speakers:
- Dame Sara Thornton, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner: The IASC and research priorities, reflecting on her experience as Commissioner
- Professor Andrew Cane, Bath University: Challenges for academic research on supply chains
- Professor Alexander Trautrims, University of Nottingham: BS Standard 25700 – Organisational responses to modern slavery
- Pamela Zielinski, Stronger Together: A practitioner perspective
- Professor Alex Balch: The role and future of the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre (MSPEC)
- Professors Steve New and Jo Meehan: The forthcoming special issue in Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
- Professor Steve New, Said Business School/University of Oxford: The forthcoming special issue in Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.
Presentations from:
- The Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre
- The Home Office.
Aim of the event:
The aim of the event is to share and discuss current and planned research agendas in the light of emerging policy changes and to identify opportunities for collaboration and further research. Although connections already exist between these three areas, there is often a lack of knowledge of the breadth of each field. This can lead to duplication of work, or a lack of awareness of ‘gaps’ in research. For those working outside of academia this can mean the inaccessibility of useful research and evidence to inform and support policy and practice.
The event will provide the opportunity to engage with representatives from policy and practice and to discuss recent and future policy development, and how academic research can meaningfully contribute to the development of policy. There will be an emphasis on understanding the current nexus of information exchange, how this works in practice, and what are the barriers to useful knowledge exchange.
Attendees will have the opportunity to outline the scope, aims and methods employed in their latest research programmes, and round table discussions will enable participants to discuss collaboration opportunities with others interested in similar topics.
The event will be of interest also to academics with wider interests in supply chain transparency and the effectiveness of non-financial reporting policies. The forum will provide an opportunity to discuss new frontiers in the research field. There will be a focus on developing the understanding of modern slavery in supply chains in the context of supply chain and operations research concerning CSR and ethical supply chain management, and the potential for engagement and collaboration at the intersections of these fields.
Location:
The event will be held on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September 2022 at Tate Liverpool in the historic Albert Dock complex at Liverpool’s waterfront and will include a visit to the International Slavery Museum.
Please consider forwarding this event flyer to colleagues that may be interested in finding out more. Within the program there will be items aimed at PhD students, please consider forwarding to any PhD students working within relevant areas.
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