James Cockayne is Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery at the University of Nottingham. He is a Member of the World Economic Forum Global Futures Council for the New Agenda on Equity and Social Justice, founder of Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (www.fastinitiative.org), and chaired the US Council on Foreign Relations Study Group on Trafficking in Persons. His books include Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Fighting Modern Slavery (UNU, 2021) and Hidden Power: The Strategic Logic of Organized Crime (OUP, 2016).
Experience
2014–present
Associate fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
2020–present
Professor, School of Politics and Internationsl Relations, University of Nottingham
2018–2020
Director, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
2013–2018
Head of Office at the United Nations, United Nations University
2010–2012
Co-Director, Centre for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
2012–2012
Visiting professor, Columbia University
2006–2010
Senior fellow, International Peace Institute
2002–2003
Principal Legal Officer, Transnational Crime Unit, Australian Attorney-General's Department
Education
2015
King's College London, Ph.D. / War Studies
2005
New York University School of Law, LL.M. (International Legal Studies)