Patricia Hynes

Patricia Hynes is a Professor of Social Justice in the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University. Patricia’s research interests include forced migration in all its forms, including asylum, refugees, human trafficking, protection and guardianship of children, trust and mistrust in humanitarian settings and human rights. Over the past decade much of her research has been around the human trafficking of children and adults into and within the UK. She recently conducted research which sought to understand ‘vulnerability’ to human trafficking from Albania, Viet Nam and Nigeria to the UK, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Prior to this she was joint-Principal Investigator on the first evaluation of a pilot of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates (ICTAs) in England. Patricia is currently Principal Investigator for a research project is in partnership with Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT) UK, looking at the need to transform systems and outcomes of care and protection for children and young people following human trafficking and/or ‘modern slavery’.