Dr. Angela Robinson: The Human Cost and Collective Fight Against Human Trafficking August 19, 2024
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In this episode of Orion Talks, Marta Furlan is joined by Dr Angela Robinson for a discussion on human trafficking, one of the most widespread and yet least talked about human rights violations. After sharing her considerations on the moral and economic cost of human trafficking for our societies, Dr Robinson discusses how her research has utilized participatory methods to identify strategies for improving the services available to survivors of human trafficking and reflects on the importance of incorporating survivor input into case management and prevention work. She shares some of the most interesting findings emerged from a cross-country data collection process, and reflects on the policy implications of her findings. She concludes with some encouraging thoughts on how our collective fight against human trafficking can be advanced.
Dr Angela Robinson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She holds a PhD in Social Psychology from UCI and a Master’s in Cross-Cultural Psychology from Victoria University of Wellington. Through academic research and work in nonprofit management, Dr Robinson has dedicated her career to using sound theory and evaluation to maximize the impact of community-based work. Currently, Dr Robinson's main lines of research focus on the fight against human trafficking, with an emphasis on participatory, strengths-based methodologies that center survivors' perspectives and expertise. Her previous research has focused on issues ranging from the prevention of domestic violence to the impact that more equitable political representation has on women and ethnic minorities.
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