Deadline: 11-Aug-22
The Modern Slavery and Human Rights has launched a funding call to address modern slavery with data science methods.
It’s designed to provide independent, impartial and authoritative insight and analysis on modern slavery based on high quality research it commissions, aiming to have a transformational impact on the understanding of modern slavery and the responses to it. The Centre brings together academics, policymakers, businesses, civil society, survivors and the public on a scale not seen before in the UK to collaborate on solving this global challenge. The Modern Slavery PEC’s approach is rooted in human rights.The aim of this call is to support research projects to use data science methods to either
- enhance understanding of modern slavery or
- transform the effectiveness of laws and policies designed to address it.
Priorities
The scope for projects under C should contribute to addressing one or more of the Modern Slavery PEC’s priority areas:
- survivor support and recovery;
- prevention;
- supply chains; and
- legal enforcement measures.
Objectives
All projects must meet two objectives: firstly, all projects must meet objective A, and then they must meet either objective B or C:
- To use data science methods to develop evidence-based recommendations for policymakers and other decisionmakers (such as businesses) on modern slavery.
- To use data science methods to produce new knowledge on the changing nature of modern slavery in the UK and inform understanding regarding future patterns and trends.
- To provide evidence on how data science methods can improve effectiveness, equity and inclusion of lived experience in policy and/or service delivery, or in supply chain governance/procurement.
Scope
All projects must demonstrate how they will contribute to policy in the UK. Projects would be out of scope if they:
- Propose to only focus on ethical issues, barriers or obstacles to data science analysis and/or data-sharing.
- Propose to use the project to support already-ongoing analysis of existing datasets, for example analysis that is produced by organisations as part of regular reporting.
- Do not constitute novel research.
- Propose to use data science methods to estimate prevalence of modern slavery.
Funding Information
- A maximum budget of £250,000 at 100% full economic cost (FEC) is allocated for each project.
- Duration: Projects funded under this call must be concluded by the end of March 2024, in line with the Modern Slavery PEC’s current funding from the AHRC. Projects should consider timelines and feasibility while designing their expressions of interest.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project may be led by either a UK higher education institution or an approved research organisation eligible to receive UKRI funding.
- Project teams must demonstrate collaboration between the lead institution and a UK based third sector organisation.
- UK based third sector organisations can receive up to 50% of the total budget.
- The team must be made up of at least one Principal Investigator (PI), one Co-Investigator (Co-I) and project partners.
For more information, visit https://modernslaverypec.org/latest/call-research-data-science