Amy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Chargée de Recherche FRS-FNRS ) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Doctor of Law (VUB & Tilburg, 2019). Her post-doctoral research focuses on the normalization of tolerated exploitation in the labour market and the development of law and policy that tackles exploitation beyond criminal law. Her main research areas are human trafficking, migration and fundamental rights. She has published her work in collective works and international journals. Between 2015 and 2020, she was a doctoral student, then postdoctoral researcher at the Fundamental Rights Research Centre at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the VUB where she worked on and coordinated several European funded research projects, and where she led the Belgian national research for the multidisciplinary research network of the European Union Agency pf Fundamental Rights (FRANET). From September 2019 – August 2020, Amy was seconded to INTERVICT of Tilburg University where she was co-coordinator of the Master Programme Victimology and Criminal Justice (MSc). Previously, she was a researcher at the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham (2012-2014).
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4385 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4665-9313 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-weatherburn-67930260/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/@weatherburn_amy |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-economic consequences
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
University, 1050, Belgium
Postdoctoral Fellow (Chargée de Recherche) -
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
University, Brussels, Belgium
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Université Libre de Bruxelles
Other, Brussels, Belgium
Chargée de Recherche -
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Other, Bruxelles, Belgium
Collaboratrice Scientifique - FNRS/FRS -
Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Other, 1050, Belgium
Research
Improving Prosecutions of Human Trafficking for Labour Exploitation: Lessons Learned from Two European Jurisdictions (England and Wales and Belgium)
| Authors | Amy Weatherburn |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Irregular Migration as a Challenge for Democracy
| Year | 2018 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Managing the Risks of Being a Victim of Severe Labour Exploitation: Before and After the Modern Slavery Act 2015
| Authors | Amy Weatherburn, Alexander Toft |
| Year | 2018 |
| Book Title | Labour Migration in Europe Volume II | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Dominika Borg Jansson,Modern Slavery: A Comparative Study of the Definition of Trafficking in Persons
| Authors | Amy Weatherburn |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Human Rights Law Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Working in Europe with a Single Permit: a Golden Ticket or Pie in the Sky?
| Authors | Amy Weatherburn, Amy Weatherburn |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Migration and Law |
Working in Europe with a Single Permit: a Golden Ticket or Pie in the Sky?
| Authors | Amy Weatherburn |
| Year | 2024 |