RESEARCH LAB
human trafficking vulnerability lab
WE Research knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and practices around human trafficking globally.
The Human Trafficking Vulnerability (HTV) lab is a research group based at the University of California, Berkeley and York University (Canada). The lab applies experimental methods to study the impact of awareness campaigns on norms and behaviors that leave people vulnerable to labor exploitation and human trafficking. Thus far, data have been collected in Nepal and Hong Kong with a specific focus on populations that are either vulnerable to trafficking and labor exploitation or responsible for mitigating it. This includes the general public, law enforcement, employers, and migrant domestic workers.
Publications
HTV Lab is committed to knowledge engagement through both public reports and peer-reviewed academic journals.
Awareness campaigns
HTV Lab works collaboratively with artists, actors, international and local partners in order to create realistic and high-quality awareness campaigns that also conform to an exact research design.
RESEarch Team
The HTV team is based at University of California–Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania, and York University (Canada).