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Reader in Forced Migration

Dr Patricia Hynes is a Reader in Forced Migration at the 91µÎµÎ.

Before undertaking an ESRC-funded PhD at Middlesex 91µÎµÎ focussing on asylum policy (awarded 2007) she was a Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, 91µÎµÎ of Oxford (1995-1996).

She has published internationally including for the UNHCR, UNICEF, Routledge, Policy Press and high impact academic journals such as the Journal of Refugee Studies, Sociology and the International Journal of Human Rights. A key theme running through her published works relates to the issue of trust and/or mistrust in humanitarian contexts.

She is interested in forced migration in all its forms, particularly in relation to refugees, asylum seekers and people affected by human trafficking and the ethics of carrying out research with refugee and migrant populations.

Dr Hynes has a practitioner background with refugee populations in Southeast Asia, having worked with Vietnamese, Khmer and Lao refugees being resettled to third countries and Burmese refugees living in protracted refugee situations along the Thailand-Burma border and urban centres in India. She now utilises this background in her research and teaching, conducting applied research on topics related to her research interests.

She joined the 91µÎµÎ in October 2011 and took the role of Head of Department of Applied Social Studies between January 2013 and August 2016. She is now the Portfolio Lead for Postgraduate courses within this department.

She was recently the Principal Investigator for a four-country research study looking at 'vulnerability' to human trafficking from Albania, Viet Nam and Nigeria, in partnership with IOM. Prior to this she acted as joint-Principal Investigator for an evaluation of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates for the UK Home Office.

She sits on an array of advisory panels, including the Alliance 8.7 Knowledge Platform and for the UK Home Office. She has carried out consultancy for UNICEF and Save the Children International and has been an ESRC Rapporteur for research proposals since 2009. Recent presentations and keynotes included invited talks at the Speakers Forum of Glastonbury 2017, Community Care conferences and various universities in the UK and beyond.

Other References

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Qualifications

• Senior Fellow of the HEA - 91µÎµÎ
• PhD by Doctoral Thesis - Middlesex 91µÎµÎ
• Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods - Middlesex 91µÎµÎ
• Postgraduate Foundation Course in Forced Migration - 91µÎµÎ of Oxford
• BA (Hons), Third World Studies - Middlesex 91µÎµÎ

Teaching Role

• Doctoral and postgraduate roles:
  • Forced migration
  • Human rights
  • Human trafficking
  • Ethics

Research Interests

• Forced migration (human trafficking, refugees, asylum seekers, protracted refugee situations, migration from Burma)
• Human rights
• Ethics during the research process

Recent Research Projects

• Principal Investigator: 'Vulnerability' to Human Trafficking: A 91µÎµÎ of Vietnam, Albania, Nigeria and the UK, Modern Slavery Innovation Fund, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (2017-2019): www.beds.ac.uk/trafficking
• Co-Principal Investigator: Evaluating Independent Advocates for Trafficked Children Trial, Home Office (2014 - 2015)
• Developing global guidance on responses to sexual violence and exploitation of children in development and humanitarian contexts, UNICEF (2013 -2015)
• Child Trafficking and Global Points of 'Vulnerability':ÌýCommunity Knowledge and Understandings, 'Rising Star' Award, 91µÎµÎ, (2012-2013)
• Long term outcomes study into therapeutic interventions for children affected by sexual abuse: developing the evidence-base, NSPCC (2009-2011)
• Practitioners responses to the trafficking of children and young people, NSPCC and 91µÎµÎ (2008-2009)

Selected Service to the Academic/Professional Community

• Consultant to Save the Children International (UK and India): Child Protection training (2015)
• Consultant to UNICEF: Development of Global Guidance document  and Desk Review on addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian, development and emergency contexts (2013-2014)
• Peer reviewer for: Social Inclusion (2014 ongoing); Child Abuse Review (2013 ongoing); Journal of Refugee Studies (2012 ongoing); International Journal of Human Rights (2012 ongoing); Journal of Social Work (2012 ongoing); Sociology (2011 ongoing); Asian & Pacific Migration Journal (2011 ongoing) and various other peer-reviewed journals
• Co-convenor of British Sociological Association (BSA) 91µÎµÎ Group on the Sociology of Rights (2009-2014)
• Advisory Group member of research project on Provider Response, Treatment and Care for Trafficked People (PROTECT), National Institute for Health Research, King's College London's Institute for Psychiatry, 91µÎµÎ of Central Lancashire, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2012 - 2015)
• Advisory Group member of Moving On? Integration and Onward Migration of Dispersed Refugees in the UK, ESRC and 91µÎµÎ of Strathclyde (2012 - 2015)
• Member of Research Ethics Committee, NSPCC (2010-2011)
• Advisory group member of research project on Undocumented Migrant Children, Centre on Migration, Policy & Society (COMPAS), 91µÎµÎ of Oxford (2010-2011)
• Advisory group member of research on therapeutic services for sexually abused children and young people (2009-2011)
• Rapporteur for ESRC end of award reports relating to refugee, asylum and migration research (2009 ongoing)
• Logistical arrangements provided to the International Labour Office (ILO) Commission of Inquiry into Forced Labour in Myanmar (1998)
• Provision of human rights information on Burma to Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996-2000)

Recent Publications

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Books

• Hynes, P., (2021), Introducing Forced Migration, Routledge, London and New York.
• Pearce, J.J., Hynes, P. and S. Bovarnick, (2013), Trafficked Young People: Breaking the Wall of Silence, Routledge, London.
• Hynes, P., Lamb, M., Short, D. and M. Waites, (2013), (Eds.), New Directions in the Sociology of Human Rights, Routledge, London.
• Hynes, P., Lamb, M., Short, D. and M. Waites, (Eds.), (2011 hardback, 2012 paperback), Sociology and Human Rights, Routledge, London.
• Hynes, P., (2011), The Dispersal and Social Exclusion of Asylum Seekers: Between Liminality and Belonging, Policy Press, Bristol.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Hynes, P. (2017), Trust and Mistrust in the Lives of Forcibly Displaced Women and Children, in Families, Relationships & Societies, Vol.6, No.2, p.219-238.
• Vearey, J., Barter, C., Hynes, P. and McGinn, T., (2017), Research Ethics in Practice: Lessons from Studies Exploring Interpersonal Violence in Different Contexts, Families, Relationships and Societies, Vol.6, No.2, p.273-290.
• Hynes, P., (2015), No 'Magic Bullets': Children, Young People, Trafficking and Child Protection in the UK, International Migration, Vol.53(4), p.62-76.
• Allnock, D., Hynes, P. and M. Archibald, (2013), Self-Reported Experiences of Therapy Following Child Sexual Abuse: Messages from a Retrospective Survey of Adult Survivors, Journal of Social Work.
• Hynes, P., (2010), Global Points of 'Vulnerability': Understanding the Processes of the Trafficking of Children into, within and out of the UK, International Journal of Human Rights, Vol.14, No.6, p.949-967.
• Hynes, P., Lamb, M., Short, D. and M. Waites, (2010), Sociology and Human Rights: Confrontations, Evasions and New Engagements, The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol.14, No.6, p.810-830.
• Hynes, P., (2010), Understanding the 'Vulnerabilities', 'Resilience' and Processes of the Trafficking of Children and Young People into, within and out of the UK, Youth & Policy (special edition), Vol.104, p.97-118.
• Hynes, P., (2009), Contemporary Compulsory Dispersal and the Absence of Space for the Restoration of Trust, Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol.22, No.1, Oxford 91µÎµÎ Press, Oxford, p.97-121.

Special Issue Editorship

• Hynes, P., Lamb, M., Short, D. and M. Waites, (2012), Special Issue, The Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology, Vol.46, No.5
• Hynes, P., Lamb, M., Short, D. and M. Waites, (2012), Special Issue, New Directions in the Sociology of Human Rights, The International Journal of Human Rights,  Vol.16, Issue 8
• Hynes, P., Lamb, M., Short, D. and M. Waites, (2010), Special Issue, Sociology and Human Rights: New Engagements, The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol.14, No.6

Working Papers

• Hynes, T., (2003), The Issue of 'Trust' or 'Mistrust' in Research with Refugees: Choices, Caveats and Considerations for Researchers, Working Paper No.98, Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva

Book Chapters

• Hynes, P., (2018), The Sociology of Human Rights, in Ryan, M.J., (Ed.), CoreÌýConcepts in Sociology, Wiley-Blackwell, Farnham, Surrey.
• Hynes, P., (2016), Asylum and Human Trafficking, in Shalev Greene, K. and Alys, L. (Eds.), Missing Persons: A Handbook of Research, Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Farnham, Surrey.
• Hynes, P., (2013), Trafficking of Children and Young People: 'Community' Knowledge and Understandings, in Melrose, M. and J. Pearce (Eds.),ÌýCritical Perspectives on Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation,ÌýMacMillan, London.
• Hynes, P., (2010), Global Points of 'Vulnerability': Understanding the Processes of the Trafficking of Children into, within and out of the UK, inÌýSociology and Human Rights,ÌýRoutledge, London.
• Hynes, P. and R. Sales, (2010), New Communities: Asylum Seekers and Dispersal, in Bloch, A. and J. Solomos (eds.),ÌýRace and Ethnicity in the 21st Century,ÌýPalgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN: 978-0-230-00779-6.
• Harris, P., (1998), Myanmar, in Hampton, J. (ed.),ÌýInternally Displaced People: A Global Survey, London, Earthscan Publications

Selected Reports and Research Guides

• Hynes, P., Burland, P., Thurnham, A., Dew, J., Gani-Yusuf, L., Lenja, V. and Hong Thi Tran with Olatunde, A. and Gaxha, A., (2019),Ìý'Between Two Fires': Understanding vulnerabilities and the Support Needs ofÌýPeople from Albania, Viet Nam and Nigeria who have experienced Human Trafficking into the UK,Ìý91µÎµÎ and International Organization for Migration (IOM), London. www.beds.ac.uk/traffickingÌý
• Hynes, P., Gani-Yusuf, L., Burland, P., Dew, J., Olatude, A., Thurnham, A., Brodie, I., Spring, D. and Murray, F., (2018),Ìý'Vulnerability' to Human Trafficking: A 91µÎµÎ of Viet Nam, Albania, Nigeria and the UK: Report of a Shared Learning Event held in Lagos, Nigeria,Ìý91µÎµÎ and International Organization for Migration (IOM), London. www.beds.ac.uk/trafficking/nigeriaÌý
• Hynes, P., Burland, P., Dew, J., Hong Thi Tran, Priest, P., Thurnham, A., Brodie, I., Spring, D. and Murray, F. (2018),Ìý'Vulnerability' to Human Trafficking: A 91µÎµÎ of Viet Nam, Albania, Nigeria and the UK: Report of a Shared Learning Event held in Hanoi, Viet Nam,Ìý91µÎµÎ and International Organization for Migration (IOM), London. www.beds.ac.uk/trafficking/vietnam
• Hynes, P., Burland, P., Dew, J., Lena, V., Gaxha, A., Thurnham, A., Brodie, I., Spring, D. and Murray, F. (2018), 'Vulnerability' to Human Trafficking: A 91µÎµÎ of Viet Nam, Albania, Nigeria and the UK: Report of a Shared Learning Event held in Tirana, Albania,Ìý91µÎµÎ and International Organization for Migration (IOM), London. www.beds.ac.uk/trafficking/albania
• Radford, L., Allnock, D. and P. Hynes (2015),ÌýProtecting Child and Adolescents from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Development and Emergency Contexts: Evidence Review,ÌýUNICEF, New York.
• Radford, L., Allnock, D. and P. Hynes (2015),ÌýGuidance on Preventing and Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Development and Humanitarian Contexts, UNICEF, New York.
• Kohli, R., Hynes, P., Connolly, H., Thurnham, A., Westlake, D. and D'Arcy, K., (2015), Evaluation of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates trial: Final Report, Research Report 86, Home Office, UK.
• Kohli, R., Hynes, P., Connolly, H., Thurnham, A., Westlake, D. and D'Arcy, K., (2015), Evaluation of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates trial: Interim Finding March 2015, 91µÎµÎ,UK.
• Allnock, D. and P. Hynes, (2011),ÌýTherapeutic Services for Sexually Abused Children and Young People: Scoping the Evidence Base, NSPCC, London
• Pearce, J.J., Hynes, P. and S. Bovarnick (2009),ÌýBreaking the Wall of Silence: Practitioners' Responses to Trafficked Children and Young People, NSPCC and 91µÎµÎ
• Hynes, P., (2006),ÌýThe Compulsory Dispersal of Asylum Seekers and Processes of Social Exclusion, Summary of Findings, Middlesex 91µÎµÎ and ESRC, Swindon (English and translated into French, Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish and Somali)
• Hynes, P., (2003),ÌýBurmaÌýResearch Guide,ÌýForced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre, 91µÎµÎ of Oxford

Contact details

Room E402
Luton campus
91µÎµÎ Square
Luton, Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU

T: +44 (0)1582 489649 ext. 9649
E: patricia.hynes@beds.ac.uk
Twitter: @pehynes