Alexander Trautrims

Rights Lab Associate Director (Business and Economies Programme) and Professor of Supply Chain Management

Email: alexander.trautrims@nottingham.ac.uk

Alexander Trautrims is Professor of Supply Chain Management and Associate Director at the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab’s, leading its large Business and Economies Programme. He has many years of experience in leading research projects on modern slavery in supply chain and his research focuses on modern slavery in private and public sector supply chains and procurement. His 2015 journal article "Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management" was the world's first article about modern slavery in an academic supply chain management journal. His research, knowledge exchange, and intervention projects on modern slavery have been funded by the British Academy, FCDO, ESRC, US State Department, and Public Works Canada. He co-chairs the British Standards Committee on Organisational Responses to Modern Slavery (BS25700) and served as a technical expert on the Council of Europe’s Drafting Committee on Trafficking for the Purpose of Labour Exploitation. After a recent secondment as Senior Adviser on Human Trafficking in Supply Chains to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), he continues to work with the OSCE to advise States on their measures against modern slavery and human trafficking. He works closely with business practitioners on impact-oriented research and has published practitioner guidelines on modern slavery in supply chains with UK construction, the Local Government Association, and the OSCE. He regularly speaks at policy and practitioner events.

Research Projects

Agriculture and Modern Slavery Act Reporting

Analysis of Procurement Data for the Risk of Trafficking in Human Beings

Developing Standards on Organisational Responses against Modern Slavery

Gender-Specific Risks and Responses to Labour Exploitation in Textile Supply Chains: The Challenge of Transferability

Guidelines for Public Sector Construction Procurement

Implications of Covid-19 for Modern Slavery Challenges in Supply Chain Management

Leveraging labour market compliance: The case for a Single Enforcement BodyPrototype Development of a Risk Evaluation Tool for Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

Risk Analysis of Human Trafficking, Forced Labour, and Child Labour in Public Works and Government Services Canada’s Procurement Supply Chains

Slavery-Free Business Practice

Slavery Impact Assessment Tools for Industry

Supply Chain Governance and Modern Slavery

Tackling Modern Slavery in Malaysian Medical Gloves Factories Using a Whole-Systems Approach to the Supply Chain

The Interaction of Law and Supply Chain Management in Cross-Judicial Supply Chains: Supply Chain Effectiveness of Modern Slavery Legislation

Understanding and Tackling Slave Labour in Contemporary Supply Chains