Vicky Brotherton

Rights Lab Head of Policy Engagement and Impact 

Email: vicky.brotherton@nottingham.ac.uk

Vicky Brotherton leads the Rights Lab's policy engagement and impact. She works with all of our researchers on the design and delivery of policy-focused research in collaboration with government, policy-makers, NGOs, people with lived experience, and other organisations and individuals with a policy interest. Vicky leads the Lab's work to achieve policy impact from research, co-develops research projects with a wide range of partners, and works to understand the research needs of the anti-slavery sector in order to inform research priorities. Before joining the Rights Lab in 2019, she was the Victim Protection & Partnerships Lead at the Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, and previously the Coordinator of the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, a UK-wide NGO coalition established in 2009 to monitor the UK’s response to human trafficking.

Research Projects

Covid-19 Risk and Response: Impacts and Mitigations for Modern Slavery Victims and Survivors

Survivor Alliance: An Appreciative Inquiry

Survivor Involvement in Anti-Slavery Policy Making

The Buddying Scheme