Nick Clare is an Associate Professor in Economic Geography in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham, UK and a British Academy Innovation Fellow. His research explores the links between housing, homelessness, debt, and labour exploitation, with a particular focus on race and migratory status.

Steve Iafrati is an Assistant Professor in social policy in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK. His main areas of interest are vulnerable people’s experiences of welfare and political economy, and his publications have included work on food banks and poverty, but more recently have focused on housing.

Carla Reeson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her specialism lies primarily within housing law and homelessness. Her expertise focus on the practices of frontline housing officers in local authorities in England, but also has interests in broader housing related policy development, social welfare, administrative justice and property law.

Nicola Wright is an Associate Professor in Mental Health in the School of Health Sciences as well as associate director of the Rights Lab, both at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research includes the development of a unique programme of therapeutic care for survivors of slavery, work to understand survivors’ own definitions of recovery, and work with policy-makers on policies around survivor support, especially in regard to safehousing.

Charlotte Gray currently works as a Policy and Research Officer in local government. She previously worked as Research Fellow in Modern Slavery and Labour Exploitation at the Rights Lab, involved in multiple projects including evaluating a further education qualification on workers’ rights and labour exploitation, developing modern slavery guidance for small and medium enterprises, and examining the exploitation of migrant workers.

Henri Baptiste is director of Pathway Housing Solutions, a Nottingham-based organisation that supports racialised minorities experiencing homelessness and provides culturally-competent alternative housing. He is co-applicant with Nick Clare on a British Academy Innovation Fellowship.