News flash …
In September, Matthew was presented with an award for our anti-trafficking work. Watch the video on our YouTube channel …
Bella and Matt are trying to bring slavery to an end. Will you stand with us to create an alternative that is good and true?
The gap
The prevalence of slavery has not declined in the past 20 years. A gap remains. Clearly, something is missing. But what else can be done to stop slavery?
One crucial step is to understand and engage with the people who perpetrate the abuses, exploitation and coercion of human trafficking.
Project Team
The primary person working on this project is Matthew Clarke. We imagine that you already know him or his wife, Bella.
Our approach
Investigate the gap between what is already being done to end modern slavery and what still needs to be done. Help to generate innovative ideas for the next generation of anti-slavery interventions, and work with partners to test those ideas.
Podcasts and interviews
Project outputs
Click on these links to read what the Freedom Keys Research Project has produced so far:
Book review in the Journal of Human Trafficking: The Truth About Modern Slavery (Emily Kenway)
Book review in the Journal of Human Trafficking: Addressing Modern Slavery (Nolan & Boersma)
Article in the Journal of Human Rights Practice: Perpetrator-Centric Strategies for Addressing Modern Slavery
Article in the Anti-Trafficking Review: Questioning the Notion of Financial Gain as the Primary Motivation of Human Traffickers
Article in the Journal of Sociology and Christianity: Four Theological Schemas for Actively Responding to Modern Slavery
Presentation at Asia Regional Anti-Trafficking Conference 2022: Changing the Behaviour of Human Traffickers
A chapter in The Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity titled Theological Influences on Mobilization of Opposition to Modern Slavery
Article in the Journal of Theology for Southern Africa: Beyond Disgust: Applying Albert Nolan’s Relational Theology to Human Traffickers (contact Matt for a copy)
For this project to work we need a community of support