Human Trafficking Interdisciplinary Research Lab

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This lab is a research collaborative community of faculty, students and community member seeking evidence-based interventions to eradicate human trafficking. The lab will bring together legal, social scientific, technological and theological perspectives to address various dimensions of the $150 billion annual trade in person (children and adults) for forced labor or sex. Students from all fields and disciplines are welcome to participate in the project teams that will address different dimensions of this problem. Questions animating the lab may include: If AI is helping exacerbate child sex trafficking are the ways to use it to stem child sex trafficking? How can Catholic Social Teaching give us new insight into how to address this exploitation? What role might policing and legal interventions play? How can we best address the needs of survivors?