Summary
Mick has been a Permanent Associate at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE), Hull, since its inception in 2006.
Over the past 25 years he has taught across a range of disciplines: politics, social policy, development studies, gender & identity, sociology and criminology. In a previous life Mick was a Yorkshire miner and punk lyricist. His great passions are political history, countercultures and radical forms of expression in music, theatre and the arts.
In his time at Hull, Mick has collaborated with colleagues, both in-house and externally on research projects funded by, amongst others, the European Commission (DGVIII), The Home Office, Defra, the ESRC Democracy & Participation Programme, Local Government Association, Hull City Council, Yorkshire Forward, The Children’s Society, Oxfam UK & the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. He has presented research papers to over 60 national and international conferences & workshops. His media portfolio includes appearances on local, regional, national and international tv networks, including Sky TV News, BBC News 24, BBC Breakfast TV, BBC Radio Five Live & Press TV.
Over the past 2 decades he has also served on a range of national, regional and local bodies relating to criminal and social justice and most recently has served as a member of The Office of the Humberside Police & Crime Commissioner’s (OPCC) Scrutiny & Advice Board; The Humberside Police Out Of Court Disposal Scrutiny Panel; The Humberside Police Stop & Search Scrutiny Panel; The Humberside Police Use Of Force Scrutiny Panel; HMP Hull Use Of Force Scrutiny Panel; HMP Full Sutton Prisoner Equalities Forum, again, actively contributing to social justice outcomes.
Presentations include:
- ‘Reclaiming the agenda on immigration: forging positive narratives in a ‘small island’ nation.’ To Talking Heads, Headingly Enterprise & Arts Centre, Leeds, March 2020
- 'Challenging the border mentality: A time to revisit our commitment to the Refugee Convention.' To HEART/Leeds Festival of Ideas, May 2019
- 'Critical community engagement.' to FREEDOM TALKS: Big Picture Activism for Systemic Change led by Local Futures, Hull Freedom Festival, Sept. 2018
- 'Negligence Most Profound: HM Government culpability in the growth of modern slavery in the UK.' To Headingley Development Trust, (HEART) Leeds, Feb. 2018
- The rhetoric and the reality of tacking modern slavery in the Brexit era.' To U3A, Hunmanby, Nov. 2017
- 'Neoliberalism and the destruction of the Welfare State'. To Hull People's Politics Oct. 2016
- 'Migrant workers in the UK and in the region: the solidarity imperative'. To Hull Trades Council, Feb 2016
- 'Swimming against the tide: Destitution as an instrument of Government'. To Hull and East Riding Citizens Advice Bureau Advice Forward Partnership Conference, Hull University, Aug. 2015.
- 'A Safety net shredded on the playing fields of Eton'. To Financial Inclusion Conference, Hull & East Riding CAB, Hull, Sept. 2014.
- 'Not fit for Purpose: UK Government approaches to tackling trafficking for sexual slavery'. To University of the Third Age, Hull, June, 2014.
- 'One step forward, two steps back. Who will protect the unprotected?' To the Forced Labour Monitoring Group policy forum ‘Forced labour: Current Issues and Debates' London, Jan. 2013
- 'Trafficking for the UK sex trade'. To the Inner Wheel Club, AGM, Hull, Jan. 2013
- 'Who will Protect the Unprotected? Trafficking and sexual slavery in the UK'. To ‘Modern Slavery, Women & Resistance,' International Women's Day Conference, Guildhall, Hull, March 2012