Professor Simon Green

I am Professor of Criminology and Victimology and research in the areas of modern slavery, victimology, restorative justice and community safety.

I am Director of the Wilberforce Institute https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/wilberforce-institute, a world-leading research unit that investigates hidden and oppressive experience of historical and contemporary forms of enslavement, exploitation and related forms of injustice. I am particularly interested in the identification, experiences, and support for the victims and survivors of modern slavery and organised immigration crime.

My current research projects focus on

1) Compensation for the Survivors of Modern Slavery - (in partnership with After Exploitation and the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre). See this webpage for more details: https://www.modernslaverypec.org/latest/improving-access-to-compensation-for-survivors-of-modern-slavery

2) exploitation, power and privilege - (bid in development but check out this article in the International Review of Victimology: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02697580261440954 and this article in the British Journal of Criminology: https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/66/3/667/8197907

3) restorative justice, politics and ideology - developing ideas around how restorative justice can help address the toxicity of political, social medial a criminal legal division. Have a look at this article co-authored with the Mara Schiff in the British Journal of Criminology: https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azaf077/8244933

4) trauma, resilience and lived experience - these themes increasingly run through all my research and are the subject of forthcoming publications but please see this article about 'strength-growth-resilience' in the British Journal of Criminology for a sense of where I am coming from: https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/61/3/852/6130762?rss=1 and my chapter (co-authored with Antony Pemberton) in Sandra Walklate's Handbook on Victims and Victimology (2nd edition).

N.B. All of the above publications are also viewable via my Worktribe outputs which are available from this page.

I have previously received funding from the ESRC, AHRC, EU COST Action, Technology Strategy Board, Home Office, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner's Office plus a range of regional and national commissioned and consultancy projects on restorative justice, victimisation, modern slavery and community safety.

I have been Head of Social Sciences (2016 -2018), Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise (2018 - 2022), interim PVC Research and Enterprise (2023) and am the author of the Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education successful Athena Swan Bronze Award (2021 - 2025).