Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking

The deadline for submitting a short paper proposal for the Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking at the University of Nebraska is April 15, 2012. The conference will take place October 11-13, 2012 at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska. This will be the fourth year for this great opportunity to present your work and to form working relationships and friendships with others working as academic researchers, victim service providers, law enforcement officials, government officers, and foundations that support anti-trafficking work.

All types of submissions are encouraged: academic papers, descriptions of the work of your organization (particularly an analytical or integrative view), analyses, theoretical contributions, identification of problems and need for knowledge, and so forth. The keynote speaker will be Kristiina Kangaspunta, Deputy Director of United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). Before UNICRI, Kristiina worked with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, as the Chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit. She initiated the first United Nations Global Patterns Report on Trafficking in Persons and she led the technical cooperation work to support the implementation of the Palermo Protocol.

The deadline for 300-word abstracts is April 15, 2012! 

KJ