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Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online (2024)
Journal Article
Mendel, J., & Sharapov, K. (online). Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online. Environment & Planning C: Politics & Space, https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241288682

Anti-trafficking has been spreading in a novel way, with moral certitude (where human trafficking is deemed uniquely wrong, and this wrongness is taken as a founding principle for anti-trafficking action) accompanied by little or no accountability. T... Read More about Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online.

Expansion, Fracturing, and Depoliticisation: UK Government Anti-trafficking Funding from 2011 to 2023 (2024)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Mendel, J., & Schwartz, K. (2024). Expansion, Fracturing, and Depoliticisation: UK Government Anti-trafficking Funding from 2011 to 2023. Anti-trafficking review, 23, 34-57. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224233

Anti-trafficking policy discourses and funding trajectories in the UK are developing and expanding in a fractured way. This paper demonstrates that current policies and funding allocations primarily focus on supporting specific ‘victims’ and targetin... Read More about Expansion, Fracturing, and Depoliticisation: UK Government Anti-trafficking Funding from 2011 to 2023.

Editorial: Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Funding: Following the money, again (2024)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Hoff, S., Mendel, J., & Gerasimov, B. (2024). Editorial: Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Funding: Following the money, again. Anti-trafficking review, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224231

This Editorial introduces a special issue of the Anti-Trafficking Review that investigates where the funding for anti-trafficking work comes from, goes to, and with what effect. It reflects on some of the changes in funding that have occurred over th... Read More about Editorial: Rethinking Anti-Trafficking Funding: Following the money, again.

Re-politicising Anti-Trafficking: Migration, labour, and the war in Ukraine (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharapov, K., & Mendel, J. (2024, May). Re-politicising Anti-Trafficking: Migration, labour, and the war in Ukraine. Presented at 33rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), Vienna, Austria

Presentation at the side event on Human trafficking and exploitation in the context of armed conflicts: perspectives from Africa, Europe, and Latin America at the 33rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), United... Read More about Re-politicising Anti-Trafficking: Migration, labour, and the war in Ukraine.

Re-politicising Anti-trafficking: Migration, Labour, and the War in Ukraine (2024)
Journal Article
Mendel, J., & Sharapov, K. (2024). Re-politicising Anti-trafficking: Migration, Labour, and the War in Ukraine. Anti-trafficking review, 22, 52-73. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201224224

Drawing on multi-method research, this article demonstrates that the risks of large-scale trafficking due to the war in Ukraine were mitigated by granting Ukrainians more extensive rights than typically afforded to refugees. This shows the advantages... Read More about Re-politicising Anti-trafficking: Migration, Labour, and the War in Ukraine.

Patterns of exploitation: Trends and modus operandi in human trafficking in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine (2023)
Report
Pekkarinen, A.-G., & Jokinen, A. (2023). Patterns of exploitation: Trends and modus operandi in human trafficking in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine. Helsinki: European Union’s Internal Security Fund – Police

This report is based on data on the modus operandi and routes of traffickers and other actors involved in trafficking, and on trends in trafficking. The data have been collected in the three partner countries, Estonia, Finland and Latvia, as well as... Read More about Patterns of exploitation: Trends and modus operandi in human trafficking in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine.

“Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation (2023)
Journal Article
Guma, T., Blake, Y., Maclean, G., MacLeod, K., Makutsa, R., & Sharapov, K. (2024). “Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(4), 742-762. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2238052

This paper critically examines the placement of people seeking asylum in temporary accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is based on a 14-month collaborative ethnography conducted between 2020 and 2022 with asylum seeking individuals in Glas... Read More about “Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine: Household Perspectives, Public Health Implications, and Considerations for Emergency and Post-Conflict Recovery (2023)
Report
Sharapov, K., Nazarenko, V., Polishchuk, O., & Burova, O. (2023). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine: Household Perspectives, Public Health Implications, and Considerations for Emergency and Post-Conflict Recovery. Edinburgh: Arts and Humanities Research Council

This report presents the outcomes of the project's final phase, which evaluated the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities in Ukraine. This phase relies on accounts from 20 households with persons with disabilities to understand how the pande... Read More about The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine: Household Perspectives, Public Health Implications, and Considerations for Emergency and Post-Conflict Recovery.

Вплив пандемії COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Погляди домогосподарств, та висновки для розгляду під час планування і вжиття заходів у надзвичайних ситуаціях в охороні здоров’я та інших сферах життєдіяльності, зокрема подолання конфліктів та їх наслідків. (2023)
Report
Sharapov, K., Nazarenko, V., Polishchuk, O., & Burova, O. (2023). Вплив пандемії COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Погляди домогосподарств, та висновки для розгляду під час планування і вжиття заходів у надзвичайних ситуаціях в охороні здоров’я та інших сферах життєдіяльності, зокрема подолання конфліктів та їх наслідків. Arts and Humanities Research Council

Цей звіт представляє результати заключного етапу проекту, який оцінює вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні. Цей етап базується на свідченнях з 20 домогосподарств з особами з інвалідністю, щоб зрозуміти, як пандемія та відповідь уряду впли... Read More about Вплив пандемії COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Погляди домогосподарств, та висновки для розгляду під час планування і вжиття заходів у надзвичайних ситуаціях в охороні здоров’я та інших сферах життєдіяльності, зокрема подолання конфліктів та їх наслідків..

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities: Perspectives from people with disabilities (2023)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Burova, O., Nazarenko, V., & Polishchuk, O. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities: Perspectives from people with disabilities. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 2023(2), 182-192. https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2023.02.182

In this paper, we relied on co-researching with persons with disabilities in Ukraine not as a means of understanding the epidemiology of this disease, or of its impact on human health. We approached COVID-19 and the Ukrainian authorities’ response to... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities: Perspectives from people with disabilities.

Human Trafficking Situation in Poland and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) (2023)
Report
Hoff, S., Dawid, I., & Sharapov, K. (2023). Human Trafficking Situation in Poland and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI). Amsterdam: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)

This report was commissioned within the context of the ELECT THB project, which aims to enhance the identification and investigation of trafficking in human beings (THB) for sexual and labour exploitation and increase collaboration between law enforc... Read More about Human Trafficking Situation in Poland and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI).

Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) (2023)
Report
Hoff, S., Cherepakha, K., & Sharapov, K. (2023). Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI). Amsterdam: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)

This report was commissioned within the context of the ELECT THB project, which aims to enhance the identification and investigation of trafficking in human beings (THB) for sexual and labour exploitation and increase collaboration between law enfor... Read More about Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI).

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of the organisations of persons with disabilities (2022)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Burova, O., Nazarenko, V., & Polishchuk, O. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of the organisations of persons with disabilities. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 2022(2), 177-186. https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2022.02

Згідно з даними Національної соціальної служби та Пенсійного фонду, в Україні станом на початок 2021 року було зареєстровано щонайменше 2 724 100 осіб з інвалідністю. Утім, фактичні цифри можуть бути вищими через брак достовірної докладної статистики... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of the organisations of persons with disabilities.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of People with Disabilities & Implications for Public Health and Other Emergencies, including Conflict and Post-conflict Recovery (2022)
Report
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Nazarenko, V., Polishchuk, O., & Burova, O. (2022). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of People with Disabilities & Implications for Public Health and Other Emergencies, including Conflict and Post-conflict Recovery. Edinburgh: AHRC

Вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Перспективи людей з інвалідністю і що це означає в контексті інших надзвичайних ситуацій, включаючи кофлікт та пост-конфліктну реконструкцію (2022)
Report
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Nazarenko, V., Polishchuk, O., & Burova, O. (2022). Вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Перспективи людей з інвалідністю і що це означає в контексті інших надзвичайних ситуацій, включаючи кофлікт та пост-конфліктну реконструкцію. Edinburgh: AHRC

The 'Cacophony' of life and death: the impact of the pandemic on persons with disabilities in Ukraine (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharapov, K. (2022, April). The 'Cacophony' of life and death: the impact of the pandemic on persons with disabilities in Ukraine. Paper presented at BSA Virtual Annual Conference 2022: Building Equality and Justice Now, Online

As of January 2021, about 2.7 million persons in Ukraine were officially registered as having a disability. The Ukrainian Government policies in relation to the economic and social wellbeing of people with disabilities (PWDs) could be, at best, descr... Read More about The 'Cacophony' of life and death: the impact of the pandemic on persons with disabilities in Ukraine.

Disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine: A scoping literature review of emerging challenges and vulnerabilities (2022)
Report
Anderson, D., & Sharapov, K. (2022). Disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine: A scoping literature review of emerging challenges and vulnerabilities. Edinburgh: AHRC

This paper presents a synthesis of the available literature on the topics of disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine. The discussion contained here represents a scoping review, rather than a systematic narrative literature review; however a... Read More about Disability, displacement and COVID-19 in Ukraine: A scoping literature review of emerging challenges and vulnerabilities.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine (perspectives of organisations of people with disabilities) (2022)
Report
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Burova, O., Polishchuk, O., & Nazarenko, V. (2022). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine (perspectives of organisations of people with disabilities). Edinburgh: Arts and Humanities Research Council

The research presented in this report is based on a survey of non-governmental organisations of people with disabilities in Ukraine (organisations of persons with disabilities, or OPDs). The organisational survey forms Phase 1 of a larger project to... Read More about The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Disabilities in Ukraine (perspectives of organisations of people with disabilities).