My primary research interest is labour exploitation. There are two key aspects to this. The first relates to how labour exploitation can be understood as a set of practices within capitalist economies, particularly with regards to recent discourse on modern slavery and unfree labour. The second interrogates attempts to respond to the presence of labour exploitation, for example through modern slavery legislation. Taken together, my research engages with how labour exploitation operates within capitalism, the role the state plays in this, and so-called ethical or responsible company behaviour within this context.