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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Bodean Hedwards is a criminologist, focused predominantly on responses to slavery, human trafficking and related forms of exploitation.
In addition to her research, Bodean is an experienced project manager, and is currently managing Monash University’s Global Immersion Guarantee; an Australian first initiative that seeks to engage students in innovative and sustainable solutions to the human impact on the environment. Prior to this, Bodean was a Research Associate at the Border Crossings Observatory and the Rights and Justice Priority Area at Nottingham University, where she worked on a variety of research projects focused on slavery and trafficking. She was also a Researcher with the Walk Free Foundation where she specialised in assessing government responses to modern slavery throughout Southeast Asia. Bodean has also worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology in Canberra on a range of issues, including anti-human trafficking, countering violent extremism and indigenous justice.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Network
Projects
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Research Report on Maritime People Smuggling in South and South East Asia
Bird, L. & Hedwards, B.
MBIE - Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (New Zealand)
20/09/21 → 28/02/22
Project: Research
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For the Provision of Baseline Study for Safe and Fair Programme
Segrave, M., Powell, R., Hedwards, B. & Wickes, R.
International Labour Organization
7/02/19 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Provision of research on violence against women migrant workers in ASEAN: Scoping Study and Baseline
Segrave, M., Powell, R., True, J., Wickes, R., Hedwards, B. & McCulloch, J.
10/01/19 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Provision of research on violence against women migrant workers in ASEAN: Scoping Study and Baseline
Segrave, M., Powell, R., True, J., Wickes, R., Hedwards, B. & McCulloch, J.
10/01/19 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Examining the promise and delivery of sustainable development goals in addressing human trafficking and modern slavery
Milivojevic, S., Hedwards, B. & Segrave, M., 2021, The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development. Blaustein, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Pino, N. W. & White, R. (eds.). 1st ed. Bingley UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, p. 335-353 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery
Hedwards, B., 5 Jun 2020, Melborne Victoria Australia : The Conversation.Research output: Other contribution › Other
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Australia’s response to human trafficking nationally and regionally: The question of impact
Moore, H., Segrave, M., Hedwards, B. & Milivojevic, S., 2019, The SAGE Handbook of Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. Bryson-Clarke, J. & Poucki, S. (eds.). 1 ed. London UK: SAGE Publications Ltd, Vol. 1. p. 434-452 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Family violence and exploitation: Examining the contours of violence and exploitation
Segrave, M., Hedwards, B. & Tyas, D., 6 Mar 2019, The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking . Winterdyk, J. & Jones, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 437-450 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Migrant voices in the Global South: challenges of recruitment, participation and interpretation
Hedwards, B. & Suwinthawong, S., 2018, Criminal Justice Research in an Era of Mass Mobility. Fili, A., Jahnsen, S. & Powell, R. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 100-113 14 p. (Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Press/Media
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Exposing modern slavery - Episode 7: A Different Lens
Marie Segrave, Jean Allain, Jayashri Kulkarni, Sharon Pickering, Aderajew Teshome, Campbell Wilson, Heli Askola & Bodean Hedwards
8/05/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other