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Professor Todd Landman is Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics and International Relations. He is the Research Director of the Rights Lab carrying out research on ending modern slavery. He is Head of the Rights Lab Prevalence Estimation Team and Co-Lead in the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War. He is the Senior Independent Member of Council of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), member of the editorial boards for The Conversation UK, the British Journal of Political Science, the Nordic Journal of Human Rights, and Politics and Governance, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Previously, he was Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Social Sciences (2015-2023) and Professor of Government (2009-2015) and Executive Dean (2013-2015) of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Essex. He teaches, researches, publishes, and carries out international consultancy in the areas of development, democracy, human rights, modern slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking. He has published over 100 peer reviewed journal articles, research monographs, textbooks, commissioned reports, handbooks, and reviews.

His international consultancy work has included projects with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the European External Action Service, EUROSTAT, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the Swedish International Development Agency, the Danish International Development Agency, and the Canadian International Development Agency.

His current work on modern slavery includes projects and engagement with a wide range of external stakeholders and funders, including the US State Department Trafficking in People (TIP) Office, International Justice Mission, and Sainsbury's.

Expertise Summary
The main focus of Professor Landman's research has been the systematic comparative analysis of problems in the areas of development, democracy, and human rights including quantitative and qualitative political methodology.

He is author of Human Rights and Democracy: The Precarious Triumph of Ideals (Bloomsbury 2013), Protecting Human Rights (Georgetown University Press 2005), Studying Human Rights (Routledge 2006), and Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics (Routledge 2000, 2003, 2008, 2016); co-author of The Rights Track: Sound Evidence on Human Rights and Modern Slavery (Anthem Press 2022), Measuring Human Rights (Routledge 2009), Assessing the Quality of Democracy (International IDEA 2008); Governing Latin America (Polity Press 2003), and Citizenship Rights and Social Movements (Oxford University Press 1997, 2000); editor of Human Rights Volumes I-IV (Sage 2009), and co-editor of the Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics (Sage 2009) and Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis (Cambridge University Press 2012).

He has numerous articles published in Political Geography, International Studies Quarterly, The British Journal of Political Science, Human Rights Quarterly, Economics and Politics, Journal of Risk Research, Democratization, Political Studies, The Journal of Human Rights, Spatial Economics, World Development, Nature Humanities and Social Sciences, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Electoral Studies, Human Rights and Human Welfare, Public Law, and The California Western International Law Journal.

Teaching Summary
Professor Landman has taught modules at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD level on Latin American Politics, Development, Democracy, Human Rights, Social Movements, Comparative Methods, and... read more

Research Summary
The main focus of Professor Landman's research has been the systematic comparative analysis of problems in the areas of development, democracy, and human rights including quantitative and qualitative... read more

Experience

• 2015–present Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham
• 2023–present Research Director of the Rights Lab, University of Nottingham
• 2015–2023 Pro Vice Chancellor Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
• 2009–2015 Professor of Government, University of Essex
• 2013–2015 Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Essex
• 2010–2013 Director, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution, University of Essex
• 2007–2010 Director, Centre for Democratic Governance, University of Essex

Education

• 2000 University of Essex, PhD
• 1993 University of Colorado, MA
• 1990 Georgetown University, MA
• 1988 University of Pennsylvania, BA

Publications

• 2022 The Rights Track: Sound Evidence on Human Rights and Modern Slavery, Anthem
• 2016 Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics, Routledge
• 2013 Human Rights and Democracy: The Precarious Triumph of Ideals, Bloomsbury
• 2012 Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis, Cambridge
• 2009 Measuring Human Rights, Routledge
• 2009 Human Rights Volumes I-IV, Sage
• 2009 Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics, Sage
• 2008 Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics, Routledge
• 2008 Assessing the Quality of Democracy, IDEA
• 2006 Studying Human Rights, Routledge
• 2005 Protecting Human Rights: A Comparative Study, Georgetown
• 2003 Governing Latin America, Polity
• 1997 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements: A Comparative and Statistical Analysis, Oxford

Grants and Contracts

• 2025 Human Trafficking on the US-Mexican Border Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: National Institute of Justice
• 2023 Child Begging in West Africa Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: US State Department
• 2023 Modern Slavery in UK Trade and Investment Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: Arts and Humanities Research Council
• 2023 Bonded Labour in India Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: International Justice Mission
• 2023 Labour Trafficking in Malaysia Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: International Justice Mission
• 2023 Salient and Evolving Human Rights Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: J Sainsbury's
• 2022 Child Sexual Exploitation in the Phillipinnes Role: Co-Investigator Funding Source: International Justice Mission
• 2013 Human Rights Atlas Extended Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: ESRC
• 2013 Knowledge Transfer Partnership Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Innovate UK
• 2011 Human Rights Atlas Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: ESRC

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Senior Independent Member ESRC Council

Honours

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

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