Brad Blitz is Professor of International Politics and Policy, and Head of the Department of Education, Practice and Society at University College London. He was previously Director of the British Academy/DFID Programme on Modern Slavery. His research focuses on displacement, citizenship, governance and human rights. He is currently Co-Investigator on a £15 million ‘hub’ on Gender, Justice and Security, funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund; and Co-Investigator on Life after Deportation, a study of refused and current asylum-seekers returned to Mexico and Guatemala from the USA. Recent publications include Migration and Freedom: Mobility, Citizenship, and Exclusion from Edward Elgar (2016).