Thi Hoang

Thi is the Managing Editor of the LSE Press's Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) and Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). Thi is also coordinating and managing the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime (IASOC)'s activities such as IASOC annual prizes, events, and monthly bulletins, and the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP)'s membership.

Thi works on and co-coordinates the Responsible & Ethical Business Coalition against Trafficking (RESPECT) Initiative, which serves as a platform for thought leaders, practitioners, and policy makers and to mobilise the business community as a strategic partner to tackle human trafficking. Her other projects include the Modern Slavery Map, an interactive map for business of anti-human trafficking organisations, and the Tech Against Trafficking initiative, a coalition of technology companies and stakeholders aiming to help eradicate human trafficking using technology.

Thi also works on and co-ordinates the Drugs & Development Hub (DDH) initiative, jointly launched by the London School of Economics (LSE), the Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD), and GI-TOC to create new perspectives for integrated drug policies.

She is currently a member of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)’s Standing Group on Organised Crime (SGOC), an academic advisory board member of the Asian Education Network, and a Regional Advisor at the Pacific Links Foundation.

Publications

Hoang, T. (2022). 'Human trafficking in the Afghan context: Caught between a rock and a hard place?', SOC ACE Research Paper No. 10. Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham.
Hoang, T. (2022). ‘Human trafficking in the Afghan context: Caught between a rock and a hard place?‘, SOC ACE Briefing Note No. 16. Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham.
Chhun, V., Bird, L. and Hoang, T. (2022). 'Cambodia’s trafficked brides: The escalating phenomenon of forced marriage in China', Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Wagner, L., Amerhauser, K., Scaturro, R. and Hoang, T. (2021). 'Exploited in plain sight: An assessment of commercial sexual exploitation of children and child protection responses in the Western Balkans', Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Hoang, T. (2021). ‘Combating human trafficking: Trends and gaps in the corporate partnership landscape’, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Hoang, T. (2020). ‘The dual law of technology in trafficking‘, Tech Against Trafficking.
Hoang, T. (2020). ‘The pandemic’s impact on human trafficking‘, Delta 8.7.
Bird, L., Hoang, T., Stanyard, J., Walker, S. and Haysom, S. (2020). ‘Transformative technologies: How digital is changing the landscape of organized crime’, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Hoang, T. (2020). ‘Mapping the landscape of technology tools used in the OSCE area and beyond to counter human trafficking – Research findings’. In ‘Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A comprehensive analysis of technology tools’. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Wagner, L. and Hoang, T. (2020). ‘Aggravating circumstances: How coronavirus impacts human trafficking’ (policy brief), Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
‘COVID and cybercrime’ (podcast). (2020). In ‘The impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime’, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Hoang, T. (2019). Tech Against Trafficking Contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery’s annual thematic report, ‘Current and emerging forms of slavery’. United Nations General Assembly.
Darnton, H. & Hoang, T. (2019). ‘Accelerating the use of tech to combat human trafficking‘, Thomson Reuters Foundation News.
Hoang, T. (2019). ‘When the peacekeepers are part of the problem‘, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Hoang, T. & Markos, A. (2018). 'Private Sector and Civil Society Partnerships against Corruption in Southeastern Europe', Regional Academy on the United Nations.

Contributions

OSCE (2022). 'Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings: Analysis of current approaches and considerations for moving forward'.
Fundación Pasos Libres (2021). 'DataJam 2021 Participant Handbook'.
OSCE (2021). 'Combating technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings in Central Asia and across the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation'.

Invited talks & trainings

'Forced labour in (in)formal sectors: Formality-informality overlaps in the supply chains'. DataJam Pasos Libres 2021, online September 2021.
'Conducting transnational organized crime research and publishing with academic journals'. Vietnam National University (VNU) Faculty of Law's Training Workshop 'Developing international research and publication skills in the field of criminal justice and criminology', online August 2021.
'Harnessing the power of technology and multi-stakeholder partnerships to combat human trafficking'. Khartoum Process Webinar Series 'Trafficking in Human Beings: The 4Ps Revisited'. Module 4: Fostering Partnership to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, online June 2021.
'The climate change - human trafficking nexus'. New Issues in Security Course, organized by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), online May 2021.
Pacific Links Foundation's Capacity Building for Responders (CaRes) Online Trainings in 2021, with multiple stakeholder groups, including EMPACT, Justice and Care, European customs and border guard agencies, etc.
‘Human trafficking in a pandemic context - Utilisation of tech tools as a mitigation strategy?’ Together Against Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking in Europe and Its Challenges for Romania 2020 Conference, organized by MEP Ramona Strugariu (Renew Europe), in partnership with the Romanian Network of NGOs against Trafficking in Persons, the European Center for Legal Education and Research, and Freedom House Romania, online December 2020.
Launch of ‘Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A comprehensive analysis of technology tools’, a joint publication by the OSCE and Tech Against Trafficking, June 2020.
‘Digital technologies and human trafficking’. TAIEX-Partnership Instrument Workshop on Next Steps in Tackling Trafficking in Human Beings, organized by the European Commission and Hong Kong Security Bureau, Hong Kong, December 2019.
‘Digital technologies and transnational organized crime – How tech has changed the ‘traditional’ organized crime landscape’. European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference 2019, organized by the University of Oulu, November 2019.
‘Private sector and human trafficking – From common goals to collaborative actions’. Winter School on Transnational Organized Crime, organized by the European Consortium of Political Research and UNODC, Vienna, January 2019.