Sarah Adeyinka, PhD

Affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and Ghent University, Belgium

Dr. Sarah Adeyinka is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam/Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). There, she works on the European Research Council- funded project, Reintegrate - a study on understanding reintegration governance and through which Sarah will be looking into the reintegration of victims of human trafficking. She is affiliated as a volunteer post-doctoral researcher with Ghent University where she earned her PhD in Educational Sciences. At Ghent University, she was part of the European Research Commission-funded project, ChildMove - a study on the impact of flight experiences on the psychological wellbeing of unaccompanied minors. Her part of the project focused on Nigerian victims of human trafficking. Sarah also conducted a study on the wellbeing of Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in prostitution in the Schaerbeek municipality of Brussels which resulted in this book publication by Routledge. With her multidisciplinary background, Sarah has worked as a practitioner in the field of humanitarian aid for over 17 years, with a focus on people in situations of vulnerability, especially victims of sexual violence and human trafficking. She is the founder and board chair of CoCreate VZW (Belgium) and Cocreate Humanitarian Aid Foundation (Nigeria).

Research Interests:

• human trafficking and victim support

• sexual violence

• irregular migration

• prostitution

• stigma

• reintegration