A true honour that my monograph, Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights, is shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025, a triennial book prize for outstanding authorship. It is shortlisted with three other outstanding books by Sean Coyle, @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social &Liron Shmilovits

We will miss you greatly, our brilliant, charismatic friend. www.linkedin.com/posts/virgin...

Do you want to help transform the lives of migrant domestic workers? Kalayaan is recruiting for 6 types of volunteer roles this autumn. If you are passionate about justice and human rights, we want to hear from you: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Grateful for such a thoughtful review of my monograph on Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights, together with Robert Goodin's and @maevemckeown.bsky.social's books on structural injustice, by Ashley Dodsworth in the European Journal of Political Theory. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Last month @kalayaan.org.uk had a special event in Parliament, "Breaking the Silence". Domestic workers under the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa shared their experience on the effects of the visa and the need for change. Grateful to all speakers and to Lord German who opened the afternoon.

We're hiring at @laws.ucl.ac.uk: full rank search in corporate and financial law, from lecturer (assistant prof) to associate and full prof. Multiple posts. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Great to see the Overseas Domestic Worker visa and the work of Kalayaan covered in ITV news with such a powerful clip. Very grateful also to Baroness Helena Kennedy for her support.

Today I donated to MamaSuze to honour the memory of Annabel Rook, who dedicated her life to helping others. MamaSuze support survivors of displacement and domestic violence through workshops. Read about Annabel Rook and donate if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...

Watch this video by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to learn more about migrant domestic workers in the UK and the work of @kalayaan.org.uk Thank you for you support, Zoe.

Thank you so much for joining us at today’s event to mark #DomesticWorkersDay, Hina.

We've had a wonderful afternoon celebrating #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay with our community and allies @focusonlabour.bsky.social @effat.org @zrinka.bsky.social & others. Stay tuned for more from us this week as we continue our work to restore rights to this workforce 💪

📗 Hot off the UCL Press! This week marked their 20 millionth download, and it was 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 co-edited by UCL Laws' @vmantouvalou.bsky.social along with @jowolff.bsky.social. 🔓 The book is available via Open Access @uclpress.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...

Some lovely news. @uclpress.bsky.social has just had its 20 millionth open access download. And the download in question was Structural Injustice and the Law, edited by @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and myself. uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...

Great discussion today on the recent report by UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata, who opened with key findings, @laws.ucl.ac.uk Thanks to the Rapporteur and co-contributors @vmantouvalou.bsky.social, Mario Guido, and Marija Jovanović.

We had an excellent @laws.ucl.ac.uk event on the Report on the labour rights of incarcerated people with the UN Special Rapporteur Professor Tomoya Obokata. Thanks very much to the Rapporteur and contributors Mario Guido, @hadassanoorda.bsky.social and Marija Jovanovic.

Tomorrow: @ucl.ac.uk online event with the UN Special Rapporteur Prof Tom Obokata on contemporary slavery affecting incarcerated people. Speakers incl. Mario Guido, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social, @hadassanoorda.bsky.social, and chaired by Dr Marija Jovanovic. 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Important investigatory journalism on working conditions in immigration detention in Denmark reveals asylum seekers may be working in conditions of forced labour, contrary to international standards. Glad to have discussed findings for article below (in Danish). www.information.dk/indland/2025...

Final Version: 225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right Text & signatories here - www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

Looking forward to participating in this event!

Depressing to see the “research at risk” at the Harvard website. Solidarity with all colleagues doing brilliant work in universities in such circumstances. www.harvard.edu

New Blog Post! ‘The Limits of Positive Action under the Equality Act 2010’ by @jamesahand.bsky.social uklabourlawblog.com/2025/05/08/t...

New Blog Post: The UK Supreme Court Judgment Has Brought Much Needed Confusion: Why For Women Scotland Did Not Change UK Discrimination Law - by George Letsas uklabourlawblog.com/2025/05/07/t...

I've been greatly enjoying my visit as a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School, teaching Human Rights at Work, presenting research, interacting with brilliant colleagues and students. Seeing kangaroos has been a special highlight during my visit.

Lovely to end the week with this dropping onto the doormat. A real pleasure to be part of this collection with @lynnemcmordie.bsky.social, and a tiny part of a wider and brilliant flurry of work on structural injustice and Iris Marion Young’s ideas. Thanks @vmantouvalou.bsky.social!

I thought I'd just slide away into retirement. But others, especially @shaiagmon.bsky.social to whom I'm incredibly grateful had other ideas. So he's assembled an extraordinary cast of philosophers to make sure I actually do retire. www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi...

To mark the 13 year anniversary of changes to the ODW visa trapping workers in abusive employment, migrant domestic worker 'Joy' shares her story of battling the UK's immigration systems and her work campaigning for change: metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...

Migrant domestic workers don't have an unconditional right to change employer, and @kalayaan.org.uk marked today 13 years of the harmful visa. In 2022, @nataliesedacca.bsky.social and I wrote a piece on the problems of the visa and what needs to change: uklabourlawblog.com/2022/04/06/t...

Join us for an online event on the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on work in prison and post-release. The Rapporteur will present his Report and there will be comments by @hadassanoorda.bsky.social, Mario Guido and me. The event is chaired by Maria Jovanovic. www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

I published a piece on 'State-Mediated Structural Injustice' on the Public Philosophy blog of the American Philosophical Association. It is based on the idea that I developed in my monograph, Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights (OUP 2023). blog.apaonline.org/2025/04/01/s...

New Blog Post! Could the absence of a gender identity be “gender reassignment” under the Equality Act 2010? – by Dr Mollie Gascoigne uklabourlawblog.com/2025/03/31/c...

Join us for a seminar on Structural Injustice and the Law, which I co-edited with @jowolff.bsky.social. It’s organised by Adalberto Perulli at Ca’Foscari in Venice on 10/4. In addition to the organiser and co-editors, we have a brilliant group of speakers. Further details in the poster.

if this area of law and practice seems like w mess, that’s because it is. @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and I have a forthcoming piece about the practical and legal difficulties accessing user messages/device data on their personal devices using various information rights here… doi.org/10.31219/osf...

Three new publications will launch in 2026 to mark @ucl.ac.uk’s 200th anniversary! Meet the teams working behind the pages and trace two centuries of ground-breaking discoveries, architectural history, and staff and student life. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma... @uclpress.bsky.social

Next year is our Bicentennial at UCL and I'm delighted to be Lead Editor of the UCL200 Commemorative Volume, a book that will provide insights into pioneering discoveries and ideas of our colleagues over the last 200 years. More information on UCL200 publications: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

So, it begins. Opening panel on Structural Injustice with Jude Browne, Maeve McKeown, Virginia Mantouvalou, and Jo Wolff.

We had a brilliant conference on Structural Injustice at the University of Cambridge, co-organised with Jude Browne, @maevemckeown.bsky.social & @jowolff.bsky.social celebrating our 5 books. Thanks to all who participated. Here on a panel with Ryoa Chung, Nicola Lacey & @bethwcobbe.bsky.social.

It was a real pleasure to participate in the Structural Injustice conference in Cambridge on Friday. The day was oriented around 5 brilliant books examining Iris Marion Young’s writing on the topic, including in her book Responsibility for Justice. I provided a critique of Young’s ideas arguing:

Such a wonderful event. Thanks to @brunoleipold.com for organizing it and to @vmantouvalou.bsky.social, Paul and Sarah for their fantastic comments!

Such a great evening discussing the new book by @mirjam-m.bsky.social on Global Sweatshops. Brilliant book and really thought-provoking discussions. Thank you for organising it, Bruno! @lsepoltheory.bsky.social

This is tonight and I’m really looking forward to it.

* Deadline approaching claxon * Less than 7 days to apply for one of the best jobs in employment law! The Principal Legal Officer - Employment runs FRU's amazing employment law service. Check the details and apply by 09.00 on 10th March. www.thefru.org.uk/vacancies

#AyiaNapa rape case: The European Court of #HumanRights has condemned Cyprus for shortcomings in its investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a British woman, accompanied by prejudicial gender stereotypes and victim-blaming attitudes. Full #ECHR press release: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=...

The full lineup is available for the Structural Injustice conference in Cambridge next Fri (7 March, 09:30-17:00 @campolis.bsky.social) 🚀 After book presentations with me, @jowolff.bsky.social @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & Jude Browne, we have very exciting panels... shorturl.at/5puyI

11 cross-party members of the House of Lords write to Home Secretary requesting she grant the right to work to all survivors of trafficking and modern slavery in the NRM, highlighting benefits this would bring to economy and referring to @kalayaan.org.uk reports www.kalayaan.org.uk/campaign-pos...

Join us at the upcoming Structural Injustice Conference for a day of presentations, panels & discussion featuring Prof Jude Browne, @maevemckeown.bsky.social, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social & more 📅 7 March 🕕 10:00-17:00 📍 SG1/2 Alison Richard Bldg Register: tinyurl.com/59hh7edj

Had to read twice. I thought this was @uclpress.bsky.social (which just published Structural Injustice and the Law, which I co-edited with @vmantouvalou.bsky.social) and wondered why an open access publisher would be offering such a generous discount on their free-to-download books.

Very much looking forward to our Colloquium on Hochan “Sonny” Kim's "Structure, Agency, and Responsibility for Injustice", where I'll be commentator. It's on Tuesday 11/2 at 4pm. www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Very much looking forward to the lecture of the President of the European Court of Human Rights tomorrow, Tuesday. It's on the Role of the Court in Protecting the Rule of Law in Europe. Join us @ucllaws.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-role-o...

Something better for a Sunday morning. A very warm review of What Is Structural Injustice? edited by Jude Brown and @maevemckeown.bsky.social (The book is Open Access) ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/what...

Join us for an exciting 1-day conference in Cambridge on 7 March to celebrate the release of 5 books on Structural Injustice 📚🙌 #philsky With me, Jude Browne, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social @jowolff.bsky.social and speakers from the edited volumes (more details to come) Signup here: shorturl.at/1O1vV