Laura Cordisco Tsai

Dr. Laura Cordisco Tsai serves as a Visiting Professor of Human Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence within the Health and Communities Programme at the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab. Her work centers on developing trauma-informed, survivor-centered approaches to support survivors of modern slavery and gender-based violence through community-driven solutions.

Her research expertise spans critical interdisciplinary domains:

• Trauma-informed crisis intervention systems
• Community mental health frameworks for survivors
• Economic empowerment programming models
• Implementation science for evidence-based practices
• Survivor-co-led community-based participatory research (CBPR)
• Arts-based methodologies in participatory action research

As a social work practitioner-researcher, Dr. Cordisco Tsai prioritizes collaborative knowledge production with survivor communities, emphasizing ethical partnership models that transform research into actionable interventions. Her affiliation with the Rights Lab—a global leader in modern slavery research—positions her work at the intersection of academic rigor and real-world impact in human rights protection.