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Dr. Natalie Sedacca is an Assistant Professor in Employment Law at Durham Law School since 2022, specializing in human rights and labor law with a focus on domestic workers, marginalized labor groups, gender, and migration. She holds a PhD from University College London (2021), an LLM, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Her research critiques legal exclusion of domestic workers and explores socio-economic rights, regional human rights systems, and the 'hostile environment' policies affecting migrant workers.
Education:
- PhD in Law, University College London (2021)
- LLM in Human Rights Law, University College London
Research Interests: Her work addresses the intersection of human rights and labor law, particularly for domestic workers, care workers, and migrant laborers. Current projects include a book under contract with Oxford University Press analyzing domestic workers' rights in Chile, the UK, South Africa, and India, and a collaborative study on UK agricultural and care sector migrant workers' rights funded by the AHRC. She also examines platform work, gig economy dynamics, and gender-based labor devaluation.
Teaching & Leadership: In 2025-26, she will teach Employment Law (LLB) and International Protection of Human Rights (LLM), and serve as PGR Development Coordinator at Durham Law School. She previously taught at UCL, Queen Mary University, and the University of Exeter.
Affiliations & Impact: She co-leads a UK migrant worker rights research project and advises NGOs like Kalayaan (migrant domestic workers) and Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights. Her policy work includes analyzing immigration rules, the 'hostile environment,' and violence prevention in workplaces.
Grants & Collaborations: Her AHRC-funded research on UK migrant agricultural/care workers' rights (via the Modern Slavery Policy Centre) highlights systemic exploitation. She co-authored reports such as 'UK Agriculture and Care Visas: Worker Exploitation and Obstacles to Redress' (2024).
