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Patricia's research interests are in the areas of forced migration; trafficking; refugee and asylum policy; social exclusion and inclusion; human rights; and the ethics of conducting research with migrant populations.
She has a practitioner background with various refugee populations in camps and urban settings in Southeast and South Asia. Since returning to the UK she has worked with the Refugee Women's Association based in London and has completed a PhD from Middlesex University on the compulsory dispersal and social exclusion of asylum seekers in England. She has previously been a Visiting Study Fellow at the Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford, and an ESRC Research Fellow at Middlesex University.
Patricia has recently worked in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire on a research project on trafficked children and young persons. The study explored in depth the different ways 'trafficking' is understood by practitioners, identified good child and young person centred practice and provided evidenced recommendations for practice. Further information: Breaking the wall of silence: practitioners’ responses to trafficked children and young people.
She is now working on a project evaluating the long term outcomes for sexually abused children and young people: Further information: Therapeutic services for sexually abused children and young people: developing the evidence base .
Hynes, P. (forthcoming, 2011) The dispersal and social exclusion of asylum seekers: between liminality and belonging. Bristol: Policy Press.
Hynes, P. (2010) Understanding the ‘vulnerabilities’, ‘resilience’ and processes of the trafficking of children and young people into, within and out of the UK (PDF). Youth and Policy. 104: 97-118
Pearce, J. J., Hynes, P. and Bovarnick, S. (2009) Breaking the wall of silence: practitioners’ responses to trafficked children and young people. NSPCC.
Hynes, P. and R. Sales (2009). New communities: asylum seekers and dispersal. In: A. Bloch. and J. Solomos (eds). Race and ethnicity in the 21st century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hynes, P. (2009). Contemporary compulsory dispersal and the NASS system: the absence of space for the restoration of trust. Journal of Refugee Studies. 22(1).
Hynes, P. and Yin Mon Thu (2008). To Sheffield with love (PDF) Forced Migration Review. April(30): 49-51.
Hynes, P. (2006). Summary of findings: the compulsory dispersal of asylum seekers and processes of social exclusion (PDF). Swindon: Middlesex University.
Hynes, T. (2003). The issue of 'trust' or 'mistrust' in research with refugees: choices, caveats and considerations for researchers (PDF). Working Paper No.98. Geneva: Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
Hynes, P. (2003). FMO research guide: Burma. [Online] In: Forced Migration Online. Oxford: University of Oxford.
Hynes, Patricia (2010)
Breaking the wall of silence: practitioners’ responses to trafficked children and young people (PDF, 164KB)
Presented at: Child trafficking in the UK: multi-agency approaches to stemming exploitation in this country (a Community Care conference). 25 March 2010: London.
Hynes, Patricia (2009)
Processes of the trafficking of children and young people (PDF, 155KB)
Presented at the: British Sociological Association Human Rights Study Group Workshop at Institute of Commonwealth Studies. 30 October 2009: London.
Hynes, Patricia (2009)
Global points of ‘vulnerability’: trafficking of children and young people into the UK (PDF, 182KB)
Presented at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2009. 16 - 18 April 2009: Cardiff.
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