Cameron Thibos

Programme Manager (BSG)

Open Political Economy Analysis Programme

Researchers

Cameron Thibos is Programme Manager of the Open Political Economy Analysis Programme, a joint initiative of the Centre for the Study of African Economies and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. From 2014-2025, he was co-founder and managing editor of Beyond Trafficking and Slavery on openDemocracy. This project produced rigorous, plain English analysis of the political, economic and social root causes of global exploitation to help all stakeholders better understand forced labour and human trafficking. Prior posts also include consultant researcher at the University of Bath and research associate at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His primary expertise is in the political economies of labour and migration. He was awarded a DPhil in international development from the University of Oxford in 2015.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

(2025) ‘Beyond Trafficking and Slavery 2014-2024: the complete archive’, openDemocracy. (Editor)
(2025) ‘Ten years on, have we moved Beyond Trafficking and Slavery?’, openDemocracy. Co-edited with Joel Quirk and Ella Cockbain.
(2022) ‘The violent, hopeful world of children who smuggle people’, openDemocracy. Co-edited with Gabriella Sanchez.
(2021) ‘Human trafficking’, in E. Carmel, K. Lenner, and R. Paul (eds) Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar). Co-written with N. Howard.
(2020) ‘Special Issue: Everyday abuse in the global economy’, Anti-Trafficking Review (15). Co-edited with Joel Quirk and Caroline Robinson.
(2020) ‘After the 'migration crisis': how Europe works to keep Africans in Africa’, openDemocracy. Co-edited with Liliane Mouan and Simon Massey.