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INSA LEE KOCH
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Drugs, Race, & the Politics of Modern Slavery Law (Oxford UP, 2026)
Personalising the State (Oxford UP, 2018)
Imperial Ignorance & Reparations in the Wake of BLM (2026-30)
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INSA LEE KOCH
About
Drugs, Race, & the Politics of Modern Slavery Law (Oxford UP, 2026)
Personalising the State (Oxford UP, 2018)
Imperial Ignorance & Reparations in the Wake of BLM (2026-30)
Peer-Reviewed Work
Other Publications
Collaborations
Events
Media
Teaching
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Personalising the State (Oxford UP, 2018)
Imperial Ignorance & Reparations in the Wake of BLM (2026-30)
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  • I regularly share my expertise or am cited across media, from expert comment to podcasts and talks. You can find a selection of such appearances here.

  • “From Low-Level Drug Dealer to Human Trafficker; Are Modern Slavery Laws Catching the Wrong People?”
    The Guardian
    (April 18, 2024)

    Expert comment

  • “Police County Lines Strategy ‘Cruelly Targets’ Black Youth in UK”
    The Observer
    (November 19, 2023)

    Press release to accompany article in Race & Class

  • Working With Communities Over Time

    feature guest on an episode of the “Talking About Methods”podcast of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University (October 4, 2023)

    podcast

  • Recentering the State: Drug Trafficking, Modern Slavery, and Decolonial Endeavors in Austerity Britain
    Oxford University
    Roger Hood Lecture
    (June 8, 2023)

    Invited Lecture (recording here)

  • “He Never Denied Selling Drugs. But Britain Says He’s a Slave Master, Too. The New York Times (November 27, 2022)

    Expert comment

  • In Conversation with Insa Koch, 2020 Hart-SLS Prize for Early Career Academics
    Socio-Legal Studies Association
    (May 30, 2023)

    Conversation about Personalising the State

  • CIDS Inauguration Seminar
    Center for the Study of Law and Society, Adolfo Ibáñez University (May 2021)

    Keynote

  • “The Panic Around County Lines is Legitimising Expanded Policing Powers.”
    Novara Media
    (February 9, 2023)

    Cited expert

  • “Estates”
    Thinking Allowed
    BBC Radio Four
    (October 9, 2019)

    Radio interview

  • Moving Beyond Punitivism: Anthropological Engagements with Punishment and State Failure
    Oxford University Podcasts (2017)

    Podcast


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