Marie is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University whose work focuses on human trafficking and slavery-like practices, irregular & temporary migrant labour exploitation, and the intersections of temporary migration and family violence. Collectively her work interrogates the interconnections between migration, labour and border regulation, exploitation and abuse. Marie was awarded a prestigious ARC DECRA Fellowship for 2014-2018, for research focused on unlawful migrant labour in Australia, and she has worked with state governments, policing agencies and international organisations such as the International Labour Organization and UN Women. Marie is the author of multiple books, articles and reports on human trafficking, slavery and exploitation.