About Riley Lynch

Nice to meet you! I'm a first-year economics student at the University of Leeds and a proud member of the 2026 Laidlaw cohort. My interests lie in ethical frameworks and how they define economies. I'm currently reading Mencius, and I'd love to discuss it with anyone who's familiar with Confucianism.

During my summer research, I will be working alongside Anastasia Asres to evaluate the compliance of a selection of firms in the UK to dimensions of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 using computational methods.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, playing piano, walking my dog and going to the arcade or bowling with my friends. I'm also learning Mandarin and hope to spend a year in Hangzhou as part of my undergraduate degree.

I'm excited to be here, and hope I get to exchange knowledge and ideas with as many people as possible!

I am a/an:

Alum: Undergraduate Leadership & Research Programme

University

University of Leeds

Research Topic

Economics Law

Area of Expertise

Economics

I am from:

United Kingdom

I speak:

English

Intro Content

Project Introduction- From Text to Trends: Semantic Analysis and Metadata-Driven Pattern Recognition in UK Modern Slavery Compliance Statements

Outline Economics Law

Project Introduction- From Text to Trends: Semantic Analysis and Metadata-Driven Pattern Recognition in UK Modern Slavery Compliance Statements

This summer, we will conduct data analysis about Modern Slavery Statements. We will employ Natural Language Processing techniques on a selection of 50 statements from the UK to understand legal compliance and how this interacts with language, industry and company size.