Dr Frederick Harry Pitts
Global Political Economy Alumni
University of Bath, Department of Social and Policy SciencesStart date:
Research topic: Marxian Value Theory and the Crisis of Measurability: A Case Study of Work in the Creative Industries in the UK and the Netherlands
Email: fh.pitts@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fhpitts
Website/Blog: http://frederickharrypitts.com/
Dr Steven Rolf
Global Political Economy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC +3)
University of Bristol, School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesStart date: September 2012
Research topic: Uneven and combined development and the production of 'spaces of production': Electronics global production networks in the Dongguan-Hong Kong nexus
Research supervisors: Professor Jeffrey Henderson (Bristol), Dr Adam Dixon (Bristol)
Email: Steve.Rolf@bristol.ac.uk
Kate Burrell
Global Political Economy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, Department of Social & Policy SciencesStart date: September 2012
Research topic: How do movements bring about social transformation? Social movements and pre-figurative politics in the globalised world
Research supervisors: Dr Ana Dinerstein (Bath), Dr Naomi Milner (Bristol)
Email: kb257@bath.ac.uk
Richard Baxter
Global Political Economy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, Department of EconomicsStart date: September 2015
Research topic: Assessing cultural ecosystem services: helping to answer the call of TEEB (2010) that there has been little progress to-date
This research builds on current work in the area of cultural ecosystem services. According to TEEB (2010), there has been “little progress” in their mapping to-date. Seven types of cultural ecosystem service are included in the research (such as aesthetic, cultural heritage and recreation). Innovative triangulation techniques are used to produce results which aim to lead to a more comprehensive understanding of the natural benefits and costs derived from cultural ecosystem services.Research supervisors: Dr Alistair Hunt
Email: rb863@bath.ac.uk
the Collaboration Facilitator Bond
Global Political Economy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, School for Sociology, Politics and International StudiesStart date: September 2014
Research topic: Governing the Bioeconomy
Bridging Science and Technology Studies (STS), Development Studies and Poltical Ecology, and contextually set within the emerging policy transition to a global ‘Bioeconomy’, my research examines the implications of commercial synthetic biology to sustainable development and future agro-industrial production. I am particularly interested in the concepts of ‘disruptive’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘responsible’ innovation, as well as how these notions are assimilated into multi-stakeholder deliberations and the global governance of emerging technologies at the UN Convention of Biological Diversity.Research supervisors: Dr Maria Fannin (Bristol), Dr Karen Tucker (Bristol), Professor Clare Saunders (Exeter)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Cabot InstituteFSSL International Development Research Group
Global Political Economy Research Group
Development Studies Association
Email: the Collaboration Facilitator.bond@bristol.ac.uk
Website/Blog: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/geography/people/the Collaboration Facilitator-rose-r-bond/overview.html
Dr Lydia Medland
Global Political Economy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS)Start date: September 2013
Research topic: Global Political Economy of Food and Seasonal Production (Case study, Morocco)
My research is focused on seasonal workers and their experiences of global food production, specifically in Morocco. I am researching the social and working conditions of seasonal workers and their livelihood strategies whilst producing crops such as tomatoes in counter-seasonal rhythms destined for Europe. In the context of changing social and political conditions in Europe and Northern Africa I am interested to understand how the political economy of food is interpreted in local contexts, particularly by workers. Methodologically, my approach is interpretive and will involve in-depth interviews and visual methods. For this research I am learning French and Moroccan Arabic.Research supervisors: Professor Tonia Novitz (Bristol), Dr Emma Carmel (Bath), Dr Adrian Flint (Bristol)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Co-coordinator of Bristol Participatory Action Research Group
SPAIS Student Rep
Email: Lydia.Medland@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lydyact
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