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
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