Aurelie Larquemin
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC +3)
University of Bath, Department of Social & Policy SciencesStart date: September 2016
Research topic: The challenge of promoting effective financial inclusion: an investigation of the factors that lead to active use of financial services and improved livelihoods
The objective of my research is to investigate the factors affecting use, in particular their social and cultural dynamics. In particular to understand, how social, economic and demographic factors like gender, income level, religion, caste, etc. interact with the use of bank accounts and other financial services. The results will give insights on the bottlenecks and factors responsible for a low level of financial service use in developing countries.Research supervisors: Dr Susan Johnson (Bath), Dr Malcolm Fairbrother (Bristol)
Email: adl42@bath.ac.uk
Barnaby Pepin
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
1+3
University of Exeter, School of Business and ManagmentStart date: September 2023
Research topic: A critical investigation into the relationship between Neoliberalism and Welfare-Chauvinism in Scandinavia.
My research takes a qualitative, critical-theoretical approach to the Scandinavian context of Welfare-Chauvinism to answer the question: how have Neoliberal pressures shaped exclusionary welfare reform? Grounding our understanding of the form of the capitalist state in the social relations which it reflects, my research seeks to explore the ways in which the shifting of European market relations since the 1980’s has endorsed a crisis of the Social Democratic state-form, thus resulting in exclusionary and marginalising policy solutions. My work therefore operationalises interdisciplinary methods such as to holistically grasp the complex interdependencies of state, market and individual, and the ways in which social and economic antagonisms are mediated in-and-through social policy.Research supervisors: Dr. Harry Pitts, Prof. Charles Masquelier, Dr. Theodoros Papadopoulos
Email: barnabyppepin@gmail.com
Twitter: https://x.com/PepinBarnaby
Callum Cockbill
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities, Student Rep
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, Department of Social & Policy SciencesStart date: October 2018
Research topic: The Personal Data Economy, the Corporatist State Model, and a Global Framework for an Emergent Classification of Social, Political, and Economic Power.
Principally, my academic research is dedicated to the comprehension of the political and economic imperatives and the ideational and discursive power relations that are inherent to the development and implementation of technological innovations in advanced capitalist societies. In particular, I am interested in the investigation of a multitude of emergent paradigms at the forefront of technological innovation, which include the rise of surveillance capitalism, smart city technology, digital social innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybernetic augmentation.Research supervisors: Dr Ana Dinerstein, Dr Harry Pitts
Professional memberships/Positions held:
SWDTP Student RepEmail: callum.cockbill@bath.edu
Felix Wilson
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Exeter, Business SchoolStart date: October 2020
Research topic: A Critical Investigation of Potential Success Factors When Implementing National Carbon Tax Policies
It is becoming ever more apparent that society faces an increasing number of threatening environmental challenges. With a growing number of events linked to global warming, such as the increase in world temperatures and rising sea level since the 19th century, it is possible to see the importance of making real progress towards decarbonisation. As a result of this, I intend to explore the modes of best practice for implementing national carbon tax policies, focusing on previous success factors, potential new initiatives and the role of politics.Research supervisors: Professor Lynne Oats, Dr. John D'Attoma
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Exeter, teaching both UG and PG Taxation.Distance Learning Associate Lecturer at Arden University
Email: fw331@exeter.ac.uk
Fred Dunwoodie Stirton
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
3 years and 8 months
University of Bath, Department of Social & Policy SciencesStart date: September 2024
Research topic: Human Rights in Tobacco Cultivation in Nayarit, Mexico
My research seeks to engage with human rights as political tools within tobacco control and not simply legal resources. I aim to problematise the use of corporate social responsibility and environmental social governance by transnational tobacco companies and move beyond protection towards transformation of disabling environments. Using the case study of tobacco cultivation in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, I will unpick the complex web of interactions, processes and actors, from the local to the global through the supply chains of the tobacco industry, exploring concepts, including (un)free labour, precarious work, and colonial capitalism.Research supervisors: Dr Michael Bloomfield, Dr Annie Snelson-Powell
Email: fds29@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-dunwoodie-stirton-a5813844/
Josie Hooker
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, Department of Social and Policy SciencesStart date: October 2017
Research topic: Reinventing class politics: exploring feminist and decolonial currents in Barcelona’s new "social unionism.”
My research explores Mezzadra and Neilson’s (2013) “multiplication of labour” thesis via militant ethnographic enquiry alongside Barcelona’s present-day experiments in “sindicalismo social” (social unionism).My research investigates the precise relationships between three major and inter-connected expressions of the post-2008 social movement cycle in Barcelona:
1) Amidst generalising precarity, a resurgent materialist politics expressing emergent social subjectivities that break from traditional working-class identities and their exclusions. In particular, the re-articulation of social reproduction as a sphere of class politics, via struggles over housing, care work and the public sector; and via new forms of “sindicalismo social“, including housing assemblies and unions, new self-organised labour unions in highly deregulated, often feminised and racialised sectors neglected by mainstream unions, and the revitalisation of mainstream unions via social movement alliances
2) The assertion of the politics of race, coloniality, gender and sexuality, and its relationship to the gendering, racialisation and bordering of contemporary class relations under hetero-patriarchal capitalist coloniality
3) The territorial and spatial dimension – that is, struggles over the production of space in, against and beyond austerity urbanism. For example, via the mobilisation of the neighbourhood and municipal scales, or around strategic, spatial circuits of financialised value accumulation such as property and tourism
In so doing, I mobilise and develop decolonial (Quijano 2000; Mezzadra and Neilson 2013; Dinerstein 2015), feminist (Bhattacharya 2017; Dalla Costa and James 1972; Federici 2012) and spatial (Clare 2018; Gray 2018a; Gray 2018b) perspectives within minor marxisms (Bailey et al. 2018).
I’m committed to collective knowledge production using militant, participatory action, decolonial and feminist research methods and epistemologies.
Research supervisors: Dr. Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, Prof. Bridget Anderson
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Founding member of SWDTP Standing Seminar in Critical Theory (2018-present)Member of SWDTP student-led Participatory Action Research group (2017-18)
Committee member of SWRC (2017-18)
Email: jh2809@bath.ac.uk
Website/Blog: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Josie_Hooker
Julia Bradley
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
University of Exeter, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, and Social SciencesStart date: September 2024
Research topic: How does gender, race, and class shape state identity and behabiour in the space sector?
My research explores how gender, race, and class shape state identity and behaviour in the space sector. My work is multidisciplinary, studying how state identity is constructed through history and popular culture, maintained through boundary-drawing practices, and demonstrated in policy and action. I will explore the narrative of a congested, competitive, and contested space arena and reveal that this narrative, along with current state aims of exploration and extraction, are shaped by patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist norms.Research supervisors: Dr Sarah Bulmer (University of Exeter), Dr Paul Higate (University of Bath)
Email: jeb267@exeter.ac.uk
Kyle Geraghty
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
PhD Researcher in Global Political Economy (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, School of Economic Finance and ManagementStart date: September 2015
Research topic: The effect of global production networks on value creation
My research focuses on a critique of the global production networks conception of value, and in particular its overarching emphasis on the way in which they shape different opportunities for value capture. I posit that although this can identify several outcomes from developing economics engagement with global trade, a clearer understanding of how value creation is required. My thesis empirical work be developing this through the value-form approach to value theory through fieldwork in Eastern Europe.The research I am engaged in is explicitly interdisciplinary; bringing together elements from global political economy and economic geography, my critique also emerges from an engagement with both economic history and long standing debate on value in political economy.
Research supervisors: Dr Gregory Schwartz (Bristol), Professor Jeffrey Henderson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-geraghty-889a87112
Website/Blog: https://bristol.academia.edu/KyleGeraghty
Madison Lindeman
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
+3
University of Bristol Sep-23Start date: Sep-23
Research topic: Menstrual Health and Experiences in Uganda
My research interests lie at the intersection of feminist and urban theoretical frameworks, focusing on the exploration of menstrual health. For my doctoral project, I am utilising a comprehensive blend of embodiment, feminist, and urban theories to delve into the intricate ways in which women in Western Uganda experience menstruation in their daily lives. Through an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach, my research seeks to comprehend the nuanced interplay between societal, cultural, and structural factors, and how these shape an individual’s perception and experience of menstruation.Research supervisors: Maria Fannin, Mhairi Gibson, Melanie Channon
Email: Madison.Lindeman@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madison-lindeman-021b37131/
Moeko Kobayashi
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
University of Bristol September 2024Start date: September 2024
Research topic: British Nuclear Tests in Australia: How narratives can make the harm and injustice visible to bring about policy and social change
I will analyse the narratives about British nuclear testing in Australia (BNT) from Indigenous Australians, nuclear test veterans, and their supporters, who have worked to make BNT socially visible. The objectives are to reveal the harm and injustice inflicted, examine how narratives have made them visible, clarify the challenges of the visibility process, and explore ways to create effective policy and a better society in consultation with affected communities. The findings will have an impact beyond nuclear policies, encompassing other global challenges that require visibility such as climate crisis, toxic waste, chemical and biological weapons, and socio-political harms.Research supervisors: Professor Corinne Squire, Associate Professor Rob Skinner
Email: moeko.kobayashi@bristol.ac.uk
Stefan Zylinski
Global Political Economy/Global Challenges and Transformations: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities
Global Political Economy 1+3
University of Bristol September 2021Start date: September 2021
Research topic: understanding how we can better construct our financial systems to meet key sustainability goals
My work draws on critical and political economic theory to understand how systems and structural processes impact society, economy, and environment. My PhD research explores the extent to which different types of financial systems (e.g. state-led in China, bank-based in Germany, market-based in the UK) are contributing towards the climate crisis in a world where the macro-financial capitalist structure promotes convergence across national systems and geographies. The main mechanism of interaction between financial systems and the climate crisis I explore is those capital flows (loans, bond or equity purchases, etc.) that move from financial institutions into specific sectors like renewable or fossil fuel energy that contribute or impede efforts to mitigate/adapt to the climate crisis. Marshalling finance is one of the key issues in meeting sustainability goals this century, and I’m interested in understanding how we can better construct our financial systems to meet these goals.University of Bristol Research Profile:
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stefan-a-zylinski
Research supervisors: Magnus Feldmann, Oscar Berglund, Steffen Boehm
Email: sz17629@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StefanZylinski
Website/Blog: https://stefanzylinski.co.uk
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