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School of Business and Management

Professor Liam Campling

Liam

Professor of International Business and Development

Email: l.campling@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Room 3.37, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus

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I am a political economist researching the theory, politics and industrial organisation of the business enterprise and global value chains; international trade policy, its negotiation and relationship to global production; and the political economy of development and environment change. I regard political economy as an interdisciplinary approach that allows me to contribute to debates in a range of fields.

I co-authored Capitalism and the Sea (Verso, 2021), which won the IPEG 2022 Book Prize, and  Free Trade Agreements and Global Labour Governance (Routledge, 2021), and co-edited Labour Regimes and Global Production (Agenda/ Colombia University Press, 2022)

I have done commissioned research on a range of themes including trade policy and industry analysis for a variety of organisations, such as the Commonwealth Secretariat; European Commission; European Parliament; Food & Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations; International Transport Workers Federation; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; and United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. I have also worked part-time for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) since 2007 as an advisor on the global tuna industry and international trade policy; and for Pacific Islands Forum at its Permanent Delegation in Geneva, with a focus on the World Trade Organisation.

I joined Queen Mary University of London in 2009. I hold a PhD in Development Studies from SOAS, University of London, a MA(Econ) in Political Development (Distinction) and a BA(Hons) in Politics and Modern History (First), both from the University of Manchester.

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