Remi Edwards
BA, MA, MA
Department of Politics and International Relations
Doctoral Researcher
Research assistant


Full contact details
Department of Politics and International Relations
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
- Profile
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I am a doctoral researcher working the field of international political economy (IPE), with a focus on the role and experience of workers within global production networks and their governance. I am interested in the ways in which workers are able to influence the governance of global supply chains and how this relates to relations of power between labour and capital in modern capitalism. My doctoral research focuses on a range of private governance initiatives in global supply chains, including worker-driven and corporate-driven social responsibility models, to understand how worker interests are mobilised, represented and served in contrasting governance and how this relates to broader processes of accumulation, exploitation and resistance.
I have also worked on other projects based at Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) as a research assistant, including on piece of original research on the commitments of global garment corporations to living wage payment for workers in the sector with Tom Hunt and Genevieve LeBaron, and student-staff collaboration project on the political economy of the Weinstein scandal with Liam Stanley, Ellie Gore and Genevieve LeBaron. I am co-convenor of SPERI's Doctoral Research Network, bringing together post-graduate researchers from across the university working on issues relevant to contemporary capitalism through event and collaboration.
- Qualifications
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BA International Relations and Politics (University of Sheffield)
MA Global Political Economy (University of Sheffield)
MA Social Research (University of Sheffield)
- Research interests
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- Supply chains
- Capital-labour relations
- Worker-driven governance
- Exploitation
- Corporate power
- International Political Economy
Publications:
- Publications
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Journal articles
- The political economy of the Weinstein scandal. Global Society.
- The ineffectiveness of CSR : understanding garment company commitments to living wages in global supply chains. New Political Economy, 27(1), 99-115. View this article in WRRO
- The political economy of the Weinstein scandal. Global Society.
- Grants
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ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership 1+3 Studentship
- Teaching interests
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Global Political Economy