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Research interests
Michael is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Development in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. He is a Research Associate at the Oxford Department of International Development and a Senior Research Fellow at the Earth System Governance Project.
His research focuses on global environmental politics and the politics of global supply chains.
He consults on the environmental management of extractive industries in both developing and developed countries.
Prior to his current position, Michael was Departmental Lecturer in Global Governance at the University of Oxford. He has also taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he completed his PhD in International Relations.
Education/Academic qualification
International Relations, Doctor of Philosophy, London School of Economics
International Relations, Bachelor of Arts, University of British Columbia
Political Science, Master of Arts, University of Victoria
External positions
Senior Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project
17 Dec 2019 → …Research Associate, University of Oxford
1 Mar 2017 → …New Directions Lead Author, Earth System Governance Project
31 Jan 2016 → …Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project
1 Jan 2010 → 17 Dec 2019Keywords
- JZ International relations
- Global Political Economy
- Environmental and Resource Politics
- Global Commodity Chains
- Business Power and Agency
- South-South Trade
- Transnatonal Activism
- Modern Slavery
- Gold
- Tobacco
- Tea
- Garments
- Jewellery
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Mining
- Private Governance
- Corporations
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Projects
Stakeholder consultations to co-create a robust research and impact agenda for decent work in the South Indian garment industry
Soundararajan, V., Crane, A., Bloomfield, M., Spence, L. & LeBaron, G.
1/09/19 → 31/07/20
Project: Research-related funding
Combatting modern slavery through business leadership at the bottom of the supply chain
15/11/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research council
Research Output
PPPs in China: Does the growth in Chinese PPPs signal a liberalising economy?
Jones, L. & Bloomfield, M., 5 Feb 2020, In : New Political Economy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
South-South trade and sustainability: The case of Ceylon tea
Bloomfield, M., 1 Jan 2020, In : Ecological Economics. 167, p. 1-8 8 p., 106393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Business-to-business conflicts and environmental governance in global supply chains
Soundararajan, V. & Bloomfield, M., 1 Aug 2019, In : Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 2019, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Business-to-Business Conflicts and environmental governance in global supply chains
Soundararajan, V. & Bloomfield, M. J., 13 Aug 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Conflicts and environmental governance in global supply chains
Soundararajan, V. & Bloomfield, M. J., 31 Mar 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper