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Michael is Senior Lecturer (Associate 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 → …Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
31 Jul 2011 → 31 May 2012Research 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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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
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Alcohol Frontiers: Understanding the role of alcohol in post-war transitions
Walton, O., Copestake, J., Bloomfield, M., Townsend, N., Gilmore, A., Karn, S., Lokuge, G. & Subedi, M.
1/09/18 → 31/08/19
Project: Research-related funding
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Combatting modern slavery through business leadership at the bottom of the supply chain
15/11/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research council
Research output
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The value of studying supply chains for tobacco control
Hiscock, R. & Bloomfield, M. J., 1 Feb 2021, In: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gold
Bloomfield, M. J. & Maconachie, R., 15 Oct 2020, U. K.: Polity Press. 204 p. (Resources Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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PPPs in China: Does the growth in Chinese PPPs signal a liberalising economy?
Jones, L. & Bloomfield, M., 2020, In: New Political Economy. 25, 5, p. 829-847Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
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