Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
My research interrogates questions of development in the context of globalization, transnational trading networks and labour. More specifically, I focus on the role of nation states in governing sustainability challenges in global value chains, and how public regulations interact with lead-firm driven private codes of conduct and civil society initiatives. My recent work investigates these issues in the context of regional agricultural and garment value chains spanning Sub-Saharan Africa. I earned my PhD in International Development from the Global Development Institute (GDI) and am currently employed as Professor of International Business and Development at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), University of Manchester.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Global inequalities
- Work and Equalities Institute
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Governance and Power across Intersecting Value Chains: the Case of South African Apples
Visser, M. & Alford, M., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 189, 1, p. 69-86 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Governance of intersecting value chains in an era of polycentric trade: the case of Kenyan fresh fruit and vegetables
Alford, M., Pasquali, G. P., Barrientos, S. & Opondo, M., 18 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Economic Geography. lbae018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The political economy of polycentric governance in global production: insights from South African fruit
Alford, M. & Visser, M., 1 Jul 2024, Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, 2024-073 ed., p. 1-34, 34 p.Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Working paper
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Drivers, tensions and trade-offs in achieving social and environmental upgrading in global value chains
Alford, M., De Marchi, V. & Krishnan, A., 10 Nov 2023, Edward Elgar.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Global value chains
Alford, M., 28 Feb 2023, Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, 2nd Edition: Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series. Edward ElgarResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
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Digitalization, global value chains and decent work
Alford, M. (PI)
1/08/23 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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Decent Work in Regional Value Chains: Promoting Public-Private Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Barrientos, S. (PI), Alford, M. (CoI) & Nadvi, K. (CoI)
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Prizes
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Best Referee Award 2018, Journal of Economic Geography
Alford, M. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other distinction
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Faculty of Humanities, Outstanding Dissertation Supervisor Award (Postgraduate Taught)
Alford, M. (Recipient), 22 Oct 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Press/Media
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What do shifting global trade dynamics mean for ethical trade?
1/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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One step forward: how South African farm workers won their pay battle, but supermarkets are winning the war
1/08/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Re-articulating labour in global production networks: the case of street traders in Barcelona
1/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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The role of the state in global value chains: the growing debate and agenda
1/01/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Thesis
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Public governance and multi-scalar tensions in global production networks: crisis in South African fruit
Alford, M. (Author), Barrientos, S. (Supervisor) & Woodhouse, P. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2015Student thesis: Phd
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