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Open access article: ‘Mining in Africa after the supercycle: New directions and geographies’ (belated post)
(This is slightly belated – I mean to post this a while back and just found it in my drafts folder – oops) For a while there it looked like Africa was on the up. Prices for many of the commodities African nations rely on for income were riding high, and had been riding high…
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EXIS paper on political settlements, CSR and mining now open access
Hot on the heels of yesterdays paper announcement, my other recent paper published in Extractive Industries in Society is now available as full open access, thanks again to my University. So, go have a read on how CSR shapes politics in developing countries here.
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New open access paper available on risk and CSR in the mining industry
Another paper! Hooray! Resources Policy has published a pre-press version of my latest paper ‘Corporate social responsibility, risk and development in the mining industry’. Wonderfully, my University has paid for the paper to be open access so it is free for all, pretty much forever. This paper explores why mining companies engage in CSR activities…
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Latest paper available at Extractive Industries in Society
As i tweeted yesterday, my latest paper ‘Political settlements, the mining industry and corporate social responsibility in developing countries’ is now available as a pre-publication online version at Extractive Industries in Society. This paper is a punchier version of my working paper last year just using the Zambian case and with more attention to what…
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The Responsible Mining Index is not a responsible mining index
The Responsible Mining Index came out a few weeks ago and it’s a very interesting read and resource. It’s already helped me in my research and I am very glad for it’s existence. If you’ve not yet checked it out, do. It’s well thought through, gathers lots of information which is attractively presented and in…
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I’m giving a talk at Ryerson next week
On my current trip to Canada I’ll be giving a talk at Ryerson University’s Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility on ‘What’s the political impact of CSR? Evidence from the mining sector in Zambia, Ghana and Peru’ 12–2pm Tuesday May 22nd. More details and a link to the livestream for those interested but…
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Letter to a prospective phd student
Dear Student, I write in anticipation of your imminent email asking me to be your phd supervisor. Firstly, I am flattered that you have chosen to approach me out of the blue, I look forward to hearing more about your proposed research. However, I receive many approaches each year as my institution – sensibly –…
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“If you have a bad image and are bad, then you don’t have an image problem”
This news on the role of a dam executive in the murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres caught my eye this week. Great to see progress being made in the case, though the fact that 60% of the environmental activist who were killed last in 2015 were killed in Latin America should really give pause…
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I’ve been profiled on our departmental blog
1400 words of the most exciting interview with an academic about their background and research you will read immediately after you click that link. Damn, I’m interesting. I also totally outed myself as a Tanja Li fanboy. As you may be able to tell, I’m not used to this life in the spotlight lark. …
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Brexit, mining and CSR
All this recent news about Brexit has reminded me of this article in The Times (behind a paywall – apologies). It tells the story of one of the areas which voted for Brexit. As we now know, these were often rural areas which are relatively poor for whom foreign labour threatens wages, jobs and services.…