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Susannah Williams

Research

Title of Research:

Reconceptualising labour exploitation: The intersections of gendered and colonial injustice in UK garment manufacturing.

Brief overview of research topic:

Qualifications

Qualifications:

MA Social Research, University of York (2022)

MA International Relations, University of York (2020)

BA (Hons) International Politics, Aberystwyth University (2019)

Publications

Publications

 

Conference Presentations

Conference Presentations

Williams, S.G. (2024). The UK Garment Manufacturing Industry's Political Economy Through a Postcolonial Feminist Lens.

Presented at ‘Association for Heterodox Economics’ conference on 11 July 2024, Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE).

Gardner, P., Williams, S.G. and Macdonald, A. (2023). Glued on for the Grandkids: The gendered politics of care-as-emotion in the global environmental movement.

Presented at ‘The emotional politics of social movements in global politics’ workshop on 28 March 2023, British International Studies Association (BISA) Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) Working Group

Williams, S.G. and Labour Behind the Label (2024). Organising and Unionising with Migrant Workers. Presented at 'Ella Baker New Organising Conference' on 6 July 2024, Ella Baker School of Organising.

Williams, M. and Williams, S.G. (2024). Researching 'With' Using Ethics of Care. Presented at ‘Doctoral Students Conference' on 24 April 2024, Manchester Metropolitan University.
 
Smith, C.Q. and Williams, S.G. (2024). The impact of contested decarbonisation on peace: Carbon revenue governance in the Aceh and Papua regions’ predatory peace settlements: Preliminary results from a pilot study for the World Peace Foundation & US Institute of Peace. Presented to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ministerial department, 1 February 2024.
 
Williams, M. and Williams, S.G. (2024). Care, Community and Researching With: Disrupting the Neoliberalisation of Ethics in Higher Education Through an Ethics of Care Framework.
Presented at ‘Equity in Education and Society’ conference on 31 January 2024, Institute for Educational and Social Equity.
Gardner, P., Williams, S.G. and Macdonald, A. (2023). Glued on for the Grandkids: The gendered politics of care-as-emotion in the global environmental movement.

Presented at ‘The emotional politics of social movements in global politics’ workshop on 28 March 2023, British International Studies Association (BISA) Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) Working Group.

Poster Presentations

Williams, M. and Williams, S. (2024). Care, Community and Researching With. Presented at ''Race' and Socially Engaged Research: Open and Inclusive Conference for PGRs and ECRs' on 19-20 June 2024, York Anti-Racism Working Group.

Teaching experience

Teaching experience

I have been a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Writing Tutor in the Writing Centre at the University since January 2023. 
I will begin as a GTA in the Politics and International Relations Department in September 2024, facilitating seminars for various modules. Please email me if you would like to inquire about my F&G hours.

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Susannah is supervised by Professor Sara de Jong and Dr Judith Krauss

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