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We are all in the Shift
Blowfield CV
2002 DPhil, University of Sussex (UK), International Relations
1988 MA, University of Sussex (UK), Agrarian Studies
1981 BA (Hons) University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Anthropology, Sociology, Language
Core Interests
General: Corporate social and environmental responsibility, Organisational change, International development, Globalization
Specific: Business and society, business and climate change, global supply chains, business and globalization, structural change
Regions: Europe, S.E. Asia, South Asia, Africa, North America
Positions
2008 – present: Senior Research Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
2007 – present: Teaching Fellow, London Business School, UK
2007-2008 – Development Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Industry, UK
2004 – 2006: Senior Research Associate, Center for Corporate Citizenship, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, USA
2003: Senior research consultant, Business for Social Responsibility, USA
2001- 2003: Director, Corporate Responsibility, Development Alternatives Inc., Washington DC
June 2001-December 2001: Research Manager, Ethical Trading Initiative, London
1997-2001: Principal Lecturer and Research Director, Natural Resources and Responsible Business, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Greenwich, UK
1998-2001: Director (part-time), Natural Resources and Responsible Business Centre, British Government Department for International Development, UK
1993-1996: Principal Social Scientist, Department for International Development, Natural Resources Institute, UK
1989-1992: Lead Researcher, Asian American Free Labor Institute, Indonesia
1990-1992: Lead Researcher, Centers for Disease Control, Johns Hopkins University, Academy for Educational Development, Indonesia
1985-1988: Regional Programme Manager, Irian Jaya Economic Growth and Land Tenure Security programme, Indonesia
1983-1985: Information Officer and Research Manager, Irian Jaya Community Development Foundation, Indonesia
Publications: see separate page
Tutor on core corporate responsibility courses for MBA students, London Business School
Designer of executive education courses and materials for Shell, World Bank Institute, Nestlé, London Business School, Cambridge Programme for Industry, the retail, beverage, and food industries and British government.
Policy and Consultancy Experience
Private sector clients: Citigroup, Lloyds TSB, IBM, GE, Unocal, Levi, Nike, AMD, Abbott Laboratories, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Unilever, Cargill, Nestlé, Cadbury-Schweppes, Mars, Safeway, J. Sainsbury, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, BP, Shell, Gap, Timberland, Littlewoods
Public sector clients: British government Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Trade and Industry; Canadian International Development Agency; USAID; Government of Indonesia
Multi-lateral agencies: World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, European Union, Asia Development Bank
Honorary and Advisory Positions
Present: Associate Professor in Corporate Responsibility, Middlesex University
Present: Fellow, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, James Martin School, University of Oxford
Present: Fellow, St Cross College, University of Oxford
2003: Training advisor on international labour standards to World Bank
2001-2002: Special Advisor on Global Supply Chains, Cadbury-Schweppes/Corporate Citizenship Company
2001-2002: Expert Advisor on Global Supply Chains, British American Tobacco
2002: Special Advisor on Monitoring Guidelines, SA8000/Social Accountability International
1999-2001: Advisory Board Member, International Business Leaders’ Forum’s Social Dimensions of Business Practice Resource Centre
1999-2000: Benchmarking Advisory Board, European Retailers’ Group
1997: Research Programme Manager, DFID Fisheries Research Programme
Research Awards
2008-2011: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, senior research fellowship
2005-2006: Ford Foundation $200,000, Study of executive opinions about the role of business in twenty-first century society
2004-2005: Levi Strauss Foundation $20,000, Study on global management of corporate responsibility
2002-2003: Abbott Laboratories $250,000, Impact methodology development for international AIDS drug donations
1999-2001: EU Liaison Committee Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific $50,000, Study into coherence in international social and environmental standards
1998-2001: DFID Forest Research Programme £150,000, Ethical Trade and Forest Dependent Peoples project
1998-2001: DFID Crop Post-harvest Research Programme £200,000, Ethical Trade and Horticulture project
1996-1998: European Commission Development Policy £100,000, Social and Environmental Impact of Fisheries Agreements project
1994-1996: DFID Forest Research Programme £70,000, Social Dimensions of Non-timber Forest Product project
1993-1995: DFID Socio-economic Research Programme £50,000, Labour and Perennial Tree Crops project
1992-1993: DFID Livestock Research Programme £50,000, Grain Storage and Production amongst Pastoralists in Ethiopia and Nigeria project
1990-1991: USAID Democracy and Governance Program $175,000, A Comparative Study of Wages and Minimum Physical Needs in Selected Asian Countries
1989: Oxfam $15,000, Working Conditions in Export-oriented Factories study
Major Fieldwork
USA and Europe: principal researcher interviewing 50+ executives from major companies to examine the business-society relationship, and how it will affect corporate evolution in the twenty-first century. 2005-2006
Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia: original research informing private and public sector policy on social and environmental standards in horticulture and floriculture. 1998-2001
South Africa, Indonesia, Peru, Ecuador, Solomon Islands: original research to understand the viability and potential of ethical trade as a means of enhancing and safeguarding livelihoods of forest-dependent people in tropical moist forest eco-systems. 1998-2001
Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Mexico: comparative study of different approaches to managing social and environmental impact of global supply chains. 1998-1999
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India: analysis of dimensions to poverty in fisheries-dependent communities. 1994-1996
India, Bangladesh: analysis of social dimensions of non-timber forest product. 1993-1995
Ghana, Indonesia: study of labour allocation and livelihood strategies relating to perennial tree crop production amongst indigenous and migrant workers and farm-owners. 1992-1995
Indonesia: study of labour conditions in export-oriented apparel factories with particular reference to the sports shoe industry. 1989-1992
Indonesia: research on indigenous land tenure in economic development zones. 1990-1992
Indonesia: research on the impact of plantations and commercial forestry on indigenous land tenure systems in Irian Jaya. 1983-1986
Country Experience
Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, CNMI (Saipan), Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, USA, UK
Languages
English (mother tongue), Indonesian (fluent)