Living Wages: Now is out (By Dr Shelley Marshall )

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LIVING WAGE: REGULATORY SOLUTIONS TO INFORMAL AND PRECARIOUS WORK IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS

Dr Shelley Marshall has undertaken research in a range of countries, including Australia, Bulgaria, Thailand, and Cambodia, studying the working conditions of informal workers that often work for poverty wages. Her book, ‘Living Wage: Regulatory Solutions to Informal and Precarious Work in Global Supply Chains’, proposes strategies to improve and enforce minimum wages for workers that suffer the consequences of the constant pressure from powerful actors to cut production cost. At the heart of the proposal is the dire need for an international labour law. This is a bold proposal for addressing working poverty - one of the most pressing social justice issues of our time.

Associate Professor Shelley Marshall's current research focuses on three key areas:

• business and human rights and corporate accountability
• regulatory pathways out of poverty and precarious work
• varieties of capitalism and corporate governance

Shelley is the Director of the Business and Human Rights Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Shelley has undertaken empirical research on these topics in diverse countries, including Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Australia and Cambodia, and has published widely based on her findings. Her high standing as a scholar has been recognised through the award a number of large multi-country grants, and she has undertaken collaborations with scholars from Cambridge University, Harvard University, Melbourne University and RMIT. Dr Marshall’s long term partnerships with the technical arm of the International Labour Organisation, Oxfam Australia and CORE UK have enabled her to produce research of a highly applied nature, which has had a strong policy influence and provided meaningful lessons for business and other relevant organisations. Likewise, Shelley's leadership on the Steering Committee of the Australian Corporate Accountability Network has provided opportunities to influence Business and Human Rights policy in Australia. 

Dr Marshall holds a Bachelors of Arts with a double major in Social Theory and Political Science and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Melbourne.  She studied a Masters of Science in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where the focus was on economic policy. In 2015, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Regulation Justice and Diplomacy which she undertook at the RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University under the supervision of Peter Drahos, Valerie Braithwaite and John Braitwaite. Dr Marshall is a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University and an Australian Research Council DECRA Research Fellow.

For CV covering the past 5 years, click here.

CONSULTANCIES

Dr Marshall is available to conduct consultancies.  She has previously conducted consultancies for various international agencies including the International Labour Organisation.