Fall 2025 Colloquium Series on Global Trade: Stephanie Barrientos

Thursday, October 9, 2025 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM EDT
Zoom

Join us for our annual virtual speaker series, featuring distinguished scholars on a variety of topics related to global trade. Zoom links will be sent out via email retrieved from RSVP, one week before the presentations. 

Register for the event using this link: https://gmu.zoom.us. Note: only GMU emails will be admitted for security reasons (e.g., Gmason@gmu.edu), and registration closes at 1:30 pm on Oct. 9th!

On October 9, 1:30- 2:45 pm, Dr. Stephanie Barrientos, Emeritus Professor,  Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK, will be presenting "Fairer Trade in Global Value Chains: Whither sustainability standards?" Stephanie has researched and published widely on gender, agribusiness and employment in global value chains; trade and labour standards; corporate social responsibility, fair and ethical trade; and business and human rights. Her book Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the Gains? was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. Stephanie currently holds a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship (2023-26) to work on a book on Fairer Trade in Global Supply Chains: Wither Sustainability Standards? This will be available through ‘open access’ in 2026.