Mr Liam Campling
Lecturer in Work and Organisation
Position: Lecturer in Work and OrganisationRoles: Tel: 020 7882 8988
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 3615
Location: Mile End, Francis Bancroft Building, 4.13b
Email: l.campling@qmul.ac.uk
Research interests:
Liam Campling’s current research falls within four interrelated areas: commodity/value chain analysis, multinational firms and the world economy, the politics of international trade relations, and the political economy of development and the environment. He has published several articles on these topics. His current empirical work focuses on the historical formation and contemporary political economy of commodity chains in tuna. He is book reviews editor for Journal of Agrarian Change.Publications:
Journal Articles:
(2012), ‘The Tuna ‘Commodity Frontier’: Business Strategies and Environment in the Industrial Tuna Fisheries of the Western Indian Ocean’, Journal of Agrarian Change, 12(2-3): 252-278.
(with Elizabeth Havice and Penny Howard) (2012), ‘The Political Economy and Ecology of Capture Fisheries: Market Dynamics, Resource Access and Relations of Exploitation and Resistance’, Journal of Agrarian Change, 12(2-3): 177-203.
Campling, L (2010) Symposium on Giovanni Arrighi’s Adam Smith in Beijing, ‘Editorial Introduction’ In Historical Materialism, 18(1): 31-38.
Havice, E and Campling, L (2010) Shifting Tides in the Western Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishery: The Political Economy of Regulation and Industry Responses, In Global Environmental Politics, 10(1): 89-114.
Campling, L, Havice, E (2007) Industrial Development in an Island Economy: US Trade Policy and Canned Tuna Production in American Samoa, in Island Studies Journal, 2(2): 209-228
Ponte, S, Raakjær, J, Campling, L (2007) Swimming upstream: Market access for African fish exports in the context of WTO and EU negotiations and regulation, In Development Policy Review, 25(1): 113-138.
Campling, L (2006) A Critical Political Economy of the Small Island Developing States Concept: South-South Cooperation for Island Citizens, Journal of Developing Societies, 22(3): 235-285.
Bernstein, H, Campling, L (2006) Review Article: Commodity Studies and Commodity Fetishism I: Trading Down’ Journal of Agrarian Change, 6(2): 239-264.
Bernstein, H, Campling, L (2006) Review Article: Commodity Studies and Commodity Fetishism II: “Profits with Principles?” Journal of Agrarian Change, 6(3): 414-447.
Campling, L (2004) Editorial Introduction to the Symposium on Marxism and African Realities, In Historical Materialism, 12(4): 51–66.
Campling (with Michel Rosalie) (2004) ‘Socio-economic Development in Seychelles: An Overview’, Seychelles Medical and Dental Journal, 7: 1, pp. 7–12.
Rosalie, M, Campling, L (2006) Sustaining Social Development in a Small Island Developing State: the Case of Seychellesm, In Sustainable Development, 14: 115-125.
Other Publications:
Campling, L, E. Havice and P. Howard (eds.) (2012) special double issue of Journal of Agrarian Change on ‘The Political Economy and Ecology of Capture Fisheries’ (volume 12, issues 2 & 3).
Campling, L, H. Confiance, M-T. Purvis, (2011) Social Policy in Seychelles, London: Commonwealth Secretariat and United Nations Research Institute on Social Development
Hamilton, A., A. Lewis and M.A. McCoy, E. Havice and L. Campling (2011), Market and Industry Dynamics in the Global Tuna Supply Chain, Honiara: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Campling, L. (ed.) (2010), ‘Symposium on Giovanni Arrighi’s Adam Smith in Beijing’, Historical Materialism, 18: 1, pp. 31-129.
Campling, L (ed.), (2004) Marxism and African Realities, special symposium of Historical Materialism, 12(4): 51–425
Campling, L in Veniana Qalo (eds.) (2008) Direct and Indirect Preference Erosion and the Competitiveness of the ACP Tuna Processing Sector, Bilateralism and Development: Emerging Trade Patterns, London: Cameroon May.
Campling, L (2008) Fisheries Aspects of ACP-EU Interim Economic Partnership Agreements: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications, ICTSD Series on Fisheries, Trade and Sustainable Development – Issue Paper No. 6, Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Campling, L (2008) The Global Commodity Chain in Tuna, African Development and the Politics of International Trade Relations’, Claves de la Economía Mundial [translated into Spanish]
Campling, L (2007) FFA Fisheries Trade News, an ongoing monthly publication produced for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) since 2007 http://www.ffa.int/trade_news
Campling, L, Doherty, M (2007) Follow-up study on sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) issues in canned tuna production in Mauritius/the Seychelles and Thailand. Commissioned by COMESA/ the Regional Trade Facilitation Programme
Campling, L, Doherty, M (2007) A comparative analysis of cost structure and sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) issues in canned tuna production in Mauritius/the Seychelles and Thailand: Is there a level playing field? Commissioned by COMESA/ the Regional Trade Facilitation Programme
Campling, L, Havice, E, Ram-Bidesi, V (2007) Pacific Island Countries, the Global Tuna Industry and the International Trade Regime 426 pp. Fully peer reviewed. Honiara: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Grants, contracts, awards and external publications:
Academic Awards and Prizes:
2009 Runner up: Best Graduate Student Paper, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco 2008,
2006 Central Research Fund (University of London) Additional Award for PhD Fieldwork
2005 The Matsushita International Foundation ( ) Research Grant for PhD
2004 SOAS Research Student Fellowship (RSF) for PhD
2004 ESRC Research Studentship for a PhD in Geography at Cambridge University (turned down in favour of SOAS RSF)
2001 Faculty-wide Dehn Prize for excellence of achievement in the MA(Econ)
2000 Proficiency Award (Level One) in French
1999 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentship for MA (Econ)
1999 Anderson Consulting Prize for academic excellence in the BA (Hons)
1999 MacKenzie Prize for final year dissertation in the BA (Hons)
External Consultancies for:
Board of Investment of Mauritius; Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); Commonwealth Secretariat; Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission; European Parliament; International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD); Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seychelles; Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA); Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat; Seychelles Fishing Authority; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); TradeMark Southern Africa.
Peer Reviewer for:
Commonwealth Secretariat, Development and Change, ICTSD, Island Studies Journal, Journal of Agrarian Change, Journal of Peasant Studies, Review of African Political Economy, World Development
Undergraduate teaching:
Courses delivered:
BUS304: International Business
BUS314: Business Management Dissertation
Postgraduate teaching:
Courses delivered:
BUSM064: The Politics of International Business (from 2011/12)
PhD co-supervisor (with Professor Adrian Smith, School of Geography)
Mr. Aidan Wong
Mr. Steffen Fischer