Director - Research
A co-founder of Ergon, Alastair has provided strategic advice, training and technical guidance on labour rights and employment issues to a wide range of organisations, including the European Commission (EC), UK Trade Union Congress (TUC), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), UK Department for International Development (DFID), UK Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), International Finance Corporation (IFC) Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
Alastair's professional interests include:
* The labour and trade nexus
* Decent work promotion through finance networks
* Labour rights and women workers in agricultural development
* Employment creation and labour standards in rural infrastructure
* Labour rights in public procurement
Alastair has worked on labour rights in industrial and agricultural sectors in transition and low-income countries worldwide. From 2005-2008, he led research into the social impacts of cotton cultivation in West Africa, South Asia, Brazil and Central Asia.
Prior to joining Ergon, Alastair was Senior Researcher in the international department of Incomes Data Services (IDS). For 2004-5, Alastair was the UK research co-ordinator for the international WageIndicator programme run by University of Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies.
