Merisa Thompson
Lecturer in Gender and Development, School of Government, University of Birmingham
Why the gendered political economy of COVID-19 matters
Merisa Thompson - 15 April 2020Why the gendered political economy of COVID-19 matters
While the Chancellor’s injection of money into the economy is welcome, it highlights just how undervalued ‘women’s work’ still is in our societies.
What is the financialisation of food and why should we care?
Merisa Thompson - 07 November 2018What is the financialisation of food and why should we care?
This blog discusses Professor Jennifer Clapp’s recent visit to Sheffield where she presented work from her latest book project and current research on the financialisation of food
‘Eating power’ and the oligopolisation of the Haitian food economy
Merisa Thompson - 15 September 2016‘Eating power’ and the oligopolisation of the Haitian food economy
As one of the world’s poorest countries, the inequities in Haiti’s local food economy are deeply rooted in its troubled history and its elite-dominated political economy