Ms Jodie Thorpe
| Post: | Fellow (Institute of Development Studies) |
| Location: | IDS |
| Email: | J.Thorpe@sussex.ac.uk |
Biography
Jodie Thorpe (j.thorpe@ids.ac.uk) is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). With interdisciplinary training in political science and development studies, Jodie has over 20 years of research, policy and strategy experience related to the societal role of business and economic activity, particularly in the food and agriculture sector.
Much of Jodie's research has explored collaborative governance between value chain actors, and between these actors and the state, to understand what works, for whom, under what conditions and why. Across this work, her emphasis is on understanding the interplay between devleopment interventions, contextual conditions and the societal outcomes that emerge from these. In recent years, Jodie鈥檚 work has increasingly focused on economic governance structures and processes, including alternative models intended to advance economic justice. Jodie has an MSc in Comparative Politics (LSE) and is currently completing a PhD (Wageningen) based on her work to date.聽
Jodie's work is informed by systems thinking, and she is currently involved in projects to identify and enhance the systemic effects of agricultural value chain governance and development projects for IDH and for Heifer International. She is also actively engaged in IDS鈥檚 work on trade and development. Her advisory experience includes work with FCDO/DFID, GAIN, IFAD and OSF. Prior to joining IDS, Jodie was a Private Sector Adviser at Oxfam GB, and a Director at SustainAbility, a global think-tank and strategy consultancy on business risks and opportunities for sustainable development. She led SustainAbility鈥檚 Emerging Economies programme, working with businesses and organisations in Brazil and India.
Teaching
Jodie co-convenes the MA Globalisation, Business and Development. She also lectures on the Business as a Development Actor module, and tutors students on research design. In the past she taught on IDS specialist short courses on Making Trade Policy Inclusive and Transform Nutrition.
奥别产辫补驳别:听飞飞飞.颈诲蝉.补肠.耻办/辫别辞辫濒别/箩辞诲颈别-迟丑辞谤辫别/