Zahra Shirgholami
PhD Student
Academic and research departments
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Business Transformation.About
My research project
Zahra Shirgholami is a PhD candidate in the Department of Business Transformation at Surrey Business School. Her work is centred on modern slavery in value chains focusing on the conflict between multinational corporations' purchasing practices and labour standards. Zahra was awarded the Surrey Business School Postgraduate Research Student of the Year 2020-2021.
Supervisors
Zahra Shirgholami is a PhD candidate in the Department of Business Transformation at Surrey Business School. Her work is centred on modern slavery in value chains focusing on the conflict between multinational corporations' purchasing practices and labour standards. Zahra was awarded the Surrey Business School Postgraduate Research Student of the Year 2020-2021.
University roles and responsibilities
- SBS Accreditation Administrator - assisting in collating data and preparing evidence for AACSB Accreditation (Oct 2020 - Feb 2021)
- Research Assistant - Modern Slavery and labour exploitation in UK Hotel Chains (Jan 2022 - present)
Affiliations and memberships
Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre
Member of Peer Review College
ResearchResearch interests
- Labour exploitation, forced labour, modern slavery;
- Business and human rights;
- Sustainable supply chain;
- Field research activities;
- Qualitative methodologies.
Research interests
- Labour exploitation, forced labour, modern slavery;
- Business and human rights;
- Sustainable supply chain;
- Field research activities;
- Qualitative methodologies.
Publications
Cole, R. and Shirgholami, Z. (2021) The outlook for modern slavery in the apparel sector in a post-lockdown economy
McQuilken, J., Shirgholami, Z. and McFarlane, D. (2022) Understanding and addressing ‘modern slavery’ in DRC-UK cobalt supply chains