Fairtrade - it's at the supermarket, in the papers and on TV. But how did it get here and where is it going?

Despite growing consumer support for Fairtrade it remains surprisingly under-researched. In particular, there is no coherent history of fair trade as a movement.

I am studying the networks that evolved between the main actors: development agencies, religious organisations and co-operatives. My research explores issues that relate to wider themes such as: the morality of consumption, consumer/ producer relations, secularisation and globalisation.