Mark Starmanns, Dr.

Lecturer

Political Geography
Department of Geography
University of Zurich - Irchel
Winterthurerstr. 190
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

room:	Y25L64
email:	mark.starmanns@no.spam.geo.uzh.no.spam.ch
tel:	+41-44-6355213
fax:	+41-44-6356848

Research interests

Ethical trade (global production networks, corporate responsibility, fair trade), regulation of business (social and environmental standards, multi-stakeholder relations), social movements, garments & textile value chains

I have conducted research in Germany, Switzerland, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Blog: "Follow Ethical Fashion"

In this blog I try to transfer knowledge from science to practitioners in the apparel industry, who are working on CSR, fairtrade and ethical trade.

Research and other projects

2011 (ongoing): MSI-Centre: Swiss Centre for multi-stakeholder supply chain initiatives

2010 (ongoing): Plattform for sustainable fashion (partner)

2011: Mein Lieblingsteil / Über Lebenskunst (contribution of "Hintergrundinformationen")

2009/2010: Political CSR at Swiss Olympics

2009/2010: Political CSR (implementing fair purchasing practices in two Swiss companies)

2009: Company survey "CSR in companies" together with the EvB

2009: Market study on small and medium Swiss fashion labels "How ethically correct do Swiss fashion labels produce?" in cooperation with EvB, Fair Wear Foundation, Helvetas and Max Havelaar (this study is conducted by by students)

Publications

2011: Comment on Sonja Dänzer: Structural Injustice in Global Production Networks: Shared Responsibility for Working Conditions. Analyse und Kritik 33(1): 195-212.

2011 with Karen Rohwedder (only online), Was steckt hinter unserer Kleidung? Einmal um die halbe Welt. Projekt "Mein Lieblingsteil", http://www.ueber-lebenskunst.org/countries/index/nodeId:68 (30.5.2011)

2010, Kapitel 4.1 Faire und sozial gerechte Beschaffung (PDF, 3.5 Mb). In: BUND Landesverband Hamburg, Diakonisches Werk Hamburg, Zukunftsrat Hamburg (2010): Zukunftsfähiges Hamburg - Zeit zum handeln. Eine Studie des Wuppertal Instituts für Klima, Umwelt und Energie. Dölling und Galitz Verlag.

2010, "The Grand Illusion? Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Garment Production Networks". PhD Dissertation, University of Cologne.

2010, "Corporate Responsibility" in der globalen Modeindustrie. Soziale und ökologische Standards für einen fairen Handel. Geographische Rundschau 4/2010, pp. 26-33.

2009, with Hannes Grassegger: "Latest Trends in Organic Cotton from the World Congress “From Fashion to Sustainability” in Switzerland", ApparelOnline, November 1-15, 2009, p. 20f. (PDF (PDF, 3.7 Mb))

2009, with Studens from a Seminar: "Marktstudie: Ethical Fashion - Made in Switzerland?", Zürich. (PDF (PDF, 1.8 Mb))

2008, with Bode, Reinhild & Justus von Geibler, Kapitel 17. MehrWert schöpfen: Verantwortung entlang von Produktionsketten. In: Brot für die Welt / BUND / eed (Hrsg.) (2008) Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland in einer globalisierten Welt: Ein Anstoß zur gesellschaftlichen Debatte über eine global nachhaltige Entwicklung (Fischer Taschenbücher Allgemeine Reihe) (Broschiert). (PDF (PDF, 2.8 Mb))

2008, with Boris Braun, A stakeholder model in economic geography: perception and management of environmental stakeholders in German manufacturing companies. BELGEO 3, 1-17. (PDF (PDF, 111 Kb))

2007, Fairness in globalen Wertschöpfungsketten durch Governance-Netzwerke? Wuppertal Papers zur Globalisierung 149. Wuppertal Institut. Wuppertal.

2006, with Boris Braun, Environmental Governance in Global Production Chains - a Conceptual Framework Based on Network and Stakeholder Theory, in: Bleischwitz, R. and Budzinski, O. (eds.), INFER Research Edition Vol. 10, Berlin: VWF, 107-126.

2003, Entrepreneurship in the North-East of Sri Lanka. An Institutionalist Perspective on Economic Development in a Conflict Region. Diplomarbeit. Geographische Institute der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Presentations (strong selection)

2011, Beyond Fashion, Berlin. PDF (PDF, 9.7 Mb)

Teaching

Einführung ins wissenschaftliche Arbeiten (HS 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007)

Ethik in einer globalisierten Welt (FS 2011, 2010)

Ethik in einer globalisierten Wirtschaft (FS 2009) --> Programm (PDF, 2.4 Mb)

Wie ethisch korrekt ist "Made in Switzerland"? (FS 2009)--> Vorläufiges Programm (DOC, 45 Kb)

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