Samuel is a PhD student at the Department of International Development at King's College London. He holds an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS University of London.

Before joining King's College London, Samuel worked as a researcher at Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), an anti-apartheid campaigning and education charity. There, he worked on projects related to a Basic Income Grant in collaboration with the think tank Social Policy Initiative and neocolonial dynamics around mining in Zambia.

Research

Thesis title: 'Working Conditions and Financialisation: The Case of South Africa's Textile & Apparel Sector'

Samuel's research is focused on:

• Finance and International Financial Subordination
• Financialisation and its impact on global production networks and labour
• Working conditions in the global economy 

Samuel's current research explores how financialisation, at the national and firm levels, impacts working conditions in the supply chain. As a case study, Samuel will analyse South Africa's textile and apparel industry. His approach draws on heterodox economics and is interdisciplinary, incorporating economic and financial geography, international political economy, and sociology.

PhD supervision

• Principal supervisor: Dr Ewa Karwowski
• Secondary supervisor: Dr Florian Schaefer

Further details

See Samuel's research profile