Our work advances interdisciplinary social science research on how international business can be made more just and sustainable. We engage with topics such as business and human rights, environmental justice, corporate accountability, political ecology, and the governance of global supply chains. A key focus of our work is supply chain governance and regulation, including human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) laws and other domestic, private, bottom-up, and hybrid governance approaches. We analyze policymaking, institutional design, company compliance, and impacts on production sites in the Global South.

The Chair is led by Professor Almut Schilling-Vacaflor.