Lauren McCarthy
University of Nottingham
Diagrams as Data: Participatory Methods for Inclusive Sustainable Development
CSR & sustainability research lacks innovative methods that can incorporate the most-marginalized voices in the global South. Focusing on women in the supply chain, a participatory method involving diagramming, GALS, is explored. Benefits for sustainable development are discussed with reference to a Ghanaian case study.
Biography
Lauren McCarthy is a teacher & doctoral candidate in her third year at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, The University of Nottingham, UK. Her PhD studies focus on Gender & Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains, in particular, she uses Institutional Work & Gender Theories to examine the organisational processes behind promoting or holding back gender equality. Lauren is taking a qualitative approach in her research, using a combination of individual interviews, observations and Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS). GALS is a participatory method for evaluating organisations’ gender & sustainability programmes, and to date has been used in one case study in Ghana, with another scheduled for Ethiopia in October 2013.