Lauren McCarthy

Dr Lauren McCarthy is an Associate Professor in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Director of ETHOS: The Centre for Responsible Enterprise at Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London. Previously, she held roles at Royal Holloway (University of London), Copenhagen Business School, and The University of Nottingham where she earned her PhD. Her research focuses on intersections of business, gender, and responsibility in global supply chains, with fieldwork in Ghana, India, Tanzania, and Cambodia. Notable projects include the ReFashion study on garment workers' experiences during the pandemic and current work on social media-driven feminist movements.

Education: PhD in Business & Management from the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom). Current roles include External Examiner at the University of Bath and co-editor of the Feminisms and Business Ethics section for Journal of Business Ethics.

Research Interests: Feminist critiques of CSR, gender equity in global value chains, participatory research methods, and the role of men as gender allies in corporate contexts. Her work bridges academia and practice through collaborations with NGOs and industry partners.

Publications include over 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, with recent focus on misogyny in organizational studies, longitudinal research methodologies, and intersectional labour governance. Key contributions include methodological innovations in visual participatory research and critiques of corporate feminism.

Grants & Funding: Co-investigator on the UK EPSRC-funded ReFashion study (2020-2022). Supervised PhD students exploring sustainable fashion in India, gendered CSR in small businesses, and participatory research methods.

Labs/Initiatives: Leads ETHOS Centre, co-convenes EGOS' 'Organizing Social Responsibilities in Contested Times' working group, and advises global CSR frameworks through editorial roles in major journals.