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Siobhan McGrath is an Associate Professor of Geography at Clark University, specializing in labor geography, economic geography, and development geography. Her work employs a political economy approach to analyze labor unfreedoms, wage theft, and global production networks. She has taught at Manchester University, Lancaster University, and Durham University in the UK, and has engaged with labor movements. She holds a PhD in Global Development from the University of Manchester (2010), an MA in Economics from The New School for Social Research (2005), and a BA in International Studies from the School for International Training (1998).
Her research focuses on four key areas: unregulated work, labor unfreedoms, modern slavery categorizations, and global production networks. Notable works include analyses of garment workers in India, critiques of anti-slavery marketization, and explorations of temporary migrant labor. She frequently presents at major conferences such as the Global Conference on Economic Geography and the International Labour Process Conference.
McGrath’s scholarship bridges academic inquiry with activism, emphasizing solidarity-based approaches over rescue narratives. Her recent presentations include a keynote at the 2025 IAG Conference in Australia and co-organizing sessions on labor geographies and state dynamics at Clark University. She has also contributed to special issues on logistics and social reproduction, reflecting her interdisciplinary engagement with contemporary labor challenges.
