Sandy Hager

Dr Sandy Hager

Small Group Project 2020-21

The Role of Commodity Trading Firms in the Global Political Economy

This project assembles an interdisciplinary team of researchers for a one-day workshop on the role of commodity trading firms in the global political economy. Commodity traders are among the most powerful firms in contemporary capitalism, attracting widespread criticism in recent years for business practices that promote environmental destruction, political corruption, and financial instability. Yet despite growing recognition of their clout, the commodity traders remain under-researched.

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Research outcomes

Baines, J., & Hager, S. B. (2022).

From passive owners to planet savers? Asset managers, carbon majors and the limits of sustainable finance. Competition & Change, 27(3-4), 449–471.

Areas of interest

Political Economy Corporations Mental Health Ageing Silicon Valley Capitalism Biotechnology

Cohort

FG6

Biography

Sandy Hager is Reader in International Political Economy at City St George's, University of London. His current research analyses corporate power against the backdrop of the mental health crisis. One project investigates Silicon Valley's anti-ageing movement as a manifestation of the death-denying pathologies of contemporary capitalism. Another examines the business models of companies racing to develop and patent psychedelic compounds and therapies for the treatment of various psychiatric disorders.

Biographical details correct as of 29.04.26