Kate Macdonald is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on the politics of transnational production and business, with a particular focus on social, labour and human rights regulation of global business. Publications include The Politics of Global Supply Chains: Power and Governance Beyond the State (Polity Press, 2013), New Visions for Market Governance: Crisis and Renewal (Routledge, 2012, with Shelley Marshall and Sanjay Pinto); and Fair Trade, Corporate Accountability and Beyond (Ashgate, 2010, with Shelley Marshall).