Newcastle University

Introduction

Steve Hughes is Professor of International Organisations. Steve has served as Director of Graduate Studies and Director of the MBA programme and was until recently Director of International Accreditation during which time the School was awarded EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. His research and teaching is international in perspective and focus on multilateral institutions and international trade. Steve's current research examines the incorporation of the ILO's Decent Work agenda into multilateral and bilateral poverty reduction strategies. In 2009 he was nominated by MBA students for the Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching. Steve is regular Chair of international accreditation panels.

Roles and Responsibilities

Steve has taken a number of strategic roles within the Business School since he joined it in 2000. He has twice been Director of Graduate Studies (2005/6; 2001/03), Director of the MBA (2000/01) and Director of International Accreditation (2006/2010).

Steve has a long standing research interest in multilateral and bilateral organisations which began with his work as Fellow of the APEC Research Centre at the University of Auckland. His collaborative research into regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific evolved to incorporate calls to link trade and labour standards and the development of this debate within the WTO and ILO, the development of an international labour standards regime and broader questions related to global economic governance.

International and interdisciplinary collaboration continues to be a feature of Steve's research work. His work on executive leadership in the ILO and the development of economic and social policies during the 1930s has attracted funding from the International Institute of Labour Studies where he is an External Collaborator in the ILO History Project.

Steve is currently engaged in research on multilateral poverty reduction strategies and the ILO's Decent Work agenda.

Qualifications

PhD, MA, BA (Hons)

Previous Positions

Auckland Business School, University of Auckland 1991-2000

Memberships

British International Studies Associations (BISA)
BISA International Political Economy Group (IPEG)

Honours and Awards

Steve has been appointed as a Visiting Professor to the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine from April 1 2009 and for a period of 3 years. In May 2009, Steve was invited by the UK Government to give a presentation on the future of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to representatives of government, the CBI and the TUC as part of celebrations to mark the 90th anniversary of the ILO. Steve is a regular Chair of internationa accreditation panels.

Informal Interests

Novels and short stories of Truman Capote, P G Wodehouse and Cormac McCarthy. The Ealing Comedies. Music of Francis Albert Sinatra. Liverpool Football Club. Corbridge United Junior Football Club. In sum, the leisurely pursuit of reading, music and football with the occasional run, cycle and scramble across the mountains and fells of the lake district.

Research Interests

Steve has a long standing research interest in the institutions of trade integration which began with his work as Fellow of the APEC Research Centre at the University of Auckland. His collaborative research into regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific evolved to incorporate research into demands to link trade and labour standards. The development of this debate within the WTO and ILO, the development of an international labour standards regime and broader questions related to global economic governance comprised much of the research focus.

International and interdisciplinary collaboration continues to be a feature of Steve's research work. His work on executive leadership in the ILO and the development of economic and social policies during the 1930s has attracted funding from the International Institute of Labour Studies where he is an External Collaborator in the ILO History Project.

Currently, Steve is working on research into attempts to harmonise international aid efforts under the Paris and Accra agendas and the incorporation into these efforts of the ILO's Decent Work agenda.

Other Expertise

Regimes of international regulation. Political economy of International Financial Institutions (IFIs).

Current Work

The insertion of the ILO's Decent Work agenda into multilateral and bilateral poverty reduction strategies (in collaboration with Nigel Haworth, Auckland University)

Postgraduate Supervision

Doctoral Supervision
Zabya Krytbey (Syria) PhD Completed December 07
Supajit Panichsakpatana (Thailand) PhD
Paul Udofe (Nigeria) PhD

Esteem Indicators

During his academic career and in line with his research and teaching focus on international change and development, Steve Hughes has been a Fellow of the New Zealand APEC Study Centre, a member of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs and a Visiting Fellow to the Centre for International Politics, The University of Manchester. He is a member of the British International Studies Association International Political Economy Group. More recently, Steve has contributed as an external consultant to the ILO History Project at the International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva and has been appointed as a Visiting Professor to the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine from April 1 2009 for a period of 3 years.

Funding

2007, $2,500(US) International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva ‘ The role of the ILO in the development of economic and social policies in the 1930s’
2004, £2,200 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) ‘Executive Leadership and Epistemic Activity in an International Regime’
1998, $350,000(NZ) Foundation for Research in Science and Technology (FoRST). 'APEC and International Competitiveness: Selected Themes'. (with Prof. Fred Deyo et al).
1997 $6,000(NZ) Auckland University Research Committee (AURC). 'International Labour and Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific'. (with Haworth. Full grant awarded).
1996 $180,000(NZ) FoRST. 'Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation: Implications for New Zealand'. (with Prof. Chris Tremewan et al).
1996 $6,500(NZ) AURC. 'A Social Dimension to Trade: The ILO, the GATT and International Labour Standards'. (with Haworth).
$6,500(NZ) AURC. 'New Zealand and the International Labour Organisation. Current Debates and Future Directions'. (with Haworth).

Postgraduate Teaching

The Global Business Environment (MBA FT; Executive MBA)

• Haworth N, Hughes S. The International Labour Organisation. In: Demirbag, M., Wood, G, ed. Elgar Handbook of Institutional Approaches to International Business. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2012. In Press.
• Hughes S, Haworth N. Decent Work and Poverty Reduction Strategies. Relations Industrielles 2011, 66(1), 34-53.
• Hughes S, Haworth N. A Shift in the Centre of Gravity. The ILO under Harold Butler and John G. Winant. In: van Daele, J; Rodriguez, M; van Goethem, G; van der Linden, M, ed. Essays on the International Labour Organization and Its Impact on the World During the Twentieth Century. Bern: Peter Lang, 2010, pp.293-312.
• Haworth N, Hughes S. Surfing History's Waves: On the Resilience of the International Labour Organisation as an International Institution. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 2010, 35(3).
• Hughes S, Haworth N. The International Labour Organization. Coming in from the Cold. Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge, 2010.
• Hughes S, Haworth N. The ILO involvement in economic and social policies in the 1930s. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 2008. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/century/information_resources/download/hughes.pdf.
• Hughes S. The ILO, the Great Depression and War: The Harold Butler and John G Winant Years. In: The International Labour Organisation, Past and Present. 2007, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels.
• Hughes S. The Role of the ILO in the Development of Economic and Social Policies During the 1930s. Geneva: International Institute of Labour Studies, 2007.
• Hughes S. The International Labour Organization. New Political Economy 2005, 10(3), 413-425.
• Haworth N, Hughes S, Wilkinson R. The international labour standards regime: A case study in global regulation. Environment and Planning A 2005, 37(11), 1939-1953.
• Haworth N, Hughes S. From Marrakesh to Doha and beyond: The Tortuous Progress of the Contemporary Trade and Labour Standards Debate. In: Kelly, D; Grant, W, ed. The Politics of International Trade in the 21st Century: Actors, Issues and Regional Dynamics. London: Palgrave, 2004, pp. 130-143.
• Haworth N, Hughes S. International political economy and industrial relations. British Journal of Industrial Relations 2003, 41(4), 665-682.
• Wilkinson R, Hughes S. Global Governance: Critical Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2002.
• Hughes S, Wilkinson R. The global compact: Promoting corporate responsibility?. Environmental Politics 2001, 10(1), 155-159.