Transformative Research Master Class: Investigating Private Companies

Friday 27^th March 2015, 10am-4pm

Venue: Thornton Room, Foresight Centre 

With Corporate Watch, supported by engage@liverpool and The Evan Cornish Foundation

Speakers: Chris Kitchen (Corporate Watch), Richard Whittell (Corporate Watch) and David Whyte (University of Liverpool)

This one-day workshop brought together experienced researchers from Corporate Watch and the University of Liverpool with academics, doctoral students and activists who research corporations and corporate power. The workshop covered a range of key issues, including: how to think through the ‘right’ questions to ask; data sources that can help us research corporate power; how research can help us understand the structure of corporate power; and ‘how to’ research companies in difficult settings.