Giorgia Dal Fabbro

Giorgia is a qualitative researcher interested in the moral dimensions of economic life and how they inform questions of development across both the Global North and South. 

Her DPhil research explores how members of a Fair Trade cooperative in rural Sicily morally understand and make sense of their diverse economic activities, tracing how moral life unfolds across organisational, environmental and social domains. In doing so, it seeks to unsettle assumptions about the good that underpin how ethicising initiatives such as Fair Trade are understood and evaluated.

Prior to her DPhil, Giorgia received a MA in European and International Studies and a BA in Comparative European and International Legal Systems from the University of Trento. She has worked as a research assistant on projects examining scientific advice to governments during the COVID-19 pandemic and social science approaches to eco-anxiety. 

She also has substantial volunteering and working experience with Fair Trade organisations and producers in Italy, Kenya, Ghana, Peru and Thailand.

She is the co-founder and coordinator of a group of 12 young Fair Trade activists working broadly on sustainability issues.