Neil M. Coe

Neil M. Coe is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has established a research profile across various intersecting fields including Business, Management and Accounting; Social Sciences; and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work emphasizes contemporary issues in labor, global trade, and economic geography.

Coe's research spans several prominent subfields such as Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Marketing, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. This multidisciplinary approach supports their focus on the dynamics of labor markets, digital economies, and sustainability challenges within global trade frameworks.

The scientist has contributed scholarly articles to various respected academic venues. These include Geoforum, Journal of Economic Geography, Progress in Human Geography, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, and Antipode. Their publications often explore themes such as constrained labor agency, economic upgrading strategies, and governance within production networks.

Recent papers authored by Neil M. Coe include:

• The multiple geographies of constrained labour agency (2023) in Progress in Human Geography

Coe has collaborated regularly with several researchers, indicating a network of frequent co-authors that includes Lian Sinclair, Steve Wood, Elena Baglioni, Liam Campling, and Adrian Smith. Each collaborator has contributed across multiple projects, highlighting an ongoing engagement with diverse topics and methodologies within the social sciences and economics domains.

The primary research themes addressed by Coe cover:

• Digital Economy and Work Transformation
• Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
• Labor Movements and Unions
• Employment and Welfare Studies
• Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
• Mining and Resource Management
• Regional resilience and development

This body of work reflects an in-depth consideration of how economic processes influence labor conditions, the development of regional economies, and sustainability policies. Topics such as constrained labor agency and industrial upgrading without corresponding social or environmental improvements have been addressed in specific recent publications.

Examples of other recent papers connected to the broader research network, though authored by others closely associated with related themes, include:

• Platform ecosystems and digital innovation in food retailing: Exploring the rise of Hema in China (2021) in Geoforum
• Hybrid governance and extraterritoriality: Understanding Singapore's state capitalism in the context of oil global production networks (2021) in Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
• The Roles and Intersections of Constrained Labour Agency (2023) in Antipode
• Critical mineral strategies in Australia: Industrial upgrading without environmental or social upgrading (2024) in Resources Policy

Neil M. Coe's work provides insights into economic and social structures, analyzed through the lenses of geography, political economy, and strategic management, illustrating complex interactions between labor processes, governance, and global economic transformations.