Organisation/Company Universitat Ramon Llull Fundació Research Field Economics Management sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 31 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number PID2023-150698NB-I00. Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Esade Business School of Ramon Llull University offers a predoctoral fellowship as part of the State Plan for Scientific and Technological Research and Innovation of the Ministry for Science Innovation and Universities of the Spanish Government to undertake a PhD thesis in the framework of the funded project: “Eliminating worker exploitation in supply chains: The mitigation role of regulation and public scrutiny (ExpWork)”. Project reference: PID2023-150698NB-I00. The Project “Eliminating worker exploitation in supply chains:



The mitigation role of regulation and public scrutiny (ExpWork)” aims to empirically investigate the implications of supply chain due diligence regulation and public scrutiny on (ir)responsible practices related to working conditions. Specifically, this project aims to find mitigation levers to manage the ever prevalence issue and societal concern of worker exploitation in supply chains in the form of and regulation and public scrutiny. The ExpWork project has two highly innovative components. From one side we consider the role of national, and international supply chain due diligence regulations in combination with public scrutiny as reinforcing levers to reduce worker exploitation. From the other side we address possible response strategies of companies that have detected cases of worker exploitation in their supply chain. The efficacy of supply chain due diligence regulations is currently

📌 Predoctoral Fellowship in Business, Economics, Management or Engineering (Marbella)
🏢 Universitat Ramon Llull Fundacio
📍 Marbella