Liz May is a Policy Fellow with the Africa Trade Policy Programme at 番茄社区 Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. She has over twenty-five years' experience of policy, research and advocacy work on international trade, development, environment, supply chains, business and human rights. She has worked in academia as a senior researcher at SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue; as a private consultant for a wide range of private sector and government clients; and spent many years leading advocacy work in civil society for Transform Trade, Stop AIDS Campaign and Action for Southern Africa.
Selected publications:
"" SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue Case Study Series (2025)
"" Report of the UK Climate and Trade Commission (December 2022)
"" Brookings Commentary, Liz May and Andrew Mold (June 2021)
Research interests: International trade policy; the nexus between climate/environment, trade and development; trade and sustainable industrialisation; bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations; policy space for economic transformation
Region of focus: Africa
Expertise details: Trade, climate and development; bilateral trade negotiations including Free Trade Agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements; trade preference schemes; WTO negotiations; EU and UK environmental policies including CBAM and Deforestation Regulation; supply chains including bananas, tea, sugar, cotton, horticulture, garments