Laura Turley

Associate

Laura has been working with IISD’s Economic Law and Policy program since 2012, first as a Project Officer and currently as an Associate. With a decade of experience in sustainable development research and advising, she has overseen projects on public procurement, infrastructure finance, investment policy and voluntary sustainability standards. 

Laura is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Geneva on the topic of freshwater allocation in contexts of scarcity. 

 

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Areas of expertise
Public Procurement
Food and Agriculture
Standards and Value Chains
Trade
Freshwater Protection
Infrastructure Financing
Investment (Agriculture)
Investment and Sustainable Development
Voluntary Sustainability Standards
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Associates
Education
Master of Sciences – Water Science, Policy and Management , U.K, University of Oxford, 2012
Bachelor of Arts – International Development , Canada, McGill University, 2009
Languages spoken
English, French

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Safeguarding Human Rights through Public Procurement

Public procurement has an essential role to play in facilitating states’ fulfillment of their duties to protect, respect and fulfill human rights.As ‘mega-consumers,’ governments have the purchasing power to set standards for production, such as acceptable minimum wages, safe workplaces and the…
Blog November 26, 2015

New Research Links Water Security and Economic Growth

While it is intuitively clear that economic growth is related to water security there has been very little empirical evidence of this relationship to date.Laura Turley, an independent consultant on sustainable development based in Geneva, takes a look at the strong linkages between water security…
Blog August 21, 2015
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