News archive

2013 - news archive

May 2013: Anne Roemer-Mahler and Kelley Lee attended a workshop on Corporations and Public Health, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen.

Kelley Lee delivered the Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) seminar at McMaster University on 28 January looking at 'WHO at 65: Retirement or renewal?'.

CHAIR would like to extend warmest congratulations to valued team member Dr Simon Rushton on his appointment as Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield. Simon has contributed hugely to the Centre and will be sorely missed. He started his new position on 1st January 2013.

January 2013

We are absolutely delighted that the project has been granted a 12 month extension by the ERC, to facilitate further publication and dissemination activity.

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2012 - news archive

Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll: The Politics of Global Health' - E.H. Carr Special Seminar

On Thursday 15 March (6.30-8.00pm, Main Hall, International Politics Building, Aberystwyth University), given by the CHAIR team (Professor Colin McInnes, Dr Simon Rushton and Dr Owain D. Williams).

Why does global health matter to International Relations? Why do one-third of the world’s population lack access to essential medicines? Why is Bono more influential than David Cameron?

The Powerpoint presentation which accompanied the seminar is available to download: 'Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll: The Politics of Global Health' (PPT).   

'Discourses of Global Health' - Postgraduate Conference, 11-12 July 2012

The BISA Global Health Postgraduate Network and CHAIR were delighted to host highly successful postgraduate conference entitled 'Discourses of Global Health' at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. As well as providing a forum for postgraduate research and discussion, the conference also featured a key note address from Professor Stefan Elbe (University of Sussex) and introductory comments from Daniel Davies, a Global Public Health Consultant. The event was organised by Clare Wenham.

Links to the presentations are now available:

The agenda is also available to (PDF)

Conferences and dissemination

Colin McInnes

(with Anne Roemer-Mahler), 'Battle of Ideas: Multiple Framing in Global Health Governance', paper at UCL Current Legal Issues Colloquium 2012, Law and Global Health, 2-3 July.

'Issues in global health security', presentation at the Heath Protection Agency Board, Technical Committee on Global Health, 6 June.

Introduction at the project's Competing Visions of Global Health Governance dissemination event, Chatham House, 11 May.

(with Simon Rushton), 'Smart power? Health interventions for strategic effect in Iraq and Afghanistan', at Towards an International Political Sociology of Health and Medicine workshop, University of Sussex, 10 May.

Kelley Lee

Professor Lee joined the editorial team of the new journal, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, based at ANU.

'Health policy in Asia and the Pacific: Navigating local needs and global challenges' paper, Asia and Pacific Policy Society conference (PDF), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, 6-7 September.

'Framing and reframing global tobacco control: Creating, sustaining and protecting policy action', paper at the project's Competing Visions of Global Health Governance dissemination event, Chatham House, 11 May.

'A Struggle for Relevance: The Future of the WHO', lecture, Institute of Global Health, USC as part of its renowned guest lecture series, 21 April. A brief synopsis of the presentation can be found here.

'Corporations and Global Health' presentation at the inaugural conference of the BC Forum of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, 16-17 March, Vancouver. 

Simon Rushton

'HIV prevention, harm reduction and the war on drugs: rights, crime and morality in global health diplomacy, paper, BISA-ISA Joint International Conference, Edinburgh, 20-22 June.

'The global governance of HIV and AIDS: coherent response or competing visions?' paper at the project's Competing Visions of Global Health Governance dissemination event, Chatham House, 11 May.

(with Colin McInnes), 'Smart power? Health interventions for strategic effect in Iraq and Afghanistan', at Towards an International Political Sociology of Health and Medicine workshop, University of Sussex, 10 May.

'Tackling AIDS, Building Health Systems: The Politics, Ethics and Practicalities', paper, 53rd International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April.

(with Adam Kamradt-Scott), 'The revised International Health Regulations: socialization, compliance and changing norms of global health security', paper, 53rd International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April.

'Global health security' paper, as part of the John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies (JEFCAS) seminar series, School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, 21 March.  

Owain D. Williams

'The global governance of access to medicines', paper at the project's Competing Visions of Global Health Governance dissemination event, Chatham House, 11 May.

'The domestic effects of TRIPS: Health policy, law and generics', paper, 53rd International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April.

'Access to medicines and AIDS exceptionalism', paper, 53rd International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April.

Adam Kamradt-Scott

'Global biosecurity - priorities and conflicting political agendas', 2012 SEIB Annual Colloquium, University of Sydney, 11-12 October.

'Constructing the threat of pandemic influenza: examining the convergence of actors and arguments and the implications for public policy responses',
paper at the project's Competing Visions of Global Health Governance dissemination event, Chatham House, 11 May.

Anne Roemer-Mahler

(with Ben Hawkins), 'Corporations as political actors: new perspectives for public health research', paper, Joint Annual Conference of the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP) and the United Kingdom Social Policy Association (SPA), University of York, 16-18 July.

(with Colin McInnes), 'Battle of Ideas: Multiple Framing in Global Health Governance', paper, UCL Current Legal Issues Colloquium 2012 (Law and Global Health), 2-3 July.

'The role of business in global health governance: The overlooked phenomenon of business conflict', presentation, Global Public Health Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, 15 June.

'Implications for Global Health Governance', paper / concluding comments at the project's Competing Visions of Global Health Governance dissemination event, Chatham House, 11 May.

(with Dana Brown and Jette Steen Knudsen), 'The Public Health Responsibility Deal in the UK: Governance Through CSR?', presentation, workshop on Governments as Drivers of CSR, Copenhagen Business School, 2-3 May.

'Variation in Business Power: R&D-based and Generics Pharmaceutical Companies and the Global Governance of Intellectual Property Protection', paper, 53rd International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April.

(with Ben Hawkins), paper, 'Corporate Engagement in Global Governance: a Cross-Industry Comparison', 53rd International Studies Association Convetion, San Diego, 1-4 April.

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2011 - news archive

World AIDS Day 2011

To mark World AIDS Day 2011 (1 December), Chatham House has published an expert comment by Dr Simon Rushton discussing the challenges that the current financial environment poses for AIDS advocates.  

An interview with Dr. Rushton, in which he discusses global health strategies in relation to AIDS, is also available here.  

Furthermore, Simon was also one of the speakers at the at Chatham House event A Balancing Act? Tackling AIDS and Building Health Systems', with a paper entitled: 'AIDS: Five Neglected Questions for Global Health Strategies' (pdf).

Other participants included: Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni (Senior Health and HIV Policy Advisor, Oxfam UK), Dr. Alvaro Bermejo (Executive Director, International HIV/AIDS Alliance) and Dr. Ken Grant (Director, HLSP Institute). The event was chaired by Professor David L. Heymann (Head and Senior Fellow, Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security). 

In addition, and also marking World AIDS Day, Kelley Lee has commented on the blog pages of the journal Global Health Governance in a post entitled 'Exceptionalism of a Different Kind'  

Conferences and dissemination

Colin McInnes

'Beyond normal politics: HIV as a security issue' (PDF), paper presented at UNAIDS conference entitled Thinking Politically about HIV, Bangkok, April 2011

'From AIDS to Swine Flu: The politicisation of global health?' - paper, (PDF) paper presented at 52nd International Studies Association (hereafter ISA) annual convention, Montreal, March 2011

'Global health governance', presentation at Responding to 21st Century Challenges, Y Senedd / National Assembly of Wales, Cardiff, February 2011

Kelley Lee

'Supporting Global Health Research in China: From tobacco control to global health diplomacy', invited speaker at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 7 July 2011

'Asia's role in global health diplomacy', paper presented at the National University of Singapore, July 2011

'Asia's role in global health diplmacy', paper presented at the Global Health Diplomacy Network, Chatham House, London, June 2011

(with Adam Kamradt-Scott) 'Challenging the powers that be: Indonesia, the WHO and virus-sharing', paper presented at the British International Studies Association (hereafter BISA) annual conference, Manchester, April 2011

(with Adam Kamradt-Scott) 'Challenging the status quo: Indonesia, the World Health Organization and virus' (PDF - abstract), paper presented at ISA annual convention, Montreal, March 2011

'Deal Breakers: When is a role for business (in)appropriate in global health governance?' - paper (PDF), paper presented at ISA annual convention, Montreal, March 2011

Simon Rushton

'Global Health Security: Security for Whom? Security From What?’' paper presented at 2nd British-German IR Conference, University of St. Andrews,  December 2011

(PDF) paper presented at Chatham House, November 2011

(with Adam Kamradt-Scott) 'The IHR revisions: socialization, compliance and changing norms of global health security' paper presented at Global Disease Surveillance Workshop, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, July 2011

(with Owain D. Williams) 'Are the 'good times' over? Looking to the future of global health governance', paper presented at BISA Global Health Working Group Workshop, University of Sussex, June 2011

Chaired session on 'New Players and Partners in Global Health Diplomacy' at conference on Global Health Diplomacy: A Way Forward in international Affairs, Chatham House, London, June 2011

'Tackling AIDS, Building Health Systems: The Politics, Ethics And Practicalities', paper presented at Chatham House, London, May 2011

'The power of human rights in global health governance: the case of HIV-related travel restrictions', paper presented at BISA annual conference 2011, Manchester, April 2011

Lecture on 'Health and Security', Richmond University, London, April 2011

'HIV-related Travel Restrictions: Public Health Security vs. Freedom and Rights' (PDF), paper for 52nd ISA annual Convention, Montreal, March 2011

'The global governance of AIDS 2000-2015: what has driven the global governance response?' (PDF), paper for 52nd ISA annual Convention, Montreal, March 2011

Presentation on 'The Global Governance of AIDS', Aberystwyth Student Stop AIDS Society, February 2011

Owain D. Williams

'The Political Economy of Global Health and Access to Medicines', lecture at Griffith University, Australia, December 2011

(with Simon Rushton) 'Are the 'good times' over? Looking to the future of global health governance', paper presented at BISA Global Health Working Group Workshop, University of Sussex, June 2011

'The Economic Problems of Access to Medicines', paper presented at 52nd ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, March 2011

'Globalisation and Health', lecture at LSHTM, February 2011

Adam Kamradt-Scott

Global Health Diplomacy Rockefeller Foundation meeting, Kenya, May 2011

(with Simon Rushton) 'The IHR revisions: socialization, compliance and changing norms of global health security', paper presented at Politics of Disease Surveillance workshop, Griffith University, Brisbane, April 2011

(with Kelley Lee) 'Challenging the Powers That Be: Indonesia, the WHO & virus-sharing', paper presented at BISA Annual Conference, Manchester, April 2011

'Pandemic Influenza: A case study in the dominance of biomedicine within global health governance' (PDF - abstract), paper presented at52nd ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, March 2011.

(with Kelley Lee) 'Challenging the status quo: Indonesia, the World Health Organization and virus' (PDF - abstract), paper presented at 52nd ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, March 2011

David Reubi

'Bioethics and the Reconfiguration of the Research Subject in the British Biomedical Sciences', invited paper presented at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 2011

'The economics of tobacco: the genealogy of a style of thought'  (PDF - abstract), paper presented at the 52nd ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, March 2011

'Norms, Numbers and Diplomacy: an Anatomy of Quantitative Indicators for the Right to Health', paper presented at the Wellcome Trust Conference on Health Rights in Global Context, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2011

Awards and Recognition

Colin McInnes was made a member of the Academy of Social Sciences 

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2010 - news archive

Conferences and dissemination

Academic

Colin McInnes

'The politicisation of global health', paper presented at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, October 2010

'HIV, AIDS and Securitisation'. Paper presented at the 51st annual International Studies Association (hereafter ISA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2010

Simon Rushton

'Levels of analysis in health security: human, (inter)national and global health security'. Paper presented at Political Studies workshop on Risk, Perceptions of risk and transborder infectious diseases: challenges for global health governance, University of Sheffield, September 2010

'The governance of HIV/AIDS: the path to 2015'. Paper presented at Chatham House, London, May 2010

'Levels of analysis in health security: human, (inter)national and global health security'. Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2010

(with Owain D. Williams) 'Partnerships and foundations in global health governance'. Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2010

(with Colin McInnes) 'HIV, AIDS and securitisation'. Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2010

Owain D. Williams

'Global Governance and Health’, lecture at Richmond University, London, November 2010

'Generic medicines, access to medicine and TRIPS, Conference keynote address at Pharmaceuticals in Developing and Emerging Economies: Production, Innovation, and Access to Medicines in the wake of TRIPS conference, University of Hyderabad, September 2010

(with Anand Grover) Round Table – 'Human Rights, Development and Market Power in Access to Medicines', Conference: Pharmaceuticals in Developing and Emerging Economies: Production, Innovation, and Access to Medicines in the wake of TRIPS, University of Hyderabad, September 2010

(with Simon Rushton) 'Partnerships and foundations in global health governance'. Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2010

Kelley Lee

'Asia's role in global health governance'. Paper presented at a workshop on Global governance, Asia and the new world order, Tsinghua University, Beijing, December 2010

(with Adam Kamradt-Scott) 'Global health security interrupted: Indonesia, viral sovereignty and the WHO'. Paper presented at Political Studies workshop on Risk, perceptions of risk and transborder infectious diseases: challenges for global health governance, University of Sheffield, September 2010

'Global health diplomacy 101: concept, hype and promise'. Paper presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Meeting, Seattle, September 2010. This paper is available in two parts on YouTube: Part 1 Part 2

'Asia's role in global health governance'. Paper presented at the National University of Singapore, June 2010

Adam Kamradt-Scott

(with Kelley Lee) 'Global health security interrupted: Indonesia, viral sovereignty and the WHO'. Paper presented at the Political Studies workshop, Risk, perceptions of risk and transborder infectious diseases: challenges for global health governance, University of Sheffield, September 2010

'When is a pandemic not a pandemic? Swine flu, the WHO and the politicization of the pandemic'. Paper presented at the Security Research Group, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, April 2010

David Reubi

'Measuring dignity: indicators, human rights and health'. Seminar at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE, October 2010

'A measure for human dignity and health: the development of quantitative indicators to monitor the implementation of the right to health'. Paper presented at the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change Annual Conference, September 2010

'State strategies of governance in global biomedical innovation'. Paper presented at a workshop at the Centre for Biomedicine and Society, King's College London, July 2010

'Symposium on health systems, health economics and globalisation: social science perspectives' workshop at the LSE, July 2010

'After markets: researching hybrid arrangements'. Paper presented at a workshop at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Said Business School, University of Oxford, April 2010

'The will to modernize: a genealogy of biomedical research ethics'. Seminar given at the Centre for Research in International Medical Anthropology, Brunel University, March 2010

'Discourses on health and human rights'. Lecture given at LSHTM, March 2010

'Anthropologies and histories of global bioethical governance'. Lecture given at LSHTM, March 2010

'Rights: human or citizen?'. Seminar at Birkbeck College, London, February 2010

'Freedom and insecurity'. ESRC seminar series Government and Freedom, British Academy, January 2010

Other

  • February 2010
    • David Reubi gave a seminar at the World Health Organization in Geneva discussing the WHO Framework on tobacco control
  • March 2010
    • Kelley Lee gave a presentation ('Global health, security and foreign policy research') to the UK Global Health Strategy at the Department of Health
    • Owain D. Williams gave a presentation to the Pharmaceutical Management Unit, the Global Fund, Geneva: 'Global Health Governance: an overview of the ERC project'
  • July 2010
    • Simon Rushton chaired Action for Global Health workshop on The Future of Global Health Financing, NUT Headquarters, London
  • May 2010
  • November 2010
    • Owain D. Williams gave a presentation to the Department for International Development, Health Resource Centre entitled 'Global health governance: a guide'

Awards and recognition

Kelley Lee and Simon Rushton were both made Associate Fellows of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House

Adam Kamradt-Scott became a member of the editorial board for the Journal of International Organizations Studies, and a co-convenor for the BISA Global Health working group

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2009 - news archive

Conferences and dissemination

Academic

Colin McInnes

'HIV, AIDS and conflict in Africa'. Paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention, New York, February 2009

'HIV, AIDS and security: where are we now?'. Biosecurity conference keynote address, University of Sydney / ANU, February 2009

Simon Rushton

(with Owain D. Williams) 'The struggle for global health governance'. Paper presented at workshop at Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Munich, October 2009

(with Owain D. Williams) 'Global health governance and the battle of ideas'. Paper presented at the World Congress of Political Science, Santiago, Chile, July 2009

'AIDS and international security at the United Nations: looking beyond the Council'. Paper presented at conference Unhealthy governance: securitizing infectious diseases in Asia, Hong Kong, May 2009

'HIV/AIDS and security in the UN system: dominant discourse or passing fad?' (PDF). Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New York, February 2009

(with Owain D. Williams) 'Global Health Governance as a contested space: competing discourses, interests and actors' (PDF). Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New York, February 2009

Owain D. Williams

(with Simon Rushton) 'The struggle for global health diplomacy'. Paper presented at workshop at Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Munich, October 2009

(with Simon Rushton) 'Global health governance and the battle of ideas'. Paper presented at the World Congress of Political Science, Santiago, Chile, July 2009

'Global health governance - contestation and crisis'. Paper presented at University of Queensland, April 2009

'Global health governance is up for grabs: the IPE of global health'. Paper presented at RMIT, Melbourne, Centre for Globalism, April 2009

'International Politics and global health - an introduction'. Guest research lecture at Deakin University, April 2009

(with Simon Rushton) 'Global Health Governance as a contested space: competing discourses, interests and actors' (PDF). Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New York, February 2009

Kelley Lee

'The emergence of global health governance: what role for Taiwan?'. Paper presented to the Foundation of Medical Professionals Alliance, Taipei, November 2009

'Global health research: implications for China'. Paper presented at the Centre for International Studies, Beijing University, August 2009

Adam Kamradt-Scott

'The evolving WHO: implications for global health security'. Paper presented at ISA Annual Convention, New York, February 2009

David Reubi

'The human capacity to reflect and decide - bioethics, governance and subjectivities'. Paper presented at UCL & Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, October 2009

Other

  • April 2009
    • Colin McInnes gave a presentation entitled 'Bio-security, national security and risk' to the high level IPPR / Cabinet Office conference, The National Security Strategy: One Year On 
    • Colin McInnes presented a paper on 'HIV, AIDS and security' at the headquarters of UNESCO, Paris
  • September 2009
    • Kelley Lee presented on 'Global health diplomacy: a conceptual review' at the WHO / Rockefeller Foundation Global Health Dialogues meeting at Bellagio
  • November 2009
    • Owain Williams gave a presentation to the high level conference on Global Governance, held at the Rockefeller Centre, Bellagio. The paper was called 'Global health governance: failure and solutions'
  • December 2009
    • Colin McInnes presented a paper entitled 'The limits of health as security' to the conference Health as a Geopolitical Issue, held at the Institut Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS), Paris

Awards and recognition  

CHAIR (and LSHTM) embarked on European Research Council grant: 'The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises'

In addition, Kelley Lee became member of the editorial board for the open-access journal, Global Health Governance and an International Associate at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

Simon Rushton became co-editor of the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival