Simon Rushton
Research Fellow
LLB University of Hull
MA University of Hull
PhD Aberystwyth University
Contact
Email: sbr@aber.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1970 628564
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622709
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Profile
Simon is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Health and International Relations. He joined the Department as a PhD student in 2000, completing a thesis on ‘The United Nations Secretariat and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Promotion of Democracy in International Society’ in 2004. He subsequently joined the staff as a Research Assistant, and later as lecturer. Simon is currently part of a European Research Council-funded research project on Global Health Governance being carried out in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Further details can be found on the project’s website. He is also co-editor (with Alan Ingram and Maria Kett at UCL) of the quarterly journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival and an Associate Fellow of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House.
Research
Simon has written widely on global health with a particular focus on international responses to HIV/AIDS, the links between health and security, the changing architecture of global health governance, and issues surrounding conflict and health. He recently co-edited the book Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health Governance (Palgrave 2011, with Owain David Williams). Simon also has an ongoing interest in the United Nations, an area in which he both teaches and publishes.
Teaching Areas
PhD Supervision
Health and International Relations
United Nations
Staff Publications
Key Publications
Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health Governance (ed, with Owain David Williams). (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
‘AIDS and international security in the United Nations System’, Health Policy & Planning vol.25(6) November 2010, pp.495-504.
‘HIV, AIDS and Security: Where are we now?’, International Affairs vol.86(1) January 2010, pp.225-245. With Colin McInnes.
‘The UN Secretary-General and norm entrepreneurship: Boutros Boutros-Ghali and democracy promotion’, Global Governance vol.14(1) Jan-March 2008, pp.95-110.
‘Health and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Resuscitating the Failed State in Sierra Leone’, International Relations vol.19(4) (December 2005), pp.441-456.
Work in Progress
Disease Diplomacy: Politics, Pandemics, and Global Health Security. Research monograph. With Sara E. Davies & Adam Kamradt-Scott
‘Framing is not enough: the debate over HIV-related travel restrictions’. Journal article.
Tackling Aids, Building Health Systems: The Politics, Ethics And Practicalities. Chatham House Briefing Paper.
‘HIV/AIDS, poverty and development: Tracing the links in the global response’. Journal article. With Marie Woodling and Owain David Williams.
‘Leadership in Global Health Governance: The World Health Organization’s changing role’. Journal article. With Alexia J. Duten.