Centre for Health and International Relations

The Centre for Health and International Relations (CHAIR), founded in 2003, is a research institute that specializes in international relations, foreign policy, security and health and its interconnections. CHAIR is based in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales. The founder and director is Professor Colin McInnes.^[1]

Research areas

In addition to research into the global politics of health broadly defined, CHAIR is also involved in research in the following areas:^{[citation needed]}

Global health governance, particularly the role of international organisations in generating what are often inchoate responses to health crises. In this context, CHAIR embarked on a major, European Research Council-funded project in 2009 entitled 'The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises',^[2] in association with the Centre on Global Change and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Politics and securitization of infectious disease, especially HIV/AIDS.
Role of the World Health Organization and International Health Regulations in the global governance of health.
Inter-relationship of health, peace, and conflict.
The issue of access to medicine.

Staff

Professor Colin McInnes – Director
Dr Simon Rushton – Research Fellow
Dr Owain David Williams – Research Fellow
Dr Marie Woodling
Dr Rachel J. Owen
Hannah Hughes
Sonja Kittelsen

Associated staff working on the ongoing 'The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises' project from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:

Professor Kelley Lee^[3]
Dr Adam Kamradt-Scott
Dr David Reubi

References

^ "Centre for Health and International Relations". Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ "Synopsis: The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
^ "Kelley Lee". 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

External links

[1] "Centre for Health and International Relations". Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[2] "Synopsis: The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[3] "Kelley Lee". 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

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