Congratulations to @hdijkstra.bsky.social and @mariellew.bsky.social on receiving a €6.6M NWO grant for the KNOWSEC-NL project!🎉 This initiative tackles rising geopolitical tensions and their impact on research security, aiming to protect knowledge while preserving vital international collaboration.
❓ Is Europe on the right track ❓
Ahead of #WHA79 we publish in @bmj.com a NEW paper outlining some missteps & opportunities for European leadership in #globalhealth #multilateralism #security #governance
Freely available:
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
Jocalyn Clark
Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Zhanwei Wang, @hdijkstra.bsky.social and Catherine Yuk-ping Lo explore a key puzzle in global #governance: why does the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) — China’s flagship multilateral initiative — closely follow Western development bank standards?
academic.oup.com/irap/article...
Abstract. The institutional design of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), established by China, follows best practices for multilateral develo
With the World Health Assembly (WHA) beginning next Monday, geopolitical pressures and narrow interests are shaping the global health agenda. In this context, debates on global health security and pandemic preparedness have reached an impasse.
🌐 New publication! Happy to share that an analysis article I co-authored with Hylke Dijkstra on "Global health security and pandemic preparedness: Europe’s leadership challenge" has just been published in @bmj.com.
Free access: www.bmj.com/content/393/...
For further insights on the EU's role in global health governance and other policy areas, follow the @ensured.bsky.social project. More journal articles are on the way!
We argue that the EU could be doing more to exercise effective leadership in these negotiations (and beyond). The Commission-led single-voice approach to the talks has made the EU too inward-focused. The EU should place further emphasis on building external trust and equitable partnerships.
Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
