City University is hosting BISA Global Health’s forthcoming workshop. The event brings respected academics together to present research on global health and political economy. Please visit our activities page for times and to download a flyer for the event. All welcome!

The journal Studies in Social Justice is hosting a Special Issue on ‘The Politics of Resilience and Recovery in Mental Health Care’. Please send an abstract of 500 words by no later than July 22, 2011 to Alison Howell and Jijian Voronka, special issue guest editors. Download further details here.

British International Studies Global Health Working Group in collaboration with the Department of International Relations, University of Sussex is pleased to announce the inaugural BISA Global Health Workshop, Sussex University, 29 June 2011:

Global Health in Crisis: resurgence, neglect or opportunity?

We are delighted to confirm that the Key Note Speaker will be Peter Piot, Director & Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, former Executive Director of UNAIDS.

Please see our Activities page for further information about panels and programme

Please see below a note from Alexia Duten.

Dear Colleagues,

The deadline for submitting an abstract to the BISA GHG working group is 15 April 2011. Joint British and German panels are particularly welcome, this is why we’re inviting all researchers interested in global health and international relations to consider submitting a paper. The conference is due to start early evening on Monday, 19 December 2011 with a plenary lecture. Panel sessions will take place during Tuesday and Wednesday morning, with the conference ending at lunchtime on 21 December.

Abstracts to be submitted to alexia.duten@uni-muenster.de by 15 April 2011.

Panel proposals will be submitted by the GHG working group before 1 May 2011. Notification about acceptance of papers/panels will be sent out by 1 June 2011

Thank you to those among you who have already showed interest in the call.

Alexia.

We will be at BISA’s annual conference at the Manchester Conference Centre in April. Click on the map for directions to the Centre. Information on panels will be posted here shortly. We’re planning a social event on the 28th in the evening. Further details to follow.

Hello and welcome to the British International Studies Association (BISA) Working Group on Global Health. On this site you will find all the information you need about the activities and upcoming events of the Working Group. The site functions as a blog – allowing us to respond immediately to the opportunities and challenges of global health. We hope you will find the site a useful and lively resource.