UNESCO CHAIR/UNITWIN NETWORK PROGRESS REPORT FORM
Title of the Chair/Network:
Chair in HIV/AIDS Education and Health Security in Africa
Host Institution:
Aberystwyth University
Date of establishment of
Chair/Network:
09/2007
(mm, yyyy)
Period of activity under report:
01,2014-12, 2014
(mm, yyyy - mm, yyyy)
Report established by:
(name, position)
Professor Colin McInnes (Chairholder), cjm@aber.ac.uk,
+44(0)1970 622700,
http://www.aber.ac.uk/interpol/en/staff/mcinnes.htm
1. Executive Summary:
Major outcomes, results and impact of the Chair, including on national policies, in relation to its
objectives as stated in Article 2 of the Chair Agreement (between the Institution and UNESCO)
(Not exceeding 300 words)
The primary purpose of the Chair is research. Although the focus remains on HIV/AIDS in Africa, what
began as background work on global health security and governance has developed greater
significance as we have begun to understand their determining role. Central to this has been our
major project on global health governance, now completed. This has developed a much improved
understanding of how the governance of HIV/AIDS not only affects health security in Africa, but how
this in turn is affected by the governance of global health more generally.
McInnes and Enemark have begun to explore the health security dimensions to the 2014 ebola crisis
in West Africa. These range from detailed studies of the use of social media to more theoretical work
relating to the construction of health security and how this develops pathways of response. McInnes
continues to work on the Norwegian Research Council project on social media in health crises
Wenham (PhD student) received a Fellowship from the Nuffield Council on bioethics to work for the
House of Commons on global health security issues for part of 2014.
The impact of the Chair’s Research was included in the University’s return to the UK REF exercise
assessing research quality and was awarded a top grade of 4* (world leading).
With the appointment of Enemark to a permanent post, we were able to offer for the first time.
modules at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as doctoral supervision.
2) Activities:
Overview of activities undertaken by the Chair during the reporting period
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a) Education/Training/Research
(key education programmes and training delivered and research undertaken by the Chair during the
reporting period, target group and geographical coverage)
i) Education
(leading to certificate)
Global Health and International Politics. Undergraduate module leading
to BA in International Politics. 37 students. No data on gender or
geographical area available.
ii) Training
(short term)
iii) Research
All research is academic; research which also has an integrated policy
dimension is indicated as such, while most of the research conducted has
a more general policy relevance.
McInnes (Chairholder)
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social media in disease outbreaks (policy);
use of health assistance;
ebola outbreak 2014;
Enemark (Reader)
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Biosecurity dilemmas
2014 ebola outbreak
Wenham (PhD)
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doctoral research on politics of disease surveillance and
global health security.
Ethics and global health security (policy)
Campbell (PhD)
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doctoral research on impact of financial crash on health
security.
b) Conferences/Meetings
(key conferences and meetings organized by the Chair or to which its Chairholder contributed)
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i) Key conferences and workshops hosted by the Chair
ii) Other conferences/organizational activities undertaken by the Chairholder
McInnes: Roundtable at annual conference of the British International Studies Assoaciation (BISA),
Dublin, June 2014, on global health politics.
iii) A selection of conference presentations by the Chairholder and other colleagues
Enemark:
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‘Germs, Health and National Security: Dynamics of Dread and Neglect.’ Paper presented at the
55th annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, Toronto, Canada, 27 March 2014.
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‘Mutated Microbes, Biosecurity and Regulatory Reach: Dilemmas in Governing Intangible
Technology Transfers.’ Paper presented at the British International Studies Association (BISA)
annual conference, Dublin, Ireland, 19 June 2014.
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‘Biodefense and public health priorities’, ESRC workshop on Ethics of Health Security, University
of Birmingham, 26 June 2014.
 ‘Mutated microbes, biosecurity and regulatory reach’, conference on Genetics, Genomics and
Global Health, University of Sussex, 18 July 2014.
 ‘Is Ebola ‘a threat to international peace and security’?’, workshop on The Ebola Crisis: An
International Relations Response, University of Sussex, 28 November 2014.
Wenham:
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A race against time: Reexamining sovereignty in Cambodia’s hand foot and mouth outbreak
(2012), Paper presented at International Studies Association Annual Conference, Toronto,
March 2014
Is regional health governance truly regional? Paper presented at International Studies
Association Annual Conference, Toronto, March 2014
Global Disease Governance: Whose Responsibility? Paper presented at British International
Studies Association Annual Conference, Dublin, June 2014.
c) Interuniversity Exchanges/Partnerships
(principal exchanges/partnerships between the Chair and other institutions including UNESCO
Chairs/UNITWIN Networks)
d) Publications/Multimedia Materials
(major publications and teaching/learning materials)
Please tick relevant fields of
Books
output and indicate volume of
output:
Books (edited)
Books (chapters)
[tick]
[no.]
1
1
Y
5
4
Monographs
Research Reports
y
Journal Articles (refereed)
1
2
Conference Proceedings
Occasional Papers
Teaching/Learning Materials
Multimedia Materials (CD-Rom)
Multimedia Materials (Video)
Multimedia Materials (Other)
Give details of major publications and materials including full citations.
i) Theses
ii) Publications
McInnes:
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The Transformation of Global Health Governance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Lead author
with other contributors.
The Framing of Global Health Governance (London: Taylor and Francis, 2014). Edited with
Kelley Lee.
‘Health for health’s sake, winning for God’s sake: global health diplomacy and smart power
in Iraq and Afghanistan’, Review of International Studies 40/5 (2014), pp. 835-57. With
Simon Rushton.
‘Global health in International Relations’, Review of International Studies 40/5 (2014), pp.
825-34. With Sara E. Davies, Stefan Elbe and Alison Howell.
‘The many meanings of health security’, in Simon Rushton and Jeremy Youde eds.,
Handbook of Global Health Security (Palgrave, 2014).
‘Introduction’ in McInnes and Lee eds, The Framing of Global Health Governance (London:
Taylor and Francis, 2014). Lead author with other contributors.
‘Key findings’ in McInnes and Lee eds, The Framing of Global Health Governance (London:
Taylor and Francis, 2014). With Kelley Lee.
‘Competition and cooperation in global health governance: the impact of multiple framing’, in
Michael Freeman ed. Current Legal Issues (Oxford: OUP, 2014). With Anne RoemerMahler.
video on ebola, available online at a number of locations including
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=859123870793666
Enemark:
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‘Life science research as a security risk’ in Simon Rushton and Jeremy Youde (eds.),
Routledge Handbook of Global Health Security, London: Routledge, 2014.
Wenham:
 House of Parliament, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, POSTnote 473
Biobanks, (2014)
e) Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters, Field Offices
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McInnes:
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Non-Executive Director, UK National Commission for UNESCO, with special responsibility for
Human and Social Sciences.
Fieldwork for UKNC Policy Brief on World Social Science Report
f) Other
(any other activities to report)
Variety of presentations and short unrefereed articles on work of the Chair as part of University’s
outreach and recruitment activities (eg to University Open Days, local print media, etc).
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3. Future Plans and Development Prospects:
Outline of action plan for the next biennium and short/medium and long-term development prospects.
Please do not hesitate to refer to difficulties that the Chair has experienced
(Not exceeding 300 words)
These can be placed into three broad categories:
1. Future funding. The University has funded the chairholder and in 2013 made a second,
senior level permanent appointment (Enemark). The University also provides some limited
funding to support research. We have been successful in the past in obtaining additional
grant funding, both to develop capacity (doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers) and
to facilitate research. This will remain a priority. McInnes currently holds a £45,000 grant from
the Norwegian Research Council and is party to an application to the Canadian National
Institute for Health (>CAN180,000 for the Chair). The main effort however will be an
application to the Leverhulme Trust for a Research Centre (£10M over 10 years). This is
extraordinarily competitive, but will give us a remarkable opportunity to develop new capacity,
conduct world leading research and provide long term stability.
2. Research. McInnes will finalise (with Lee of Simon Fraser University) an application for the
Oxford Handbook of Global Health Politics. This is blue riband series would consist of 40-50
chapters by recognized authorities in the field and would occupy considerable time over the
next 2-3 years. He will also continue his work on HIV/AIDS and on social media in health
crises. Both McInnes and Enemark will continue to work on health security aspects of the
2014 ebola crisis, while enemark will complete by end 2016 his book on biosecurity
dilemmas. Wenham will submit her PhD by end 2015 and Campbell by Sept 2017.
3. Networking. Both McInnes and Elbe are active members of the two main academic networks
in global health politics – the ISA Special Section and the BISA Working Group. Wenham and
Campbell are also members of the BISA Working Group.
McInnes will continue to contribute to the work of UKNC though his position as a Non-Executive
Director.
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Appendix:
1) Human Resources
The chair is part of the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Previously
part of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, after restructuring the Department is now part
of the Institute for Geography, History, Politics and Psychology. This is intended to foster greater
inter-disciplinarity across cognate subject groups.
Staff are: Professor CJ McInnes, Chairholder (FT); Dr Christian Enemark, Reader (FT); Clare Wenham
(PhD student, FT); Matthew Campbell (PhD student, FT).
2) Financial Resources
Please tick sources of
financial contribution
and specify the
amount in U.S. dollars
[tick]
Host Institution
Amount ($)
$275,000
Partner Institution
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Government Body
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Other Public Institution/Body
$51,000
(incl. Research Councils)
UNESCO
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Other UN Agency
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IGO
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NGO
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Industry
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Other Private
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Give details of financial contributions, material resources and space.
McInnes and Enemark are both fully funded by the University and their costs include pension and
national insurance contributions. Wenham (PhD) has both her fees and stipend funded by the
University. McInnes has an additional amount from the Norwegian Research Council and Campbell’s
fees and stipend are paid by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. McInnes and Enemark
are both provided with single occupancy offices, Wenham and Campbell with shared offices (3-4
PhD students per office). The University provides all with a desktop computer and access to modern
IT resources.
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