Ben Hunter
benmhunter.bsky.social
Ben Hunter
@benmhunter.bsky.social
Political economy of development and health | University of Glasgow
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My @uofgsocsci.bsky.social colleague Ben has a brilliant new paper out on the English NHS and international commercialisation. Given some of the "healthcare state" rhetoric around spending review last week, highly recommend a read of this.

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Internationalisation and moral economies in healthcare: NHS exporting and the English patient - Globalization and Health
Background Contemporary conditions require detailed study of internationalisation. This article offers a novel perspective on processes of internationalisation in healthcare, adapting an approach from...
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June 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Join us TOMORROW!

How do we contend with restorative justice claims in global health?

In our upcoming Collective Conversation, Felix Stein (@felixundstein.bsky.social) explores the case of cholera in Haiti.

🗓️May 13, 15:00 CEST
📍Online

Register here: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
May 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Trump’s nominee to run the DFC, wants to redirect USAID’s budget to Wall Street. What will this mean for global health?

In the most recent blog post, first published by the McLeod Group, Susan Erikson (@slerikson.bsky.social) reflects on the financialization of aid.

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March 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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📣Event TOMORROW 4th March

The US is withdrawing from the #WorldHealthOrganisation. Now what?

@sfparr.bsky.social, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social, @aliciay.bsky.social, Paulo Buss, & Sanya Reid Smith discuss.

Have you signed up yet? www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
March 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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How does the Trump presidency impact global health? And how will the world respond? Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social, @aliciay.bsky.social, Paulo Buss & Sanya Reid Smith reflect on the future of global health equity

4 March, 8am EST//2pm CET

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February 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Stay up to date with the members of the Collective for the Political Determinants of Health!

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January 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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January 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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New blog!

In preparation for the event today, read @benmhunter.bsky.social's blog, reflecting on the finding from the @unu-iigh.bsky.social report "Private Financial Actors and Financialisation in Global Health"

Read the blog post and find a link to the report here: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
January 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Join the first Collective Conversation of 2025!

"Private Finance and Financialisation: A Threat to Global Health" with @benmhunter.bsky.social & @felixundstein.bsky.social, moderated by Susan Erikson.

The event is co-produced with @unu-iigh.bsky.social

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January 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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New year, new Collective Conversations!

Join our first event of 2025 online at 3pm CET on Tuesday 21 January

"Private Finance and Financialisation: A Threat to Global Health" with @benmhunter.bsky.social and @felixundstein.bsky.social

Learn more and sign up www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
Private Finance and Financialisation: A Threat to Global Health - Centre for Development and the Environment
How is the global health landscape being shaped and changed by private finance? Collective members Ben Hunter and Felix Stein present findings from their working paper Private Finance and Financialisa...
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January 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM