Katerini T. Storeng
@kstoreng.bsky.social
Global Health Politics lead, University of Oslo |Co-Director, Collective of the Political Determinants of Health | Co-Editor-in-Chief, Globalization & Health
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#Globalhealth scholars are beginning to take the private sector more seriously. One example: @kstoreng.bsky.social on how private epistemic authority challenges WHO onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Business of Pandemic Intelligence: Implications for Global Health Governance
During the Covid-19 pandemic, tech startups emerged as important providers of pandemic intelligence, leveraging diverse data sources and advanced computational methods to advise public policy on dise....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#Globalhealth scholars are beginning to take the private sector more seriously. One example: @kstoreng.bsky.social on how private epistemic authority challenges WHO onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to share my article on the rise of a commercial market for pandemic intelligence. I analyze tech startups’ influence on public policy and the implications for WHO’s traditional authority in public health intelligence. Open access in Global Policy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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July 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excited to share my article on the rise of a commercial market for pandemic intelligence. I analyze tech startups’ influence on public policy and the implications for WHO’s traditional authority in public health intelligence. Open access in Global Policy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Join us this morning to discuss market failure in health systems and public health with Owain Williams
Join the Collective Conversation TOMORROW 3rd June
Collective member Owain Williams asks: How do we understand Public Health failures during the pandemic?
10:00 CEST, Online
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Collective member Owain Williams asks: How do we understand Public Health failures during the pandemic?
10:00 CEST, Online
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June 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Join us this morning to discuss market failure in health systems and public health with Owain Williams
In a new paper in Globalization & Health, @adebengyp.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and I analyze how the Gates Foundation strategically works to align European donors with its global health and development priorities. Our key findings in this thread 🧵
May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In a new paper in Globalization & Health, @adebengyp.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and I analyze how the Gates Foundation strategically works to align European donors with its global health and development priorities. Our key findings in this thread 🧵
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
🔴𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Join our livestream to follow discussions from the symposium 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, co-organised by UNU-IIGH and Third World Network.
🎥 Link here: go.unu.edu/ElCNL
#GlobalHealth #UNU
Join our livestream to follow discussions from the symposium 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, co-organised by UNU-IIGH and Third World Network.
🎥 Link here: go.unu.edu/ElCNL
#GlobalHealth #UNU
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🔴𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Join our livestream to follow discussions from the symposium 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, co-organised by UNU-IIGH and Third World Network.
🎥 Link here: go.unu.edu/ElCNL
#GlobalHealth #UNU
Join our livestream to follow discussions from the symposium 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, co-organised by UNU-IIGH and Third World Network.
🎥 Link here: go.unu.edu/ElCNL
#GlobalHealth #UNU
Interested in understanding the impact of mega-foundations and other private actors in global health governance? Apply by April 23 to join the Global Health Politics group @uio.no
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April 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Interested in understanding the impact of mega-foundations and other private actors in global health governance? Apply by April 23 to join the Global Health Politics group @uio.no
PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Please join us for this webinar today at 15:00CET to discuss the political determinants of digital health
The Collective Conversations continue!
Next up: Meg Davis (@saralmdavis.bsky.social) who proposes a framework to analyse political determinants of health in the digital age.
1 April 15:00 CEST, Online
Sign up here: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
Next up: Meg Davis (@saralmdavis.bsky.social) who proposes a framework to analyse political determinants of health in the digital age.
1 April 15:00 CEST, Online
Sign up here: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Please join us for this webinar today at 15:00CET to discuss the political determinants of digital health
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
📣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...
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
📣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...
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...
Starting now! Please join us!
📢Join the Collective Conversation TOMORROW 11 Feb, 3pm CET
Why do health needs remain unmet despite pharmaceutical innovation? @elstorreele.bsky.social reflects on whether the framework governing the medical R&D ecosystem is fit-for-purpose.
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Why do health needs remain unmet despite pharmaceutical innovation? @elstorreele.bsky.social reflects on whether the framework governing the medical R&D ecosystem is fit-for-purpose.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Starting now! Please join us!
Are today’s public-private partnerships the partnerships we need to meet future global health challenges? Find out what we think in this free to access Lancet Viewpoint authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWO5V-4XO... with @adebengyp.bsky.social, @profsophieharman.bsky.social, @simonrushton.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Are today’s public-private partnerships the partnerships we need to meet future global health challenges? Find out what we think in this free to access Lancet Viewpoint authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWO5V-4XO... with @adebengyp.bsky.social, @profsophieharman.bsky.social, @simonrushton.bsky.social
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
Thrilled to see @thelancet.bsky.social publish our viewpoint “Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda”, co-written with @profsophieharman.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
January 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thrilled to see @thelancet.bsky.social publish our viewpoint “Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda”, co-written with @profsophieharman.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
Leave WHO + Global Gag Rule returns + End PEPFAR immediate effect + intend to rejoin Geneva Consensus Declaration = 1 week of Trump, devastating consequences for women's health.
Join me to discuss today r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/4XDB-GGL/j... & next week us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join me to discuss today r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/4XDB-GGL/j... & next week us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This free webinar is an opportunity to find out more about key themes and data which impact on global maternal health, and identify the key ways in which organisations and individuals can make a difference
r1.dotdigital-pages.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Leave WHO + Global Gag Rule returns + End PEPFAR immediate effect + intend to rejoin Geneva Consensus Declaration = 1 week of Trump, devastating consequences for women's health.
Join me to discuss today r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/4XDB-GGL/j... & next week us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join me to discuss today r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/4XDB-GGL/j... & next week us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say (Gift Article)
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
I’ve spent a fantastic month in Kuala Lumpur visiting @unu-iigh.bsky.social, working on private foundation’s role in global health with @dcmccoy11.bsky.social. Thanks to @unnicycles.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social and other UNU colleagues for welcoming me!
January 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’ve spent a fantastic month in Kuala Lumpur visiting @unu-iigh.bsky.social, working on private foundation’s role in global health with @dcmccoy11.bsky.social. Thanks to @unnicycles.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social and other UNU colleagues for welcoming me!
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
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
Stay up to date with the members of the Collective for the Political Determinants of Health!
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and worth flagging the consequences / implications of this potential black hole in WHO financing
WHO has already created a foundation to attract funding from business and private philanthropy and these efforts to expand private sector financing are likely to accelerate
WHO has already created a foundation to attract funding from business and private philanthropy and these efforts to expand private sector financing are likely to accelerate
In 2020, when first threatening to withdraw from WHO, Trump claimed that funds would be redirected to 'urgent global health needs'
now he's not even bothering with this hollow rhetoric, which probably gives a sense of how turbulent global health politics might become
now he's not even bothering with this hollow rhetoric, which probably gives a sense of how turbulent global health politics might become
Trump signs executive order withdrawing from the World Health Organization
The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
and worth flagging the consequences / implications of this potential black hole in WHO financing
WHO has already created a foundation to attract funding from business and private philanthropy and these efforts to expand private sector financing are likely to accelerate
WHO has already created a foundation to attract funding from business and private philanthropy and these efforts to expand private sector financing are likely to accelerate
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
#Trump’s withdrawal from @who.int was widely anticipated & criticised for damage it will cause. It serves as a wake-up call for the importance of multilateralism in the face of American unilateralism. In our @bmj.com piece, we outline actions to address the crisis
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
January 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#Trump’s withdrawal from @who.int was widely anticipated & criticised for damage it will cause. It serves as a wake-up call for the importance of multilateralism in the face of American unilateralism. In our @bmj.com piece, we outline actions to address the crisis
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
New analysis of how financialisation shapes global health - by @collectivehealth.bsky.social members @benmhunter.bsky.social @felixundstein.bsky.social @annamarriott.bsky.social @dcmccoy11.bsky.social and others
New @UNU_IIGH briefing paper on the growing influence of private finance capital on health. We provide a simple explanation of why public health people need to understand #financialisation as much as we would need to understand a new pandemic threat doi.org/10.37941/RR/... /1
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New analysis of how financialisation shapes global health - by @collectivehealth.bsky.social members @benmhunter.bsky.social @felixundstein.bsky.social @annamarriott.bsky.social @dcmccoy11.bsky.social and others
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
The Collective Conversations are back next week!
"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
Sign up: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
"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
Sign up: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Collective Conversations are back next week!
"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
Sign up: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
"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
Sign up: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
Thank you very much!
Congratulations to our Co-Chair @kstoreng.bsky.social for her promotion to Professor in Medical Anthropology and Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine at @uio.no!
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Katerini T. Storeng Promoted to Professor
- Centre for Development and the Environment
We are delighted to announce that SUM researcher Katerini T. Storeng has been promoted to Professor in Medical Anthropology and Global Health by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.
www.sum.uio.no
December 12, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Thank you very much!
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The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health has joined the eXodus - follow us and our members for updates!
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November 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health has joined the eXodus - follow us and our members for updates!
go.bsky.app/7bmv1xD
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We are delighted to launch our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social
Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
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Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
November 21, 2024 at 8:35 AM
We are delighted to launch our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social
Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Reposted by Katerini T. Storeng
This week, the World Health Organization is fundraising for the first time USD 7.1 bn in voluntary contributions. But is mimicking global health partnerships' replenishment model a good idea? @kstoreng.bsky.social & I analyze this move in Global Policy: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/sites/defaul...
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
This week, the World Health Organization is fundraising for the first time USD 7.1 bn in voluntary contributions. But is mimicking global health partnerships' replenishment model a good idea? @kstoreng.bsky.social & I analyze this move in Global Policy: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/sites/defaul...