Ilona Kickbusch, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Global Health Programme, and Christine Verschuur, Senior Lecturer of Anthropology and Sociology of Development, both from the Graduate Institute, have had their research projects chosen for funding by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS).
Every year, SNIS organises a competitive call for research projects. In 2015, it has so far received a total of 74 pre-proposals, among which 8 qualified for funding. Two of these, selected as they are particularly policy-relevant, original and interdisciplinary, are from the Graduate Institute.
The first, How to break the gridlock in global health governance, is led by Ilona Kickbusch. As shown in the recent Ebola outbreak, the increase of actors and funding in global health governance has not translated into sustainable health systems, effective governance or decisive global health leadership. The proliferation of actors and institutions has led to fragmentation, competition and “gridlock” in global health governance. This research seeks to operationalise the concept of “gridlock” to account for the deficiencies in global health governance. The comparative analysis will allow understanding of the factors that lead to gridlock in global health governance and provide pathways of how to break the impasse.
The second, Feminist analysis of social and solidarity economy practices: views from Latin America and India, is led by Christine Verschuur. Based on the idea that Social and Solidarity Economic (SSE) practices are receiving growing attention by scholars and by public authorities, this interest remains gender blind, even though these practices are highly gendered and women play a major role in them. This research project aims at addressing these gaps in SSE analysis and policies from a feminist perspective. Please click here for more information regarding this research project.