The 2021 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture in International Relations
Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, is set to give this year’s Fulbright Distinguished Lecture in International Relations.
Her talk–which takes place on Friday 19 November–will be on ‘Preventing the Next Pandemic: What have we learned about international health collaboration and what needs to change?’
In the lecture, Devi will examine the historical roots of international cooperation in health and the subsequent creation of the World Health (WHO) Organisation in the aftermath of World War II.
The WHO’s existence is rooted in outbreak management across borders. And yet in the hyperconnected world of 2020-21, global cooperation broke down illustrated by divergent & nationally-driven strategies on COVID-response, vaccine nationalism and hoarding by rich countries, and tense political fractures over the origins of COVID-19.
Can we rectify these gaps moving forward? That is what Devi will examine in this thought-provoking lecture, that will also offer reflections on how–when the next pandemic comes–we can do better.
These annual lectures commemorate former US Senator J William Fulbright, alumnus of Pembroke College, Oxford and founder of the Fulbright Program, one of the most prestigious international education award programs in the world. DPIR is delighted to co-organise this event with the University of Oxford, Pembroke College, the University of Edinburgh, Kings College London, the US-UK Fulbright Commission and the Lois Roth Endowment.
This year’s lecture will take place in the Pichette Auditorium at Pembroke College at 5pm on Friday 19 November, and is free to attend. There will be a short drinks reception after the lecture from 6.30pm to 7pm.
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