Turning national public health challenges into global ones
Three students from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) have been the driving force behind one of the courses at the Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2014.
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The course is entitled, 鈥�Global Governance for Health鈥�. It is based on a report the students wrote about Global Health Governance in Norway. 听(Complex Challenges Demand Cross-disciplinary Approaches 鈥� only , also Iversen and Oharheim have written a commentary for the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, also ) Students Johanne Iversen, Kristine Hus酶y Onarheim and听Andrea Melberg have worked closely with Professors Karen Marie Moland and Astrid Blystad.
BSRS was established in 2008 to provide a forum for discussion and training in global and developmental challenges for young researchers. It was established to help the University of Bergen to fulfil its role as an internationally leading academic institution 鈥� providing a backbone for society by 鈥減roviding knowledge and educating young people鈥�- and because 鈥済lobal development challenges affect us all鈥�. BSRS 2014 runs from 23 June 鈥� 4 July.
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BSRS 2014
This summer BSRS theme is 鈥�Governance to Meet Global Development Challenges鈥�. According to the School鈥檚 web pages, 鈥淕overnance鈥� is defined as being 鈥渇undamental to the fabric of all societies鈥� 鈥� and its 鈥渟tructures can create pathways to more fairness, human security, freedom and dignity 鈥� or [they] can do the opposite.鈥�
To address such an all-encompassing theme, BSRS 2014 has adopted an interdisciplinary approach with 5 parallel courses. In addition, there are a number of open Guest Lectures featuring quite a number of internationally renowned experts. More info here
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IGS鈥� BSRS course: Global Governance for Health
According to the course description, 鈥淪ocial, economic and political aspects of globalization are turning national public health challenges into global ones.鈥� The description further states that experience has shown that attempts to reach global health targets can be unsuccessful if the dynamics relating to social, economic and political issues are not also addressed simultaneously.
Taking the as its central focus, the course takes a critical perspective, and considers the ways in which global health policies and initiatives can tend to create an imbalance 鈥� privileging certain areas and leaving other areas marginalised. It aims to give students insights the many aspects of the multi-faceted global health arena.
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BSRS students
The courses offered at BSRS target doctoral students and young researchers from social-and health sciences. But the School鈥檚 many open and plenary lectures make information about this vital and ground-breaking field available to anyone.
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