Docent

Rachel Irwin

Institute: Lund University

Research area: Health, Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Research region: Global

About

I am a medical anthropologist and my research is on the history and politics of global health. I have two current projects on the history of the World Health Organization (WHO) and on Sweden's engagement in global health. I also research on reproductive health, including HIV and fertility treatment.

Previous research has included projects on health-related reporting in the media, European health policy, antimicrobial resistance, violence against health workers, and peace and conflict studies.

Featured work

Global Health. Swedish perspectives on key debates, politics, and practice

Publications

Ethnographies of global health governance and diplomacy: A practical guide

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Special Issue: Intersections and Transformations in Medical Humanities: Defining and Conceptualising New Paths

Ethnologia Europaea

Controlling Bacteria in a Post-antibiotic Era: Popular Ideas about Bacteria, Antibiotics, and the Immune System

Ethnologia Europaea

Politics, law and a lack of sperm: single women and fertility treatment in the Swedish health system

Anthropology & Medicine

Rituals of global health: Negotiating the World Health Assembly

Global Public Health

Lessons from Sweden’s feminist foreign policy for global health

The Lancet

Sweden’s engagement in global health: a historical review

Globalization and Health

Reforming the World Health Assembly

BMJ Global Health

Imagining the postantibiotic future: the visual culture of a global health threat

Medical Humanities