Preach.

Freakin' union busters 🤬 The timing of NBCUniversal's tree pruning along a picket line spot couldn't be more suspicious qz.com/nbcuniversal-t… via Quartz

Articles like this soothe my nervous system in an undescribable way Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea qz.com/1176962/map-ho… via Quartz

Epistemic justice means rethinking what we consider valid and legitimate knowledge -- 4 short and sweet paragraphs on this idea, worth the read The Lancet Global Health Tiffany Nassiri-Ansari Emma Rhule thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Super excited to share our latest paper, written with amazing colleagues Lucia Vitale, Matthew Kavanagh [email protected], and Akinyi Lisa Agutu, about the TRIPS waiver negotiation process. (Currently in early view -- will reshare when it's edited and typeset!) read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/…

I've been having a remarkable time from the sidelines watching APSA completely implode (not least bc I got the hell out of poli sci and never attended that conference anyway) 🍿

Honestly the most incredible combination of timing + location for this one #APSA2023

Rereading Politics as a Vocation for a paper I'm writing, and was reminded of this delightful opening line: "This lecture, which I give at your request, will necessarily disappoint you in a number of ways." I'm thinking of starting all of my classes like this from now on.

Love when a manuscript that's been desk rejected 4 times gets accepted with no revisions at journal 5. It's a crapshoot out there, folks.

Guilty as charged 🙋🏻‍♀️ #emdashforlife

Hey, network, we're hiring! Share around if you know someone who is suitable! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37541955/a… DM me with any questions!

Friends who have migrated over to bsky.... Drop your @ in the comments and I'll follow you!

I saw someone post somewhere that they were "writing" a book, and I've never before felt quotation marks so deeply in my soul

Finally our paper about negotiations of the (initial) TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 is out! See my co-author's awesome thread for more and to read it!

As we showed in Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law waivers are neither legally complex nor unprecedented within WTO law. In fact under the Marrakesh Agreement they’re to be acted on within 90 days. Yet these negotiations have dragged on for years…. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/…

WTO has failed. It took years. But now eminently clear that the WTO is not capable of responding during a pandemic, securing rapid sharing of technology & global production of medical countermeasures. Knowledge sharing/IP issue must shift to World Health Organization (WHO). theguardian.com/global-develop…

This opinion piece by Ken Opalo on academic vs. policy research is 🔥🔥🔥 open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo/p…

Another incisive and brilliant piece by Matthew Kavanagh on why WTO is so absolutely ineffective foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/28/wto…

On the way to SF for #ISA2024 and they ask if there is a doctor on the flight... "I'm a doctor! Is there a global health policy emergency on board that I can assist you with?"

Join us at 10:30am for “Right to Health & Universalism” today at #ISA2024! Featuring the fabulous Amy S. Patterson as chair, Sara Elisa Fischer, PhD, @saraefischer.bsky.social as discussant, and papers from Ashley Fox, Tiago Tasca, Matt Sparke, Tuba Agartan also moving to Bsky, and yours truly! ISA