Colin J. McInnes

Professor Colin J. McInnes FAcSS is an expert in the relationship between health and foreign and security policy, and especially in HIV/AIDS and security. He is Director of the Centre for Health and International Relations (CHAIR) at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. He is also a UNESCO Professor of HIV/AIDS, Education and Health Security in Africa[1] and became a member of the Academy of Social Sciences in February 2011.[2] Previously he has been a lecturer in the Department of War Studies, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London, and a Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. In addition he has been Chair of the British International Studies Association (BISA); a member of the ESRC’s Strategic Research Board and International Advisory Committee; member of the World Health Organisation’s expert group on Global Health Diplomacy; and Director of the UK Research Councils’ Security Research Forum. He previously co-directed (with Professor Kelley Lee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) a major project on health and foreign and security policy for The Nuffield Trust.

Research

His current research focuses on the inter-relationship of health, security and foreign policy, particularly within the context of HIV/AIDS. Professor McInnes is Principal Investigator on an €2.35 million, 4-year European Research Council-funded project on 'The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises'.[3]

Selected Publications

Books

Book chapters

Journal articles

References

  1. "Professor awarded UNESCO 'first'". BBC Wales. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. "List of Academicians by institution". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. "Synopsis: The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2011.

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