📝 REPORT: Pandemic Agreement

COVID-19 exposed cracks in the global health system. Enter: The 2025 Pandemic Agreement.

A new ENSURED report by @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social finds the agreement to be a meaningful, if partial, landmark for future pandemics.

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Looking forward to welcoming @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social to discuss the @ensured.bsky.social report this week!

Weds 11 June 12pm (BST) / 13:00 CET

To register, follow link:
euhealthgov.org/euhealthgov-...

😷 WEBINAR | Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health

Join ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) for an @euhealthgov.bsky.social event on how the EU navigates health governance.

📅 June 11
🕝 13–14 CEST
📍 Online
✍️: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/01c616...

🌐 As the #WHA78 opens today, a new ENSURED report asks: How does the IP–public health regime impact vaccine access?

Read how WTO, WHO & WIPO dynamics shape policy – and what it means going forward.

📝 By @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social

🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

Great to share our new webinar! Join us 12pm (UK) / 13h (CET) to hear from @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social about the EU's role + regime complexity in global health!

Abstract and registration via link!
euhealthgov.org/euhealthgov-...

COVID-19 hit on a big ❓ in global health: Do intellectual property protections foster or hinder equitable access to vaccines?

In a new ENSURED report, @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) explore this tension & the regime complex governing it.

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🌟 Scholar Spotlight 🌟

@ofernandezfdez.bsky.social explores how IR scholars view the EU’s global health role post-COVID-19, re-examining ‘actorness’ and suggesting a new research agenda to reflect its evolving position.

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Do strong IP protections ⬆️ innovation or ⬇️ equitable vaccine access?🤔

New @ensured.bsky.social research by @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social & other researchers explores this tension & the fragmented field of global health governance.

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www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...

Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉

Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?

A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance

Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications

It was long and it wasn't always pretty, but the pandemic agreement is finally fully green, showing multilateralism is still alive.
Lots of work still ahead for the agreement to become a reality!

🩺 COVID-19 pushed health policy to the top of the EU agenda—but where does it stand now?

In a SPCIS interview, ENSURED’s @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social unpacks:

✅ The EU’s evolving role in health governance
✅ Lessons from COVID-19 & ongoing coordination struggles
✅ The future of EU health initiatives

It's been 5 years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. How has the EU adapted?

Join @idamusialkowska.bsky.social & ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social for a webinar on the state of global health governance!

📆 Tuesday, March 11
⏰ 3PM CET
📍 Online
🔗 dcu-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

COVID-19 showed that diseases know no borders.

In ENSURED, we want to understand how the EU can make global health governance more fit-for-purpose.

Over the next year, @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social & @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social will research:

✅ Vaccine equity
✅ The pandemic treaty
✅ WHO reform

"Amplios sectores en EE UU . . . se sienten incómodos con la idea de operar dentro de un sistema multilateral donde todos los países tienen un voto . . . Prefieren estar en el asiento del conductor y solo si estrictamente necesario, acompañados por otros que piensan igual" elpais.com/opinion/2025...

@who.int foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...

PUBLICATION DAY! Our book "The Survival of International Organizations" is now available online (for free) with Oxford University Press 🎉

academic.oup.com/book/59488

As one of his 1st actions, US President Trump pulled out of the World Health Organization.

In his December blog, @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social says 🇪🇺 must step up.

"While multilateral breakthroughs will be difficult, there is hope in weathering the storm."

➡️ www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/securit...

In a new blog, #ENSURED’s Óscar Fernández argues that the EU increasingly responded to COVID-19 as if were a security threat.

What exactly did the securitised response entail? And what can we learn from COVID & other outbreaks about the impact of this approach?

www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/securit...

Academia can sometimes be a bit rough, but being surrounded by wonderful colleagues like @evamichaels.bsky.social makes it all worth it. Huge thanks for your help and support over all this time ☺️

No better way to get started at Bluesky! Massive thanks to you, @heidimaurer.bsky.social, and to everyone who was part of my PhD journey 😇