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The EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive: A Missed Opportunity to Regulate Alcohol Brand Marketing

Third in a series of blog posts by Early Career Researchers from the recent 55th UACES Annual Conference in Liverpool, Jaydon Souter (Liverpool) presents his ongoing doctoral research on regulating digital marketing of alcoholic beverages and brands at both EU and national levels. Read the full blog post here About the author: Jaydon Souter is […]

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AI-Driven Medical Devices in Precision Medicine – ensuring the pillar ‘quality’ under the right to health

Second in a series of blog posts by Early Career Researchers from the recent 55th UACES Annual Conference in Liverpool, Sarah de Heer (Lund University) presents her ongoing doctoral research on the impact of AI-driven medical devices in-precision medicine on the right to health in Sweden. Together with Petra Holmberg (Lund), Sarah convened the From Vision

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Cross-Border Telemedicine in the EU: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Path Ahead

Starting a series of blog posts by Early Career Researchers from the recent 55th UACES Annual Conference in Liverpool, Wendy Kwaku-Yeboah (University of Bologna) presented her ongoing doctoral research on the regulation of cross-border telemedicine within the framework of the EU internal market. Her paper was part of the panel COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New

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Summary: Óscar Fernández – Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health – The Role of The EU

EUHealthGov were delighted to host Óscar Fernández (Maastricht) on 11 June 2025. Óscar discussed findings from a recent ENSURED report on the Intellectual Property and Public Health Regime Complex, and a forthcoming report on Global Health Security after COVID-19, as well as his current work-in-progress. A summary of the event is available on UACES’ Ideas

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Summary: Sebastiano Lustig – The role of HERA in the EU Health Security Framework

EUHealthGov held its fifth Practitioner Perspective on 13 March 2025. We were delighted to host Sebastiano Lustig, Policy Coordinator for prevention, preparedness and response planning for medical countermeasures at the European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA). A summary of the event is available on UACES’ Ideas on Europe website The recording of the

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Health Law and Governance in an Uncertain Europe

On Tuesday 5 November 2024, the EUHealthGov network held its second event. This one-day knowledge exchange workshop brought together academics, policymakers and practitioners to discuss health law and governance in the context of growing uncertainty and intertwined crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has not unfolded in isolation from other overlapping, interacting, and mutually reinforcing crises: from

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Scaling up vaccine manufacturing in Africa: The Team Europe Initiative

This year at the UACES Annual Conference in Trento, Pramiti Parwani (University of Amsterdam) presented her ongoing doctoral research on the legal and institutional frameworks in the EU and India determining access to vaccines. Her paper analysing the ‘Team Europe Initiative’ was part of the panel The EU as a Global Health Actor – Between

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Between a breeze and a storm of change: EU collective securitisation of COVID-19

This year at the UACES Annual Conference in Trento, Ricardo Pereira (Dublin City University) presented his ongoing doctoral research on EU securitisation of health. His paper was part of the panel The EU as a Global Health Actor – Between Securitisation and Cooperation, organised by the EUHealthGov network. His research aims to understand how the

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Summary: Health and the Belgian Presidency: Practitioner Perspectives from Gloria Ghéquière

EUHealthGov held its fourth Practitioner Perspective on 11th July 2024. We were delighted to host Gloria Ghéquière, Advisor in the Cabinet of the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Frank Vandenbroucke, to discuss the work done on health by the Belgian Presidency of the European Council between January and June

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Summary: ‘The Political Determinants of Health and the European Union’, a Special Issue in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

On 25 April 2024 1-2.30pm BST, EUHealthGov hosted the launch of a Special Issue entitled ‘The Political Determinants of Health and the European Union’ forthcoming in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (Advance Publication available here). Read the full summary here, or watch the recording of the webinar below.

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