Global health anthropology

The Global Health Anthropology research group is an interdisciplinary group applying critical social science theory and methodology to the study of global health care policy and programmes and their impact on patient and health worker experiences in high and low welfare settings.

Affiliation

About the research group

The research group is led by Associate professor Marte E. S. Haaland together with Associate professor Andrea Melberg at the Centre for International Health.

The group has about 20 active members including PhD, Ma and research track students, post docs and staff from different departments at UiB, Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI) and Bergen University College.

The research group activities are 1) monthly meetings with presentation of group member’s research papers 2) a student led medical anthropology reading group 3) a yearly 2-days seminar on selected topics 4) research project development and 5) development of courses.

Vision

Vision: Constitute an excellent qualitative research environment within global public health grounded in social anthropology and the medical humanities.

Aims

Strengthen the quality and applicability of critical qualitative research for global health policy and practice with particular emphasis on reproductive health
Strengthen the use of social sciences theory and methods in the analysis of global health problems
Strengthen the visibility and sustainability of critical qualitative global health research within the UiB research environment and beyond

What we do

Conduct research on the socio-cultural and political context of health and healthcare

Investigate normative messages and policies and their dynamics in healthcare programmes

Study inequalities in health related to gender and power with relevance to women's sexual and reproductive rights

Partner institutions

Centre for Gender Studies and Department of Sociology, Addis Ababa University (external link), Ethiopia
School of Public Health, University of Zambia (external link), Zambia
Department of Sociology, University of Dar es Salaam (external link), Tanzania
Institute of Social Work (external link), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (external link), Tanzania
Global Health Politics and Culture (external link)-research group, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo
Centre on Law and Social Transformation (external link), Christian Michelsen Institute/University of Bergen
Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health (external link) (CORTH), University of Sussex, UK
IPAS International (external link)
International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion (external link)
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Ethiopian Society of obstetricians and gynaecologists (ESOG)
The Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (AGOTA), Tanzania

Elective courses

Master level elective courses

INTH323 E: Qualitative research methods for global public health (on campus)
INTH323O: Qualitative research methods for global public health (online)
INTH345: Introduction to Anthropology in Global Health (on campus)

PhD-level elective courses

INTH923: Qualitative Research Methods for Global Public Health with essay
INTH945: Introduction to Anthropology in Global Health (on campus)

More information

Link to PhD-candidates, PostDocs & Research track students (external link)

Link to report, media and debate pieces by group members (external link)

Projects

MATRISET: Through inter-disciplinary approaches, the project explores institutional reporting routines, legal frameworks and accountability processes in maternal health in Ethiopia and Tanzania. (Norwegian Research Council 2021-2026)