Steering Against Superbugs: The Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance

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Olivier Rubin is a disaster expert specializing in exploring the political and bureaucratic dynamics of slow-onset disasters such as famines climate-induced disasters pandemics and antimicrobial resistance. With twenty years of experience in disaster and crisis management Rubin has received several highly competitive multiyear grants and published widely in international outlets pertaining to crisis management politics & public administration and public health. Dr Rubin's recent years have been devoted to health crisis research with investigations of the global governance of antimicrobial resistance and the challenges of integrating evidence-based decision making in major health crises responses. Erik Baekkeskov is a political scientist who researches and teaches governance at the intersection of public health and crisis management. His theoretical work has particularly focused on the roles of science and experts and the related logic of policy-making and public administration. His empirical work has focused on cases of public health threats including the 2009 H1N1 pandemic 2014 Ebola 2020 COVID-19 and the growing antimicrobial resistance crisis. His work is published in public policy public administration and public health academic journals and volumes. Louise Munkholm is an independent researcher and consultant. She holds a PhD in social science from Roskilde University. Her research focuses on the sociology of law including the development application and enforcement of regulatory responses to transnational phenomena such as AMR. Her scholarly publications include books with Hart Publishing and Routledge and articles in journals such the Journal of Law and Society Globalization and Health the Journal of Public Health Policy and Public Administration and Development.