We are delighted to announce another addition to our Steering Committee! Dr Jimoh is an Associate Professor of Civil and Humanitarian Engineering in the School of Engineering, University of Warwick. Her areas of expertise include Water and Wastewater Management; Hydraulics; Sanitation; Environmental Management; Gender Advocacy; Humanitarian Aid and Sustainable Development. Her most recent project ‘Energy, Health and Happiness’ with the UK Energy Research Centre aims to provide insights into the impact of dirty energy on mothers’ and their children’s physical and mental well-being.

Following his inspiring talk at the WICID event last November, Professor Deepanshu Mohan has joined us for a Methods Podcast where he shared more insights on visual ethnography as a research method, drawing on his forthcoming book The Practice of Visual Ethnography: Examining Identity and Lived Experiences of Marginalised Communities. Please check out the podcast here on our YouTube channel and share widely!

WICID Steering Committee member Sharifah Sekalala has co-authored an article ‘America First, Africa Last? Health data deals and the new scramble for pathogens’ published in PLOS Glob Public Health. The article offers an in‑depth analysis of the emerging US-Africa bilateral global health agreements (BGHAs) and their implications for health data governance, sovereignty, and global equity. It argues that these bilateral deals may fragment global norms at a time when WHO member states are negotiating a multilateral pathogen‑sharing system designed to ensure equitable access to vaccines and countermeasures.

Plus read about new publications on the Thai-Cambodian conflict and digital tensions.