Global Health Politics Workshop: Brent Z. Kaup

“Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease” Brent Z. Kaup, Director of the Environment & Sustainability Program and Professor of Sociology, College of William & Mary See link for in-person and online registration. A pandemic that has claimed over six million lives has burned the importance of global health into our collective imagination forever. COVID-19 has brought politics to the fore, laid bare global and regional inequalities, and underscored the importance of transnational cooperation. Yet, the coronavirus pandemic is but one of many urgent global health problems. The challenges posed by non-communicable disease, anti-microbial resistance, HIV/AIDS, the drive for universal health coverage, and global health governance are others. How can the study of the politics of global health problems contribute to advancing the human condition and ensuring a better future? Housed at and sponsored by the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Joseph Harris, the monthly Global Health Politics Workshop (GHPW) series brings together leading social scientists from the disciplines of anthropology, political science, and sociology, along with practitioners in Boston and around the world, to advance understanding of health phenomena in a globally interconnected world.

When 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm on 23 October 2025
Building Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future, 67 Bay State Road