Ken Shadlen
Professor of Development Studies, Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science
Ken Shadlen is a Professor of Development Studies in the Department of International Development of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ken works on the comparative and international political economy of development, with a focus on understanding variation in national policy responses to changing global rules. In recent years, Ken’s research has focused largely on the global and cross-national politics of intellectual property (IP). He is interested in the implications that the new global IP regime presents for late development, and the various ways that international norms for IP affect national practices.
Recent Publications
Jorge L Contreras, Kenneth C Shadlen, Contrasting academic approaches to COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution: What can the Oxford and Texas experiences teach us about pandemic response?, Health Affairs Scholar, Volume 2, Issue 2, February 2024, qxae012, https://doi-org.ezproxy.bu.edu/10.1093/haschl/qxae012
da Fonseca, E.M., Shadlen, K.C. and de Moraes Achcar, H., 2023. Vaccine technology transfer in a global health crisis: Actors, capabilities, and institutions. Research Policy, 52(4), p.104739.
Shadlen, K., 2023. Technology transfer for production of COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America. Intellectual Property, COVID-19, and the Next Pandemic: Diagnosing Problems, Developing Cures, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2024)., https://doi. org/10.1017/9781009282406.020.
Wouters, O.J., Shadlen, K.C., Salcher-Konrad, M., Pollard, A.J., Larson, H.J., Teerawattananon, Y. and Jit, M., 2021. Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment. The Lancet, 397(10278), pp.1023-1034.
Sampat, B.N. and Shadlen, K.C., 2021. The COVID-19 Innovation System: Article describes innovations that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Affairs, 40(3), pp.400-409. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ken-Shadlen/publication/349049932_The_COVID-19_Innovation_System_Article_discusses_innovations_that_emerged_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic/links/60814f028ea909241e1753fb/The-COVID-19-Innovation-System-Article-discusses-innovations-that-emerged-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.pdf