Colin J. McInnes
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Professor Colin J. McInnes is an expert in the relationship between health and foreign and security policy, and especially in HIV/AIDS and security. He is Director of the Centre for Health and International Relations (CHAIR) at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. He is also a UNESCO
Professor of HIV/AIDS, Education and Health Security in Africa and became a member of the Academy of Social Sciences
in February 2011.
Previously he has been a lecturer in the Department of War Studies, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London
, and a Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. In addition he has been Chair of the British International Studies Association
(BISA); a member of the ESRC’s Strategic Research Board and International Advisory Committee; member of the World Health Organisation’s expert group on Global Health Diplomacy; and Director of the UK Research Councils’ Security Research Forum. He previously co-directed (with Professor Kelley Lee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) a major project on health and foreign and security policy for The Nuffield Trust.
-funded project on 'The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises'.
Book chapters
Journal articles
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Professor of HIV/AIDS, Education and Health Security in Africa and became a member of the Academy of Social Sciences
Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy of Social Sciences is a research body in the UK. , the Academy was composed of over 450 Academicians and 32 Learned Societies. Academicians are distinguished scholars and practitioners from academia and the public and private sectors...
in February 2011.
Previously he has been a lecturer in the Department of War Studies, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, and a Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. In addition he has been Chair of the British International Studies Association
British International Studies Association
The British International Studies Association is a learned society that promotes the study of international relations and related subjects through teaching, research, and facilitation of contact between scholars. BISA has an international membership where 40 countries are represented. The current...
(BISA); a member of the ESRC’s Strategic Research Board and International Advisory Committee; member of the World Health Organisation’s expert group on Global Health Diplomacy; and Director of the UK Research Councils’ Security Research Forum. He previously co-directed (with Professor Kelley Lee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) a major project on health and foreign and security policy for The Nuffield Trust.
Research
His current research focuses on the inter-relationship of health, security and foreign policy, particularly within the context of HIV/AIDS. Professor McInnes is Principal Investigator on an €2.35 million, 4-year European Research CouncilEuropean Research Council
The European Research Council is the independent body that funds investigator-driven frontier research in the European Union . It is part of the Seventh Research Framework Programme ....
-funded project on 'The Transformation of Global Health Governance: Competing World Views and Crises'.
Selected Publications
Books- Spectator Sport War: The West and Contemporary Conflict (Boulder Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2002).Choice ‘Outstanding academic title 2002’ award.
- Dimensions of Western Military Intervention ed. with Nicholas J. WheelerNicholas J. WheelerNicholas J. Wheeler is professor of international politics at Aberystwyth University and co-editor of the Cambridge Studies in International Relations book series, published by Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association...
and contributor (London: Frank Cass, 2002). - Hot War, Cold War: The British Army's Way in Warfare, 1945-95 (London: Brassey's, 1996).
Book chapters
- 'National security and global health governance', in Adrian Kay and Owain David Williams (eds.) Global Health Governance: Crisis, Institutions and Political Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
- 'Health and security' in Paul Williams (ed.), Security Studies: An Introduction (Routledge, 2008).
- 'HIV/AIDS and national security', in Nana K. Poku, Alan WhitesideAlan WhitesideAlan Whiteside born in Nairobi, Kenya on 18 March 1956) is an internationally respected academic, researcher and professor at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He is well-known for his innovative work in the field of HIV and AIDS...
and Bjorg Sandkjaer (eds.), AIDS and Governance (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).
Journal articles
- 'HIV, AIDS and conflict in Africa: why isn't it (even) worse?', Review of International StudiesReview of International StudiesThe Review of International Studies is an academic journal on international relations and the journal of the British International Studies Association. The editor-in-chief is Kimberley Hutchings ....
, Vol. 37, No. 2 (2011), 485-509 (published online July 2010). - (with Simon Rushton) 'HIV, AIDS and security: where are we now?', International AffairsInternational Affairs (journal)International Affairs is Britain's leading peer-reviewed academic journal of international relations founded by Chatham House in 1924. It is published bi-monthly by Wiley-Blackwell . Currently its editor-in-chief is Caroline Soper...
, Vol. 86, No. 1 (January 2010), 225-245. - 'Conflict, HIV and AIDS: a new dynamic in warfare?', Global Change, Peace and Security, Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 2009), 99-114.