João Nunes

Research Information

João Nunes joined the Department of Politics as Lecturer in International Relations in September 2014. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and a Visiting Fellow at the Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development. He received his PhD and MSc from Aberystwyth University, and his first degree from the New University of Lisbon. His research interests include:

• The politics of health: neglected issues in global health; everyday political economy of health; health security; global and community health; community health workers; health, culture and emotions health social movements; history of medicine

• Brazilian health policy: primary health care; community health

• Security studies: security as emancipation; critical security studies

• The politics of food and food security