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Adam Kamradt-Scott

Adam Kamradt Scott

BN, MA Griffith, PhD Aberystwyth
Senior Lecturer


H04 - Merewether Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Adam began his career as a Registered Nurse in Brisbane, Australia, where he specialized in emergency care before serving as the clinical risk management coordinator for seven public and private hospitals. In 2003, Adam relocated to the United Kingdom where he completed his PhD in International Politics at the Centre for Health and International Relations, in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.

Adam returned to Australia in 2007 where he worked as a legislative and political adviser to an Australian Senator before taking up a position in the Australian Public Service where he worked in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as part of a small team tasked with revising and testing Australia’s pandemic preparedness plans. In 2009 Adam joined the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he continues to hold the post as Honorary Lecturer. He is a regular contributor and the Asia correspondent for the Health Diplomacy Monitor, which publishes details on upcoming meetings and diplomatic events that have a bearing on global health issues. Adam commenced with the Centre for International Security Studies in November 2011.

Research Expertise

  • Pandemic influenza
  • Health security
  • Global health governance
  • Global health diplomacy
  • International organizations
  • International Health Regulations
  • Asia-Pacific health security (with a focus on South-East Asia)

Publications

Books and Monographs

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2012 forthcoming) co-authored with Sara Davies and Simon Rushton. Disease Diplomacy: International Norms, Global Health Security and the Revised International Health Regulations. Under contract with John Hopkins University Press

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Journal Articles

Kamradt-Scott, A. and Simon Rushton. (2012) `The revised International Health Regulations: socialization, compliance and changing norms of global health security'. Global Change, Peace & Security, 24(1): 57-70. (forthcoming)

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2012) ‘Changing perceptions of pandemic influenza and public health responses’. American Journal of Public Health, 102(1): 90-98.

Kamradt-Scott, A. and Kelley Lee (2011) The 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework: Global Health Secured or a Missed Opportunity? Political Studies. 59(4): 831-847.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2011) ‘The evolving WHO: implications for global health security’. Global Public Health. 6(8): 801-813.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘The WHO Secretariat, norm entrepreneurship & global communicable disease control’. Journal of International Organization Studies. 1(1). Online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) ‘Disease outbreaks and health governance in the Asia-Pacific: Australia’s role in the region’. Australian Journal of International Affairs. 63(4): 550-570.

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Book Sections

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) co-authored with Chris Holden and Kelley Lee. ‘The shifting landscape of public health: from international to global health’. In Routledge International Handbook of Global Public Health edited by Richard Parker and Marni Sommer. Routledge, London.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) co-authored with Chris Holden and Kelley Lee. ‘Cholera’. In Environmental Medicine edited by Jon Ayres, Roy Harrison, Gordon Nichols and Robert Maynard. Hodder Arnold, London.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) co-authored with Kelley Lee, Kelley and Derek Yach. ‘Globalization and Health’. In Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies edited by Michael Merson, Robert E. Black and Anne J. Mills. Jones and Bartlett, Boston.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) ‘The World Health Organization & SARS: The Challenge of Innovative Responses to Global Health Security’. In Innovation in Global Health Governance: Critical Cases edited by Andrew F. Cooper and John J. Kirton. Ashgate, Canada.

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Reviews

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘Making Sense of Global Health Governance: A Policy Perspective’. Global Public Health. 5(5).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) co-authored with Kelley Lee. ‘Where did all the aid go? An in-depth analysis of increased health aid flows over the past 10 years’. Faculty of 1000. Published online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) co-authored with Kelley Lee. ‘Sustainability in global health’. Faculty of 1000. Published online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) co-authored with Kelley Lee. ‘In the Name of Global Health: Trends in Academic Institutions’. Faculty of 1000. Published online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) co-authored with Kelley Lee. ‘Meeting the challenge of influenza pandemic preparedness in developing countries’. Faculty of 1000. Published online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) co-authored with Kelley Lee. ‘A social explanation for the rise and fall of global health issues’. Faculty of 1000. Published online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) ‘Governing Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation’. Canadian Foreign Policy. 15(3): 116-118.

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Conference Papers

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2011) with Kelley Lee. ‘Challenging the Powers That Be: Indonesia, the WHO & virus-sharing’. Paper presented at British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2011, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2011) ‘Pandemic Influenza: a case study in the dominance of Biomedicine within global health governance’. Paper presented at Global Governance: Political Authority in Transition, International Studies Association Annual Convention, Canada.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2011) with Kelley Lee. 'Challenging the Status Quo: Indonesia, the WHO & virus-sharing’. Paper presented at Global Governance: Political Authority in Transition, International Studies Association Annual Convention, Canada.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) with Kelley Lee. ‘Global Health Security Interrupted: Indonesia, Viral Sovereignty, & the WHO’. Paper presented at Risk, Perceptions of Risk and Transborder Infectious Diseases: Challenges for Global Health Governance, Political Studies Association Conference, Sheffield University.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘When is pandemic not a pandemic? Swine Flu, the WHO & the politicization of the pandemic’. Paper presented at Security Research Group, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009) ‘The Evolving WHO: implications for global health security’. Paper presented at Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future, International Studies Association 50th Annual Convention, New York.

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Opinion Pieces

Kamradt-Scott, A. ‘ASEAN and HIV – 10 Years On, What’s Next?’ Health Diplomacy Monitor 2(5): 15-17.
Online.

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2011) ‘A Public Health Emergency of International Concern? Response to a Proposal to Apply the International Health Regulations to Antimicrobial Resistance’. PLoS Medicine. 8(4): e1001021.doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001021

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2011) ‘The future financing of WHO: Where does Asia stand?’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 2(1).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘ASEAN and regional cooperation on pharmaceuticals’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(5).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘The 61st WHO Meeting of the Western Pacific Region – Summary Report’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(4).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘The MDG Summit – a summary report of the meeting’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(4).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘Achieving the health-related MDGs: Preparation for the UN High Level Meeting’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(3).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘Asian Perspectives: The health-related MDGs and the UN High Level Summit’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(3).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘Implementation of the International Health Regulations’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(2).

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2010) ‘Tuberculosis Control’. Health Diplomacy Monitor. 1(2).

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Film or Broadcast

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) BBC '5 Live' Programme (H1N1 Pandemic) Radio

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) Repeat Guest on BBC Radio ‘World Have Your Say’ Programme (H1N1 Pandemic) Radio

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) Finnish Broadcasting Company (H1N1 Pandemic) Radio

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) BBC 2 ‘Jeremy Vine Show’ Radio

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) BBC News Hour (Cholera outbreak, Haiti) Radio

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) Repeat Guest on BBC World Service (H1N1 Pandemic) Television

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) Repeat Guest on Sky News (H1N1 Pandemic) Television

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) Al-Jazeera News (H1N1 Pandemic) Television

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) Al-Jazeera ‘People and the Power’ Programme (H1N1 Pandemic) Television

Kamradt-Scott, A. (2009-2010) South African Broadcasting Corporation (H1N1 Pandemic) Television

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