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Óscar Fernández

@ofernandezfdez.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University. EU external action & global health governance. Tennis geek 🎾

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
❓ Is Europe on the right track ❓ Ahead of #WHA79 we publish in @bmj.com a NEW paper outlining some missteps & opportunities for European leadership in #globalhealth #multilateralism #security #governance Freely available: www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🌐 New publication! Happy to share that an analysis article I co-authored with Hylke Dijkstra on "Global health security and pandemic preparedness: Europe’s leadership challenge" has just been published in @bmj.com. Free access: www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NEW PUBLICATION: In August-September 2025 we surveyed 763 experts in 48 countries on the challenges for Global Governance. This @ensured.bsky.social report has the results 🌐 1️⃣ Expert scores on 110 IOs 2️⃣ Forecasting of challenges 3️⃣ Conjoint on IO survival www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
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Robust, Effective, and Democratic Global Governance for a World in Transition: Evidence From the ENSURED Expert Survey - Research Report | ENSURED
Based on the ENSURED Expert Survey, this report offers a global assessment of how 110 international organisations (IOs) are coping in today’s turbulent world.
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
📝 REPORT: WHO Reform During COVID-19, all eyes were on the World Health Organization (WHO) 👀. It exposed structural weaknesses and underlined the (already-existing) need for reform. In a new ENSURED report, Óscar Fernández and Mirko Heinzel (Maastricht University) take stock of these reforms 👇
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Reforming the World Health Organization After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Diagnosis and Prognosis - Research Report | ENSURED
How well has the World Health Organization’s reform agenda since 2020 addressed the longstanding and emergent challenges the organization faces? The post-COVID-19 reform agenda shows significant momen...
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
📝 REPORT: Pandemic Agreement COVID-19 exposed cracks in the global health system. Enter: The 2025 Pandemic Agreement. A new ENSURED report by @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social finds the agreement to be a meaningful, if partial, landmark for future pandemics. 👇
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The WHO Pandemic Agreement: Bolstering Global Health Security Against Political Headwinds - Research Report | ENSURED
The Pandemic Agreement marks a landmark step in strengthening global health cooperation. Born out of the failures revealed by COVID-19, it represents a victory for multilateralism – though questions r...
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EUHEALTHGOV @euhealthgov.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Looking forward to welcoming @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social to discuss the @ensured.bsky.social report this week! Weds 11 June 12pm (BST) / 13:00 CET To register, follow link: euhealthgov.org/euhealthgov-...
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EUHealthGov with Óscar Fernández: Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health: The Role of the European Union – EU Health Governance Network
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
😷 WEBINAR | Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health Join ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) for an @euhealthgov.bsky.social event on how the EU navigates health governance. 📅 June 11 🕝 13–14 CEST 📍 Online ✍️: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/01c616...
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🌐 As the #WHA78 opens today, a new ENSURED report asks: How does the IP–public health regime impact vaccine access? Read how WTO, WHO & WIPO dynamics shape policy – and what it means going forward. 📝 By @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social 🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
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EUHEALTHGOV @euhealthgov.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Great to share our new webinar! Join us 12pm (UK) / 13h (CET) to hear from @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social about the EU's role + regime complexity in global health! Abstract and registration via link! euhealthgov.org/euhealthgov-...
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EUHealthGov with Óscar Fernández: Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health: The Role of the European Union – EU Health Governance Network
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
COVID-19 hit on a big ❓ in global health: Do intellectual property protections foster or hinder equitable access to vaccines? In a new ENSURED report, @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) explore this tension & the regime complex governing it. 👇
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The Intellectual Property and Public Health Regime Complex: Considerations on Vaccine Access and Equity - Research Report | ENSURED
How have multilateral institutions shaped policy responses on vaccine access? During the COVID-19 pandemic, intellectual property rights were often prioritised over quick, equitable vaccine access. Ho...
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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🌟 Scholar Spotlight 🌟 @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social explores how IR scholars view the EU’s global health role post-COVID-19, re-examining ‘actorness’ and suggesting a new research agenda to reflect its evolving position. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Do strong IP protections ⬆️ innovation or ⬇️ equitable vaccine access?🤔 New @ensured.bsky.social research by @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social & other researchers explores this tension & the fragmented field of global health governance. 👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
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The Intellectual Property and Public Health Regime Complex: Considerations on Vaccine Access and Equity - Research Report | ENSURED
How have multilateral institutions shaped policy responses on vaccine access? During the COVID-19 pandemic, intellectual property rights were often prioritised over quick, equitable vaccine access. Ho...
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉 Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform? A deep dive: 🛠 WTO reform 🌱 UNFCCC decision-making 💉 IP-Public Health nexus ⚖️ UN HRC 💻 Cyberspace governance Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It was long and it wasn't always pretty, but the pandemic agreement is finally fully green, showing multilateralism is still alive. Lots of work still ahead for the agreement to become a reality!
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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WHO's Pandemic Agreement Is Finally Within Reach As Brazil Proposes Compromise - Health Policy Watch
World Health Organization (WHO) member states are very close to agreeing on the entire pandemic agreement – and may even have been able to clinch a deal on
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🩺 COVID-19 pushed health policy to the top of the EU agenda—but where does it stand now? In a SPCIS interview, ENSURED’s @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social unpacks: ✅ The EU’s evolving role in health governance ✅ Lessons from COVID-19 & ongoing coordination struggles ✅ The future of EU health initiatives
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The EU in Global Health Governance: Challenges, Transformations, and Future Prospects
Óscar Fernández, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University. He is a contributor to the Horizon Europe project "ENSURED", which focuses on how the European Union (EU) and its member st...
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It's been 5 years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. How has the EU adapted? Join @idamusialkowska.bsky.social & ENSURED's @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social for a webinar on the state of global health governance! 📆 Tuesday, March 11 ⏰ 3PM CET 📍 Online 🔗 dcu-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
COVID-19 showed that diseases know no borders. In ENSURED, we want to understand how the EU can make global health governance more fit-for-purpose. Over the next year, @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social & @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social will research: ✅ Vaccine equity ✅ The pandemic treaty ✅ WHO reform
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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Amplios sectores en EE UU . . . se sienten incómodos con la idea de operar dentro de un sistema multilateral donde todos los países tienen un voto . . . Prefieren estar en el asiento del conductor y solo si estrictamente necesario, acompañados por otros que piensan igual" elpais.com/opinion/2025...
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La salida de EE UU de la OMS es un golpe a la arquitectura internacional de la salud global
La organización tiene la oportunidad de impulsar una negociación para una reforma profunda que la haga más ágil, despolitizada, transparente, eficiente y técnicamente sólida
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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
@who.int foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...
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WHO Withdrawal Could Be a Disaster—or an Opportunity
Trump’s attempt to leave may clear the way for global health diplomacy.
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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
PUBLICATION DAY! Our book "The Survival of International Organizations" is now available online (for free) with Oxford University Press 🎉 academic.oup.com/book/59488
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The Survival of International Organizations: Institutional Responses to Existential Challenges
Abstract. While international organizations (IOs) have played a central role in global governance in the post-Cold War period, during the last decade many
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
As one of his 1st actions, US President Trump pulled out of the World Health Organization. In his December blog, @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social says 🇪🇺 must step up. "While multilateral breakthroughs will be difficult, there is hope in weathering the storm." ➡️ www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/securit...
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"Words Like Threat, Emergency, or War": Securitising Global Health - Expert Blog | ENSURED
More and more, policymakers are framing health concerns like pandemics as security priorities. What can we learn from COVID-19 and other global health challenges about the impact of this securitisatio...
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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In a new blog, #ENSURED’s Óscar Fernández argues that the EU increasingly responded to COVID-19 as if were a security threat. What exactly did the securitised response entail? And what can we learn from COVID & other outbreaks about the impact of this approach? www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/securit...
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"Words Like Threat, Emergency, or War": Securitising Global Health - Expert Blog | ENSURED
More and more, policymakers are framing health concerns like pandemics as security priorities. What can we learn from COVID-19 and other global health challenges about the impact of this securitisatio...
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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Academia can sometimes be a bit rough, but being surrounded by wonderful colleagues like @evamichaels.bsky.social makes it all worth it. Huge thanks for your help and support over all this time ☺️
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Óscar Fernández @ofernandezfdez.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
No better way to get started at Bluesky! Massive thanks to you, @heidimaurer.bsky.social, and to everyone who was part of my PhD journey 😇
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