Simon Rushton is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK, and an Associate Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London. His research interests focus on the global politics of health and on participatory research methods. His work has looked in particular at international responses to HIV/AIDS and other diseases; the links between health and national security; the changing architecture of global health governance; and issues surrounding health care delivery in conflict and other crisis situations. He has a growing interest in participatory research methodologies, including Participatory Video, which he is currently using on projects in Nepal and Colombia.
