Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Program

The Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme, funded by the Höpp Foundation and headed by Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst and Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf, awards two Post-doctoral Fellowships annually starting October 1. The fellows will be part of the Frankfurt research community, in particular the Research Center Normative Orders, for a period of 10 months.

Health equity issues have long been part of discussions on global justice, and there are numerous approaches, ranging from deontological to consequentialist approaches, to address them. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has not only given these issues added urgency, but has also shown how structural asymmetries between (and within) different countries have led to highly unequal opportunities in the supply and development of vaccines and in meeting basic health needs. It is time to have a global debate on global health equity, and the new program established at Normative Orders is designed to help promote research that is conducive to this debate. Many issues need to be explored in this context, not only equitable access to medicines, but also the nature of transnational structural injustice, gender inequalities in health care, sustainable development goals, climate change and health, the human right to health, etc.