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In this seminar, Kathrin Lauber will present emergent findings from an Â鶹´«Ã½AV Research Council Linkage collaboration, drawing on interview data to examine non-government organisation (NGO) strategies in steering the practices of ultra-processed food and alcohol industries at the global level.

Although it is well-established that NGOs have been instrumental in major public health wins at global level, such as the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the role of NGOs in advancing effective health governance has been neglected so far.

Kathrin explores how NGOs strategise across levels of governance and across regimes – for instance, food security and climate – to achieve effective regulation of ultra-processed food and alcohol industries, and identifies specific challenges and opportunities advocates encounter in global arenas.

About the speaker

Dr  is a postdoctoral researcher at the Universities of Edinburgh and Bath in the UK. Her research to date has explored commercial influence and the role of evidence and ideas in health policymaking, as well as the ways in which governance infrastructures shape these dynamics. Kathrin previously completed a PhD at the University of Bath, which focused on food industry influence on dietary public health policymaking, with a view to understanding mechanisms that span levels of governance. She has advised the WHO and various NGOs on issues such as sugar-sweetened beverage taxation, advertising regulation, and conflict of interest management.

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