The Research Platform Global and Glocal Health (GGH) – Improving Knowledge for Health from a Multicultural and Equality Perspective in a Changing Society – is an interdisciplinary research environment on global and glocal health that combines various competencies and develops innovative knowledge. Based on the UN’s Agenda 2030, the platform takes on societal challenges in global health regarding stress and mental illness, strengthening sexual health and rights, and making education accessible to all.

Our research profile

The research at GGH aims to identify, link and develop interdisciplinary knowledge. This knowledge is needed to improve global and glocal health at individual, cultural and societal levels.

Theoretically, the GGH research platform is built on an intersectional perspective to understand and analyze how factors such as social class, gender, ethnicity, disability and sexuality affect health both globally and glocally. A further fundamental perspective is the concept of empowerment, which includes psychosocial control and opportunities to take care of one’s health, as well as social causes of ill health.

GGH connects action-based research with exploratory research on vulnerability, prevention and support at the intersection of social work, sexology, health sciences, educational sciences and criminology.

Researchers

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Reference group

Members of the reference group:

  • Anette Agardh, Lund University
  • Bo Petersson, The Faculty of Culture and Society
  • Karin Frydenlund, International Office/MaU
  • Gunta Lazdane, former head of WHO
  • Emmanuella Ohale, UN Association Malmö
  • Pernilla Ouis, Halmstad University
  • Aleksandar Štulhofer, Zagreb University
  • Despina Tzimoula, College of Gender Studies/MaU
  • Mariia Tyshchenko, honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Culture and Society/MaU
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Research projects

Research Project

Global and Glocal Health (GGH) - Well-being and learning in Glocal environment
Research Project

Experiences of subject integrated teaching on sexuality, consent and relationships at special schools
Doctoral Project

HEALTHCOM- Healthy communities in ageing societies – participatory research with elderly immigrants and refugees living in a Nordic...
Research Project

Sex Education and Disability in Tanzania
Research Project

"A hand appeared suddenly” – Experiences and reflections of sexual harassment among students and PhD-students

Activities

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Training sexual and reproductive health (SRH) health professionals for people with disabilities (PmF) is critical to addressing a wide range of challenges in Tanzania. The project is conducting a comprehensive study regarding SRH education in collaboration between the University of Minnesota and Muhimibili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, as well as with expertise from, among others, Malmö University. The project is funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), USA.

Forskare och referensgrupp

The Global and Local Health research platform has a reference group consisting of senior and junior researchers from different faculties at Malmö University, as well as from international universities. It also includes representatives from non-government organisations on health and human rights. The group provides valuable input to the research processes.