Dr. Remco van de Pas is the Research Lead for the Climate Justice and Determinants of Health workpackage at the United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).
Dr. Remco van de Pas is a public health doctor and an interdisciplinary global health researcher with 20 years of experience in public health practice and international cooperation, global health policy and academia.
His work focuses on health systems governance, climate crisis, post-growth economics and foreign policy. He has expertise in health workforce development, social protection and health financing, epidemic governance, climate policy, social and ecological determinants of health, human rights and justice, globalization and its political-economy.
Prior to joining UNU he was a research associate at the Centre for Planetary Health Policy in Berlin and Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations. He worked as a global health lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Maastricht University and SciencesPo. Before this, he held positions in civil society and the NGO sector (Wemos, Doctors of the World, People’s Health Movement). Remco practiced medicine in mental health services for refugees and migrants.
Research Interests
- (Global) health governance
- Civil society action and social movements
- Climate justice
- Post-growth strategies
- Essential public services
- Human ecology
- International solidarity
- Political determinants of health
- Feminism
- Decoloniality
