Global Health Speaker Series – “Developing a science around whether, when and how international law can address global challenges”

The Global Health Speaker Series presents: Professor Steven J. Hoffman on “Developing a science around whether, when and how international law can address global challenges.” Hoffman is Director of the Global Strategy Lab, Professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science at York University, and Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Population & Public Health.

In his talk, he will will introduce a pioneering approach to ‘global legal epidemiology’ – the scientific study of international law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and promotion of outcomes around the world. He will discuss legal mechanisms available for coordinating international responses to transnational problems, their prospects, and
their challenges.