The Governance of Antibiotics in Europe

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a leading cause of death around the world, with the highest burdens in low-resource settings, and is expected to grow exponentially to cause around 10 million deaths annually in 2050. This talk will introduce three dimensions of European governance of antibiotics; first, the creation of an ‘administrative action space’ when politicians fail to raise the issue; second, the networking dynamics among domestic bureaucracies to create collaborative governance; and thirdly, the role and function of the EU Commission to act as a third-party enforcer in solving the large-scale collective action dilemma of AMR.

Hosted by:
European Studies Center
Global Studies Center
University Center for International Studies
Department of Political Science