Aida Hassan

Aida Hassan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, affiliated with the School of Global Affairs within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Her interdisciplinary work bridges Global Health, International Relations, and Sociology, focusing on postcolonial theory, global health governance, and ethical dimensions of health research.

Education: PhD from Queen Mary University of London (2021?), where her research examined liberal norms in global health governance during conflicts in Syria and Yemen, analyzing how states, NGOs, and international organizations perpetuate structural violence and racialized care hierarchies.

• Current Project: Leads the Wellcome-funded 'Environmentally Sustainable Health Research (SHARE)' project, investigating ethical and practical implications of 'green tools' in health research across global contexts.
• Research Group: Member of the Research Culture, Medicine & Power group, studying the sociocultural-political dimensions of health and illness.

Her work critiques 'tool solutionism' in sustainability initiatives, advocating for context-sensitive, justice-focused approaches to health research systems.