Professor Sharon Friel
School of Regulation and Global Governance
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Professor Sharon Friel is an ARC Laureate Fellow in Planetary Health Equity at the School of Regulation and Global Governance and Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance.
Professor Friel’s research focuses on the political economy of health; governance and the planetary, social and commercial determinants of health inequities. Her 2019 book “Climate Change and the People’s Health” highlights the importance of addressing the global consumptogenic system.
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Government gets F for housing during COVID-19
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Australia to ‘bounce back better’ if COVID policies stay
Experts are calling for many of the 156 government policy measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Consumption-driven climate change leaves the poor worse off
Climate change is disproportionately impacting the poor, elderly and people with a disability , according to an expert…
Climate, malnutrition must have a place in trade talks
Global trade talks are silent on three of the world’s most pressing issues — malnutrition, obesity and climate…