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, globalisation 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 Sciences Po. Before this, he held positions in civil society and the NGO sector (Wemos, Doctors of the World, People’s Health Movement). Remco practised medicine in mental health services for refugees and migrants.