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Professor @YorkUHealth @OsgoodeNews @Harvard & @McMasterU, Director @gstrategylab, and Scientific Director @CIHR_IRSC Institute of Population & Public Health
Aug 1, 2022 11 tweets 11 min read
Today @PNASNews published one of the most important studies I've conducted. We asked: do international treaties produce the effects their negotiators intended? The short answer is "no".

Here I will try to summarize almost 10 years of work in 10 tweets.🧵 pnas.org/doi/full/10.10… 1. To start, treaties are often used by countries to address issues that transcend national boundaries, like the environment, human rights, humanitarian crises, maritime issues, security and trade. Today there are at least 250,000 treaties, yet few have been evaluated for impact.
Nov 17, 2020 11 tweets 10 min read
For 10 weeks we worked on one of the most ambitious efforts I’ve ever led – the @UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery, which was released today. un.org/en/pdfs/UNCOVI… #COVID19Recovery #UNResearchRoadmap Image #COVID19 has exposed stark global inequities, fragilities and unsustainable practices that pre-date this pandemic and have intensified its impact. Recovering better from COVID-19 will depend on bold efforts and new knowledge. That means science! Image