What is the Transnational in Transnational Feminist Research?

Decolonizing Liberation: Toward a Transnational Feminist Psychology

This paper engages the theme of “decolonizing psychological science” in the context of a perspective on psychological theory and research—namely, feminist psychology—that shares an emphasis on broad liberation. Although conceived as a universal theory and practice of liberation, scholars across diverse sites have suggested that feminism—perhaps especially as it manifests in psychological scienc...

The value of transnational medical research

What is the value of medical research? The question initially provokes an ethical response: the worth of a clinical trial is generally understood in terms of the impact of its outcomes on patient populations. The evaluation of human subjects research raises normative questions of values the future well-being of society in relation to the risk experimental procedures entail for participants. How...

Docile bodies: transnational research ethics as biopolitics.

This essay explores the claim that bioethics has become a mode of biopolitics. It seeks to illuminate one of the myriad of ways that bioethics joins other institutionalized discursive practices in the task of producing, organizing, and managing the bodies-of policing and controlling populations-in order to empower larger institutional agents. The focus of this analysis is the contemporary pract...

Transnational Actors, Transnational Institutions, Transnational Spaces: the Role of Law Firms in the Internationalization of Competition Regulation

What Is the Best Research Globally?

Dr. Afshari’s editorial gives insight on human nature (1). Collaborative willingness usually occurs when different sides perceive personal benefit, or when institutions mandate collaboration. This is not unique between higher and lower income countries; many working in global emergency medicine (EM) observe this within wealthier countries. It exists among collaborators in low resource settings....