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The ScanUbuntu Reflections 1 - Research Partnerships: Gatekeepers, Champions, and the Allure of Going RogueIn this episode, Dr Kenneth Yakubu speaks with Dr Seye Abimbola to explore the everyday dynamics of building an equitable research partnership in Africa. Seye outlines different characteristics of research partnerships, and unpack the practical challenges around being a champion, along with the language and labelling that embodies it, especially in the context of partnership building in the African region. Dr Seye Abimbola is a health systems researcher from Nigeria. He is currently based at the University of Sydney in Australia, where his teaching and research focus on knowledge practices in global health, health system governance, and th...2025-07-0925 min
UndisciplinaryDecolonizing Health: Why "Global" Health Is a Problematic Concept with Seye AbimbolaSend us a textA/Prof Seye Abimbola explores how global health as a concept reinforces colonial power structures and argues for decentering Western institutions in health governance. His critique reveals how aid flows primarily benefit donor countries while creating dependencies that hinder meaningful health system development in recipient nations.• The term "global health" itself is problematic, describing an industry with colonial roots rather than a truly global approach to health• Much international aid functions as "tied aid," where donor countries require recipients to purchase overpriced products from them, limiting actual benefits• 84% of major...2025-06-071h 01
NDËPPlus de personnes doivent s'exprimer pour décoloniser la santé mondialeDans cet épisode, Ndëp échange avec le Dr Seye Abimbola, chercheur à l’Université de Sydney. Il revient sur l’influence de l’engagement politique de sa mère sur sa vision des systèmes de santé et plaide pour une lecture politique de ces systèmes. Dans son livre The Foreign Gaze, il analyse les rapports de pouvoir entre professionnels de santé du Nord et du Sud global.Le Dr Abimbola souligne la complexité de remettre en cause des systèmes imparfaits mais bien intentionnés, et appelle à une action collective pour transformer le secteur.Côté leadership, i...2025-04-161h 16
NDËP" More people need to speak up to decolonize global health. "In this episode, Ndep speaks with Dr. Seye Abimbola, Principal Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. Dr. Abimbola shares how his mother’s political awareness shaped his understanding of healthcare and stresses the need for political insight into health systems.He discuss his book The Foreign Gaze, which explores power dynamics between health professionals from high-income and low-income countries. He also talks about the failure of an alternative medical school model in Nigeria and the challenges faced by doctors trained outside Western frameworks.Dr. Abimbola highlights the difficulty of challenging well-meaning but flawed systems an...2025-04-091h 11
SHE Research PodcastSHE Pod S6 Episode 1:- Seye Abimbola Host: Diego Silva Guest: Seye Abimbola Project: Book Editer: Regina Botros Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Music: 'Years' by Death By Ginger Link to Global Health Unfiltered Transcript Link 2025-04-081h 02
Global Health UnfilteredNavigating Colonial Love with Seye AbimbolaSend us a textIn this episode of the Global Health Unfiltered Podcast, host Desmond Jumbam speaks with Dr. Seye Abimbola about his book, 'The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health.' They discuss how personal experiences, especially familial influences, shape views on global health. Dr. Abimbola shares his mother's impact on his understanding of health systems and social determinants. They also explore 'colonial love' and its effects on current global health practices, alongside the issue of the 'foreign gaze' in academia, highlighting power dynamics in research and policy. The conversation covers health equity, audience dynamics, local...2025-03-071h 15
Global Health MattersPower and responsibility in global healthIn this episode, we turn the lens on ourselves as the global health community. Host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Hani Kim and Seye Abimbola about how elite global health actors can marginalize local perspectives and knowledge. They stress the importance of localizing efforts and acknowledging implicit biases to address the structural inequalities that perpetuate health disparities. Seye Abimbola is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney School of Public Health and inaugural editor-in-chief of BMJ Global Health, and Hani Kim is Executive Director of the Research Investment for Global Health Technology (RIGHT) Foundation in South Korea.Related...2025-02-2554 min
Connecting Citizens to ScienceRevisiting Resilience in Health Systems ResearchExploring Health Systems Resilience with Experts.This podcast episode, hosted by Dr. Kim Ozano and co-hosted by Professor Sophie Witter, engages in an insightful discussion on health systems resilience, particularly in fragile settings affected by violence, conflict, pandemics, and other shocks. This conversation is part of a mini-series titled 'Stories of Resilience - Local Lives and Health Systems', powered by the ReBUILD for Resilience research consortium (see 'useful links' for links to the other episodes from this series). The episode features insights from Dr. Sushil Baral of HERD International and Dr. Seye Abimbola from the...2024-05-0319 min
Race and Health PodcastEpistemic InjusticeWhose knowledge is represented in our health research, policies, and practice? Who is heard, listened to and believed in our health system, and why? There are differences in not only whose perspectives are represented in society, but also what knowledge is valuable. On this episode of the Race & Health Podcast, we explore the concept of epistemic injustice: the idea that knowledge and systems of knowledge production favour the perspectives of those at the top of the social hierarchy. We will explore how epistemic injustice works, what this means for representation in research, services, and policies, and ultimately, how this...2024-03-1535 min
The Lancet VoiceRace & Health: Epistemic injusticeWhose knowledge is represented in our health research, policies, and practice? Who is heard, listened to and believed in our health system, and why? There are differences in not only whose perspectives are represented in society, but also what knowledge is valuable. On this episode of the Race & Health Podcast in collaboration with The Lancet Voice, we explore the concept of epistemic injustice: the idea that knowledge and systems of knowledge production favour the perspectives of those at the top of the social hierarchy. We will explore how epistemic injustice works, what this means for representation in research, services...2024-03-1435 min
Medicine and Science from The BMJDecolonising health and medicine: Episode 4 - How to transform global health institutions born of colonial erasLeaders from academic and funding organisations discuss the transformative change required to overcome extractive and inequitable research practices in global health, and the need for examining power and privilege within traditional research institutions.
Our panel
Samuel Oti, senior program specialist, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, and member of the Global Health Decolonization Movement in Africa (GHDM-Africa)
Muneera Rasheed, clinical psychologist and behaviour scientist and former faculty, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Liam Smeeth, professor of clinical epidemiology and director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Angela Obasi, senior clinical lecturer...2023-10-1753 minMedicine and Science from The BMJDecolonising health and medicine: Episode 2 - Looking back to move forward: missing histories of the decolonisation agendaExperts discuss how failing to confront colonial pasts is linked to present lack of progress in global health equity, why health leaders need historical educations, and how, for Indigenous peoples, it’s not just a colonial history but a colonial present.
Our panel
Seye Abimbola, editor of BMJ Global Health, and health systems researcher from Nigeria currently based at the University of Sydney, Australia
Catherine Kyobutungi, Ugandan epidemiologist and executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, head of the school of history and professor of medical and global health hi...2023-10-1753 minUndisciplinaryDignity & the pursuit of justice in global health - a conversation with Seye AbimbolaSend us a textIn this episode Jane and Chris talk with Associate Professor Seye Abimbola from the University of Sydney about their work on dignity in global health and the need for researchers and practitioners to have epistemic dignity as a precondition for health justice. When dignity meets evidence, The LancetUndisciplinary - a podcast that talks across the boundaries of history, ethics, and the politics of health. Follow us on Twitter @undisciplinary_ or email questions for "mailbag episodes" undisciplinarypod@gmail.com 2023-05-041h 02
The ScanWorlds Collide: What does it mean to 'go viral'?In this episode of The Scan’s World’s Collide Series, Seye and Jaime discuss what it means to ‘go viral’ and the role social media has in increasing impact of work; they talk about rejection and being brave, and explore the pros/cons of various processes for different journals. Also announcing Jaime’s new position!’About the series: The Scan ‘Worlds Collide’ feature two well-known global health researchers from different parts of the globe, Jaime Miranda, from Peru, and Seye Abimbola, from Nigeria. Each wears a variety of ‘hats’, holding a number of positions, in different countries. Featuring unstructur...2023-03-0744 min
The ScanWorlds Collide: Western world views shape medical education and global health researchAbout the series The Scan miniseries ‘Worlds Collide’ feature two well-known global health researchers from different parts of the globe, Jaime Miranda, from Peru, and Seye Abimbola, from Nigeria. Each wears a variety of ‘hats’, holding a number of positions, in different countries. Featuring unstructured conversations as they reflect on daily interactions it offers illuminating insight on navigating work and cultural perspectives. It offers the audience an intimate setting as they share their experiences with each other – and us! The final episode of this four-part series reflects on the way Western world views shape medical education and global health res...2022-07-2119 min
The ScanWorlds Collide: How editors shape an academic journalAbout the series The Scan miniseries ‘Worlds Collide’ feature two well-known global health researchers from different parts of the globe, Jaime Miranda, from Peru, and Seye Abimbola, from Nigeria. Each wears a variety of ‘hats’, holding a number of positions, in different countries. Featuring unstructured conversations as they reflect on daily interactions it offers illuminating insight on navigating work and cultural perspectives. It offers the audience an intimate setting as they share their experiences with each other – and us! In the third episode of this four-part series, among other items, Jaime and Seye reflect on how editors shape an a...2022-07-1426 min
The ScanWorlds Collide: Decolonising minds and navigating the academic spaceAbout the series The Scan miniseries ‘Worlds Collide’ feature two well-known global health researchers from different parts of the globe, Jaime Miranda, from Peru, and Seye Abimbola, from Nigeria. Each wears a variety of ‘hats’, holding a number of positions, in different countries. Featuring unstructured conversations as they reflect on daily interactions it offers illuminating insight on navigating work and cultural perspectives. It offers the audience an intimate setting as they share their experiences with each other – and us! In the second episode of this four-part series, Jaime and Seye chat about decolonising minds in the global health spa...2022-07-0619 min
The ScanWorlds Collide: Growing up in non-Western culture & effect on thinking about global healthThe Scan miniseries ‘Worlds Collide’ feature two well-known global health researchers from different parts of the globe, Jaime Miranda, from Peru, and Seye Abimbola, from Nigeria. Each wears a variety of ‘hats’, holding a number of positions, in different countries. Featuring unstructured conversations as they reflect on daily interactions it offers illuminating insight on navigating work and cultural perspectives. It offers the audience an intimate setting as they share their experiences with each other – and us! In the first episode of this four-part series the two health researchers reflect on growing up in non Western cultures and how it aff...2022-06-2924 min
Global Health UnfilteredDissecting the foreign gaze in global health with Seye AbimbolaSend us a text"Every narration places the spectator in a position of agency" - Manthia DiawaraIn this episode, we discuss equity in global health research with Dr. Seye Abimbola. Seye is a senior lecturer at the University of Sidney and editor-in-chief of BMJ Global Health. He is an advocate for the decolonization of global health and has written and spoken extensively on the subject globally. We discuss, among other things, the definition of global health, the problem of gaze and pose, global health funding, building research capacity locally and advice for young global...2022-06-101h 11
Your Digital Mentor PodcastInside stories of publishingPublishing is a complex world of skewed macro-level challenges including access to high-impact journals, lack of equity within journal publication processes, and monopolization by reputable journals; as well as micro-level barriers such as navigating manuscript production, language, journal selection, and fees. Two editors-in-chief, Seye and Orli, shed some light on these processes, and offer unique perspectives, and advice including pursuing publications with a “healthy dose of disrespect” and endeavoring to reach out to editors with your questions and concerns.Guest informationProf. Seye Abimbola is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, where he studies heal...2021-12-0853 min
Rapid SequenceConsensus statement on measures to promote equitable authorship in research publications from international research partnershipsParachute (or ‘helicopter’) research is the practice of conducting primary research within a host country and subsequently publishing findings with inadequate recognition of local researchers, staff and/or supporting infrastructure.
The aim is that these recommendations will be broadly applicable within academic publishing; of use to international researchers at the point of study or partnership conceptualisation; and increase awareness of this issue among the general readership of academic journals.
Joining our Associate Editor Sheila Myatra was Seye Abimbola, Refiloe Masekela, Angela Obasi and Ben Morton who are authors of the paper.
2021-10-1541 minYour Digital Mentor PodcastDecolonising Global HealthTakeaways from today's episode: Decolonising global health is an ongoing movement allowing people (and researchers) to provide a local context in the conversations surrounding health. Though many definitions exist, it is based on the undoing of the colonial legacy that surrounds countries in the global south.Local health is global health - a local context is required to make it global. It is important to reflect on issues on decolonising global health to avoid neo-colonization and include diverse voices from the global south to spearhead the movement.It is not just about putting a researcher from the global sou...2020-11-2557 min
ODI live events podcastPFI conference 2020 session 4: promoting accountability for resultsSession 4: Promoting accountability for results
Chair: Tom Hart, Research Fellow, ODI
• Seye Abimbola, Lecturer, Public Health, University of Sydney
• Ivor Beazley, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
• Loraine Hawkins, Governor, The Health Foundation
• Dan Honig, Assistant Professor of International Development, John Hopkins
University2020-03-101h 36