Last updated: 2025-08-16 # What I'm focusing on ## Foucaultian Framework Since I encountered [[Foucault]] in my study, I started to see the health policy (and politics) lens through health [[Identity politics]]. Foucault's categorization of [[biopower]] and [[biopolitics]] primarily influences my way of thinking. See: [[@GovernmentLivingBeings]] ## Global health governance x biotech x policy [[Global governance in the early 21st century looks very different from governance and international politics just three decades ago at the end of the Cold War]] My work revolves around incorporating and integrating health technology, innovation in the realm of public sector—which is notorious for being sluggish. I'm focusing on making scientist and policymakers work together. See: [[@choiCanScientistsPolicy2005]] # What I'm trying to do Identify my interest in the intersections of what I love to study, my academic pursuit, and my professional career. I want this site to benefit as much people as it could, particularly my fellow global health policy students. In addition, I want the site to be a fertile soil in networking, spark initial conversation in specific topics that can be produced into published works. # What I'm trying to avoid Office politics. Drama. Status Game. Confrontation. Status game is inevitable - but I am looking to make a dent, an impact in the areas that I care about. # Change log 2025-08-16 Major clean up. New Collection categorization. Removed personal notes. 2025-03-28 Added [[Health first - reimagining how health can converge economic development and environmental sustainability]] 2025-02-13 Added [[health is]] as a page to track the discourse on defining: what is health? 2024-12-30 [[Global governance in the early 21st century looks very different from governance and international politics just three decades ago at the end of the Cold War]]