Robert L Ostergard
Biographic Data
| ID | 78835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert L Ostergard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert L |
| FAMILY NAME | Ostergard |
| SIGNATURE | OSTERGARD R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7902-3827 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The West Africa Ebola outbreak (2014-2016): A Health Intelligence failure
The role of health intelligence (HI) has received little assessment in the West African Ebola outbreak (2014-2016). Using newly declassified information on the outbreak, this research finds significant HI problems that hindered an appropriate response to the outbreak. The Guinean government’s low capacity to deal with the crisis, the government’s misleading assessments of the crisis, the US embassy’s failure to contextualize the information prope…
Ebola and the pestilence of corporate and governmental corruption in Guinea: Did mining interests exacerbate the largest Ebola outbreak in history (2014–2016)
Give Me Property or Give Me Death: Reconciling Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to Health
Though few would argue against the right to health care on moral grounds, we argue that the greater problem has been over the feasibility of such an idea, especially where the “right to health” has never been clearly defined. We discuss a range of problems in balancing the two values: the right of a creator to protect their intellectual property and the right of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health care. We argue that to st…
Between the sacred and the secular: Indigenous intellectual property, international markets and the modern African state
In the modern global economy, transnational corporations have become important sources of technology, market access and capital - all of which states seek in propelling economic growth. States themselves provide territory, and establish the 'rules of the game' by which corporations may operate within that territory. However, with the commodification and commercialisation of indigenous cultural and intellectual property, states are bypassed and ne…
Children of Aids: Africa's Orphan Crisis
Politics in the hot zone: Aids and national security in Africa
Traditional security studies and international relations theory do little to address the security issues associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Because security studies and international relations have been preoccupied with conditions affecting the major powers, little of the long history of international relations and national security has practical application to Africa and the HIV/AIDS epidemic it is experiencing. From a theoretical perspectiv…
Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights
Based on data from 18 Central and East European countries collected between 1991 and 1996, this article tests informational assumptions underlying strategic interaction and collective action models of goverment repression and dissent. Specifically, we investigate whether citizens' perceptions of human rights conditions in a country are systematically related to that country's actual conditions of government repression. The analysis suggests that …
Stealing from the past: Globalisation, strategic formation and the use of indigenous intellectual property in the biotechnology industry
Biotechnology has proven itself to be one of the most promising and volatile sectors in the world economy. From genetic engineering to the mapping of human cell lines, biotechnology is now a multibillion dollar venture. As a result the trade in biological specimens has increased, with researchers continually seeking new sources for specimens. The goal of our research is to explore two fundamental questions related to the biotechnology industry: (…
The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997
Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights
Based on data from 18 Central and East European countries collected between 1991 and 1996, this article tests informational assumptions underlying strategic interaction and collective action models of goverment repression and dissent. Specifically, we investigate whether citizens' perceptions of human rights conditions in a country are systematically related to that country's actual conditions of government repression. The analysis suggests that …
Politics in the hot zone: Aids and national security in Africa
Traditional security studies and international relations theory do little to address the security issues associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Because security studies and international relations have been preoccupied with conditions affecting the major powers, little of the long history of international relations and national security has practical application to Africa and the HIV/AIDS epidemic it is experiencing. From a theoretical perspectiv…
Children of Aids: Africa's Orphan Crisis
Between the sacred and the secular: Indigenous intellectual property, international markets and the modern African state
In the modern global economy, transnational corporations have become important sources of technology, market access and capital - all of which states seek in propelling economic growth. States themselves provide territory, and establish the 'rules of the game' by which corporations may operate within that territory. However, with the commodification and commercialisation of indigenous cultural and intellectual property, states are bypassed and ne…
Stealing from the past: Globalisation, strategic formation and the use of indigenous intellectual property in the biotechnology industry
Biotechnology has proven itself to be one of the most promising and volatile sectors in the world economy. From genetic engineering to the mapping of human cell lines, biotechnology is now a multibillion dollar venture. As a result the trade in biological specimens has increased, with researchers continually seeking new sources for specimens. The goal of our research is to explore two fundamental questions related to the biotechnology industry: (…
Ebola and the pestilence of corporate and governmental corruption in Guinea: Did mining interests exacerbate the largest Ebola outbreak in history (2014–2016)
Stealing from the past: Globalisation, strategic formation and the use of indigenous intellectual property in the biotechnology industry
Biotechnology has proven itself to be one of the most promising and volatile sectors in the world economy. From genetic engineering to the mapping of human cell lines, biotechnology is now a multibillion dollar venture. As a result the trade in biological specimens has increased, with researchers continually seeking new sources for specimens. The goal of our research is to explore two fundamental questions related to the biotechnology industry: (…
The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997
Politics in the hot zone: Aids and national security in Africa
Traditional security studies and international relations theory do little to address the security issues associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Because security studies and international relations have been preoccupied with conditions affecting the major powers, little of the long history of international relations and national security has practical application to Africa and the HIV/AIDS epidemic it is experiencing. From a theoretical perspectiv…
Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights
Based on data from 18 Central and East European countries collected between 1991 and 1996, this article tests informational assumptions underlying strategic interaction and collective action models of goverment repression and dissent. Specifically, we investigate whether citizens' perceptions of human rights conditions in a country are systematically related to that country's actual conditions of government repression. The analysis suggests that …
Children of Aids: Africa's Orphan Crisis
Between the sacred and the secular: Indigenous intellectual property, international markets and the modern African state
In the modern global economy, transnational corporations have become important sources of technology, market access and capital - all of which states seek in propelling economic growth. States themselves provide territory, and establish the 'rules of the game' by which corporations may operate within that territory. However, with the commodification and commercialisation of indigenous cultural and intellectual property, states are bypassed and ne…
Give Me Property or Give Me Death: Reconciling Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to Health
Though few would argue against the right to health care on moral grounds, we argue that the greater problem has been over the feasibility of such an idea, especially where the “right to health” has never been clearly defined. We discuss a range of problems in balancing the two values: the right of a creator to protect their intellectual property and the right of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health care. We argue that to st…
The West Africa Ebola outbreak (2014-2016): A Health Intelligence failure
The role of health intelligence (HI) has received little assessment in the West African Ebola outbreak (2014-2016). Using newly declassified information on the outbreak, this research finds significant HI problems that hindered an appropriate response to the outbreak. The Guinean government’s low capacity to deal with the crisis, the government’s misleading assessments of the crisis, the US embassy’s failure to contextualize the information prope…
Ebola and the pestilence of corporate and governmental corruption in Guinea: Did mining interests exacerbate the largest Ebola outbreak in history (2014–2016)
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