Staff profile

Dr. Renu Singh's research interests center around the relationship between political institutions, public opinion, and policy change in the context of public health and health policy. Her research is also motivated by broader interests in science policy, sustainability, EU harmonization, comparative social policy, and global health security and governance.

Alongside Dr. Singh's role at Durham, she is a Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, a DAAD Research Ambassador for the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), an Institute for European Policymaking Fellow at Bocconi University, and a Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Emerging Market Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). In addition, she is the Chair for the International Studies Association’s Global Health Section and an editorial board member for PLOS Global Public Health.

Prior to joining Durham, Dr. Singh held positions at Bocconi University, HKUST, and Georgetown University.

• Public Policy and Administration
• Public Health
• Sustainability
• Comparative Public Policy
• Global Governance

Chapter in book

• Singh, R. (2023). The Social Contract and Responses to COVID-19. In C. Loh (Ed.), How COVID-19 Took Over the World: Lessons for the Future. Hong Kong University Press
• Singh, R. (2023). A Comparative Perspective on the COVID-19 Response in Europe. In How COVID-19 Took Over the World: Lessons for the future. Hong Kong University Press
• Kavanagh, M. M., Singh, R., & Pillinger, M. (2021). Playing Politics: The World Health Organization’s Response to COVID-19. In S. L. Greer, E. J. King, E. Massard da Fonseca, & A. Peralta-Santos (Eds.), Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19. University of Michigan. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11927713

Journal Article

• Antonini, M., Genie, D. M. G., E, D. A. A., Attwell, D. K., Balogh, P. Z. J., Behmane, D. D., Berardi, C., Brammli-Greenberg, D. S., Greenland, A., Hagen, P. T. P., Hinwood, D. M., James, P. C., Kellner, A., Kelly, P. B., Murauskienė, D. L., McGregor, D. N., Melegaro, P. A., Moy, D. N., Sequeira, D. A. R., Singh, D. R., …Paolucci, P. F. (2024). Public preferences for vaccination campaigns in the COVID-19 endemic phase: Insights from the VaxPref database. Health Policy and Technology, 13(1), Article 100849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100849
• Singh, R. (2023). Priming COVID-19's consequences can increase support for investments in public health. Social Science & Medicine, 324, Article 115840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115840
• Kavanagh, M. M., & Singh, R. (2023). Vaccine politics: Law and inequality in the pandemic response to COVID‐19. Global Policy, 14(2), 229-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13203
• Singh, R., & Williamson, S. (2022). Where Is the Money From? Attitudes toward Donor Countries and Foreign Aid in the Arab World. International Studies Quarterly, 66(4), Article sqac068. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqac068
• Vladimirova, K., Henninger, C. E., Joyner-Martinez, C., Iran, S., Diddi, S., Durrani, M., Iyer, K., Jestratijevic, I., McCormick, H., Niinimäki, K., Thangavelu, P., Sauerwein, M., Singh, R., Simek, P., & Wallaschkowski, S. (2022). Fashion consumption during COVID-19: Comparative analysis of changing acquisition practices across nine countries and implications for sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 5, Article 100056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2022.100056
• Iran, S., Joyner Martinez, C., Vladimirova, K., Wallaschkowski, S., Diddi, S., Henninger, C., McCormick, H., Matus, K., Niinimäki, K., Sauerwein, M., Singh, R., & Tiedke, L. (2022). When mortality knocks: Pandemic-inspired attitude shifts towards sustainable clothing consumption in six countries. International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles, 1(1), 9-39. https://doi.org/10.1386/sft/0002_1
• Kavanagh, M. M., & Singh, R. (2020). Democracy, Capacity, and Coercion in Pandemic Response: COVID-19 in Comparative Political Perspective. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 45(6), 997-1012. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-8641530
• Kavanagh, M. M., Graeden, E., Pillinger, M., Singh, R., Eaneff, S., Bendaud, V., Gustav, R., & Erkkola, T. (2020). Understanding and comparing HIV-related law and policy environments: cross-national data and accountability for the global AIDS response. BMJ Global Health, 5(9), Article e003695. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003695