This intervention draws from the experience of an economic geographer researching pharmaceuticals in India and a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa of the challenges and opportunities for boundary crossing.
Paper long abstract:
This intervention will draw on pharmaceuticals research which has traced the production of pharmaceuticals in India and their supply to a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. From the perspective of an economic geographer, it will highlight some of the challenges in navigating such research contexts, as well as the opportunities and challenges of negotiating divides within and beyond academia for pharmaceuticals research. It is suggested that the significance and multi-dimensional nature of pharmaceuticals necessitates communication across traditional barriers, but also provides for exciting opportunities for connections across boundaries of various kinds.