Dr Rory Horner

Research Fellow

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Global Development Institute, School of Environment, Education and Development

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ORCID: 0000-0002-8730-2014

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Overview

I am currently a Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy, ESRC Future Research Leader and Hallsworth Research Fellow in the Global Development Institute. An economic geographer by training (PhD, Clark University), I have been based at Manchester since September 2013.

My research explores the changing geographies of global development, with a specific focus on South-South trade and the pharmaceutical industry. Originally from Ireland, I have lived in the USA (and now the UK) and conducted research for various periods of time in India, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and South Africa.

I currently have a major ESRC Future Research Leader Award to support my project on "India's pharmaceuticals, local production and public health security in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative study". This is a 3 year award (Sept. 2016-Aug. 2019) to conduct a comparative study of Indian pharmaceuticals and locally manufactured medicines in sub-Saharan Africa (also supported by a Hallsworth Research Fellowship from the Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester).

Biography

2016- Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy, ESRC Future Research Leader and Hallsworth Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester.

2015-Hallsworth Research Fellow, University of Manchester.

2013-2015 Lecturer in Globalisation, Trade and Industry (fixed-term), Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.

Areas of expertise

G Geography (General) - development studies

Research Networks and Beacons

Global inequalities

Education / academic qualifications

2011 - Master of Arts, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Clark University, Graduate School of Geography
2013 - Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Clark University, Graduate School of Geography
2007 - Bachelor of Arts, Two-Subject Moderatorship (Economics and Geography). First Class. Trinity College, Dublin, University of Dublin Trinity College