Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme (GHJ), funded by Höppsche Stiftung and directed by Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst and Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf

Duration of stay: October 2024 ­­– July 2025

Yijie Wang recently submitted her dissertation titled “Ethical framework for Global COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution” at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her current research project focuses on the topic of “Solidarity and Global Health in the Times of COVID-19”. In the age of COVID-19 characterized by extreme scarcity of medical resources, amplified social inequalities and injustices, and heightened protectionism of self-interest and partiality, it becomes imperative to reevaluate the very essence of solidarity. What is solidarity? Does it extend globally? What role does solidarity play in the realm of global health? What are the foundations of solidarity during a pandemic? Why does the call for solidarity often fall short? In light of COVID-19, how can we have new perspectives for reimagining global solidarity in the context of global health emergencies? Answering these questions delves into the multifaceted dimensions of solidarity during the age of COVID-19, exploring its global scope, significance in global health, underlying sources, challenges, and the transformative potential that the pandemic might bring to the concept of global solidarity. Through a critical examination of these questions, Wangs research aims to contribute valuable insights to the ongoing discourse on conceptualizing solidarity in the realm of global health.

Selected Publications:
2017. “Is Mill’s harm principle an abstract principle?” Chinese and Foreign Humanism Research (10): 48-66.