Dr Scarlett McArdle, University of Lincoln, College of Social Science, Lincoln Law School, UoL CoSS Research

In this paper we will explore issues related to the governance of inter-organisational relationships in the field of global health – taking the multi-layered response to the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak as our point of departure. We note that, ideally organisations engaged in global health activity would have a clear set of governance rules that would guide their behaviours, and set expectations for collaborating with other organisations, though this is rarely the case. More broadly, we highlight that there is no overarching set of principles that would cover all the possible ways in which collaborations can take place. We conclude by suggesting some principles to guide collaboration between organisations engaged in global health in the future.


University of Lincoln, College of Social Science

Dr Scarlett McArdle, University of Lincoln, Lincoln Law School