Author profile: Christopher Long

Christopher Long is a Lecturer in International Relations in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast.  His research is focused on political theory and the political dynamics at the intersections of security, biology and biotechnology with publications on sovereignty, resilience, the nature of molecular life and the securitisation of infectious disease outbreaks. He is the author of The Molecularisation of Security: Medical Countermeasures, Stockpiling and the Governance of Biological Threats (2022, Routledge).

Disease Surveillance in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Christopher Long • May 14 2025 • Articles

Diagnostic and epidemiological data, alongside environmental and biodiversity data, promises to provide a more holistic picture of how pathogens spread.

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