Dr Megan Arthur
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About
Overview
Megan Arthur is an interdisciplinary qualitative researcher working at the intersection of social policy and public health. Her research investigates governance and policymaking at multiple levels that shape the social and environmental determinants of health equity, including in food, climate, and health policy domains, and how these are mediated by political, economic, and commercial environments.
Employment
- Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, May 2025 - present
Publications
Publications by category
Chapter
- Prasad, V., Arthur, M., Sundararaman, T. and Murugan, G. (2018). Technical agencies and nutrition governance in India: Power and influence in the context of contested approaches. Global Health Governance and Commercialisation in India Actors Institutions and the Dialectics of Global and Local (pp. 29-54).
Conference paper and proceedings
- Friel, S., Hunnisett, C., Faerron Guzmán, C.A. and Arthur, M. Governance for planetary health equity—the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse project. .doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00080-9
Journal articles (13)
- Schram, A., Carrad, A., Townsend, B., Harris, P., Baum, F., Rychetnik, L.... Friel, S. (2025). Doing (and undoing) privilege: evaluating how public policy drives health inequities. Critical Public Health, 35(1). doi:10.1080/09581596.2025.2474078
- Arthur, M., Godziewski, C., Sievert, K., Boddington, S., Carrad, A., Dalla Libera Marchiori, G.... Workman, A. (2025). Future directions for early career researchers in planetary health equity. Earth System Governance, 24, pp. 100245-100245. doi:10.1016/j.esg.2025.100245
- Arthur, M., Frank, N., Chakma, A. and Friel, S. (2024). Climate change mitigation policy for planetary health equity? An automated content analysis of countries’ nationally determined contribution reports. Environmental Research Letters, 19(11), pp. 114032-114032. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad7edf
- Friel, S., Trebeck, K., Frank, N., Demaio, S., Arthur, M., Hunnisett, C.... Nona, F. (2024). Priorities for planetary health equity in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(5), pp. 236-238. doi:10.5694/mja2.52397
- Friel, S., Schram, A., Frank, N., Arthur, M., Townsend, B. and Gajurel, H. (2024). Financialisation: a 21st century commercial determinant of health equity. The Lancet Public Health, 9(9), pp. e705-e708. doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00187-7
- Frank, N., Friel, S. and Arthur, M. (2024). Exploring the planetary health equity governance supercluster complex. Earth System Governance, 20, pp. 100207-100207. doi:10.1016/j.esg.2024.100207
- Frank, N., Arthur, M. and Friel, S. (2024). Shaping planetary health inequities: the political economy of the Australian growth model. New Political Economy, 29(2), pp. 273-287. doi:10.1080/13563467.2023.2242796
- Arthur, M., Saha, R. and Kapilashrami, A. (2023). Community participation and stakeholder engagement in determining health service coverage: A systematic review and framework synthesis to assess effectiveness. Journal of Global Health, 13. doi:10.7189/jogh.13.04034
- Bandola-Gill, J., Arthur, M. and Leng, R.I. (2023). What is co-production? Conceptualising and understanding co-production of knowledge and policy across different theoretical perspectives. Evidence & Policy, 19(2), pp. 275-298. doi:10.1332/174426421x16420955772641
- Friel, S., Arthur, M. and Frank, N. (2022). Power and the planetary health equity crisis. The Lancet, 400(10358), pp. 1085-1087. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01544-6
- Arthur, M., Earle, A., Raub, A., Vincent, I., Atabay, E., Latz, I.... Heymann, J. (2018). Child Marriage Laws around the World: Minimum Marriage Age, Legal Exceptions, and Gender Disparities. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 39(1), pp. 51-74. doi:10.1080/1554477x.2017.1375786
- Arthur, M. (2017). How Politics Makes Us Sick: Neoliberal Epidemics. By TedSchrecker and ClareBambraBasingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. ISBN 978‐1‐137‐46306‐7; £60 (hbk). Social Policy & Administration, 51(3), pp. 543-545. doi:10.1111/spol.12302
- Arthur, M.A.M., Battat, R. and Brewer, T.F. (2011). Teaching the Basics: Core Competencies in Global Health. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 25(2), pp. 347-358. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2011.02.013