Author: René Umlauf

René Umlauf is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Martin Luther University in Halle (Germany). In 2015, René finished his PhD (University of Bayreuth), in which he examined the socio-technical as well as epistemological implications of newly introduced diagnostic tests for malaria in Uganda. His main research interest focuses on the conceptualization of ‘ecologies of testing’ and how these emerge and operate as part of Global Health programs.

René Umlauf

An Option with no Choice? The Role of Preventive Technologies in (Dis-)Locating a Malaria Epidemic

January, 2017 / By René Umlauf

In August 2016, during a science-meets-policy summit in Kampala’s famous Serena Hotel, a presentation on the (in-)effectiveness of so-called long-lasting […]