Webinars
Especially during the time of the so-called pandemic restrictions in 2020-2022, webinars all of a sudden became a thing. However, being based in Switzerland and yet working often in an international collaborative environment, Re-Check happens to join as a speaker such online training events in any case. Here you’ll find a selection of our presentations that are available on the web in open access.
27-29 June 2023 We joined the 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6). The recording of our presentation “Understanding Ghost Management” is available, along with the other presentations of the members of our research group, here.
27-29 April 2022 Re-Check participated to the symposium “Analyzing Ghost-management: Dynamics of Corporate Power in a Risk Society”. The recording of our presentation “Mapping Ghost Management at Work in the Biopharmaceutical Sector, Public Health, and the Surveillance-Industrial Complex” is available, along with the other panels, here.
2-4 November 2021 For the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) Conference, held online, Catherine Riva and Serena Tinari participated to two health panels, both available in open access, in English: one with Fabiola Torres, and one with Syed Nazakat.
29 June 2021 Serena Tinari joined a GIJN Webinar for the launching of the #GIJNHealthGuide written by Re-Check: “Public Health: investigating Big Pharma influence”. Speakers: Juan Gervas, Fabiola Torres. Moderator: GIJN Spanish editor Andrea Arzaba. Recordings available in Spanish.
26 May 2021 GIJN en français organised a webinar to launch the French version of the #GIJNHealthGuide written by Re-Check: “Public Health: investigating Big Pharma influence”. Speakers: Catherine Riva, Marc-André Gagnon, Hanène Zbiss Zbiss and Anne Chailleu of Formindep. Moderation by GIJN’s French editor Marthe Rubio. From revolving doors to ghost management, to the science of the influence, plenty of resources and background were packed into a rich session. Recording available here.
6 May 2021 Online presentation by Catherine Riva on conflicts of interest and ghost management during a teaching session for junior family doctors and general practitioners. On invitation by Professor Paul Frappé, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saint-Etienne (F). Catherine’s presentation is available here.
19 March 2021 Re-Check joined “Behind The Mask. Whistleblowing During the Pandemic” a free live-streamed conference organized by Disruption Network Lab. Panel “Digging Deeper into Healthcare: The Vaccine Rollout, Pandemic Journalism & Corruption” with Serena Tinari, Alexander Nanau and Sarah Steingrüber, moderated by Transparency International’s Jonathan Cushing. And the workshop “Get Your Numbers Straight: Making Sense of Health Data” with Serena Tinari.
3 December 2020 Serena Tinari joined Peter Doshi for a webinar organised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and moderated by Le Monde’s investigative journalist Stéphane Horel: “Investigating the pandemic: Behind the COVID-19 vaccine race”. Recordings available here.
21 November 2020 Catherine Riva and Serena Tinari joined the Misinformation in Medicine Summit with a webinar organised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and moderated by GIJN program director Anne Koch: “Investigating health and medicine: strategies and tips for better reporting”. Recordings available here.
7 May 2020 Presentation by Serena Tinari at the webinar “Evaluating the Evidence” organised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) as part of its “Investigating the Pandemic” webinar series. With Tom Jefferson (MD and Clinical Epidemiologist) and Carl Heneghan (MD and Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine). Recordings available here.
29 April 2020 Presentation by Catherine Riva at the webinar “Journalistes: comment avoir une approche scientifique? (Journalists: How to take a scientific approach)” organized by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN en français) as part of its webinar series “Enquêter sur la pandémie (Investigating the pandemic)”. With Yvan Pandelé of Heidi News. Recordings (in French) available here.
