TY - JOUR T1 - Dialogical reflexivity towards collective action to transform global health JF - BMJ Global Health JO - BMJ Global Health DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006825 VL - 6 IS - 8 SP - e006825 AU - Harvy Joy Liwanag AU - Emma Rhule Y1 - 2021/08/01 UR - http://gh.bmj.com/content/6/8/e006825.abstract N2 - Summary boxDecolonising global health has gained momentum in recent years and has called for more reflexive individuals.However, the call to be reflexive may run the risk of becoming lip service without clarity on what reflexivity requires.We diverge from reflexivity’s usual place in qualitative research, bring it closer to individual positionalities and frame it as comprising of: (a) self-understanding; (b) dialogue with peers; and (c) insights-to-action.We argue that reflexivity that is either in isolation or without action will not contribute to global health transformation.We present insights and action points from our journeys in global health to demonstrate examples of what may emerge from dialogical reflexivity as we have framed it here.We call on peers to build a culture of reflexivity by sparking dialogues in their institutions and translating their insights into collective action.The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on existing systemic inequities, both in terms of health inequity and broader socio-economic inequities.1 There have been calls globally not just to build back better but to do so in a way that dismantles structural inequities.2 Abimbola et al3 have outlined facets of supremacy, encompassing coloniality, patriarchy, racism, white supremacy and saviourism, that together maintain power asymmetries and privilege within global health. The push-back against these inequities is perhaps most visible in the many calls to ‘decolonise global health’.4–7 While there is currently no unified definition of what it would mean to decolonise global health, in its broadest sense it has been described as the ‘imperative of problematising coloniality’.8 Over the past 18 months, ‘decolonising global health’ has gained pace as a collection of activist movements that seek to transition from the theoretical to the practical. While differing in approach9–11 they are unified by the impetus to actively deconstruct ingrained systems … ER -