Island kids in Fiji can’t get to school because boat fuel prices have skyrocketed. They have a message for world leaders.

If you missed it, you can watch it here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/why-sustaina...

Why Sustainability in Health Care Cannot Be Implemented: From Implementation Failure to Ongoing Mediation Guest Talk by Prof Eivind Engebretsen Sustainability in health care is widely framed as a problem of implementation: policies are designed, evidence is assembled, and failure is diagnosed when action...

Looking forward to this guest talk tomorrow by @eivinden.bsky.social for our MSc students, part of the Sustainability in Healthcare module. Join in person or online

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Tinde pelsullgarn, rød - Hillesvåg ullvarefabrikk Kjøp Tinde pelsullgarn, rød på nett hos Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk. Strikkefasthet: 22 m x 29 p = 10 x 10 cm på pinne 4mm. Leveres i hesper à 100g. Garnet er

This? I will make the crochet version! ull.no/produkt/tind...

A clean setup with the #RatsOfConfluence, complete with sticky wall, singing bowl and multicoloured card. Brilliantly timed ahead of Thursday’s Creative Facilitation event www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

New paper on grassroots indicators – Eivind Engebretsen We need to rethink how we measure pandemic preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a striking gap between how preparedness was measured before the crisis and how countries actually performed durin...

We must rethink how we measure pandemic preparedness.

Our new paper: www.ijhpm.com/article_4826...

Key takeaways on my blog: eivindengebretsen.com/new-paper-on...

@helenclarknz.bsky.social

Physician associates and anaesthetic associates in UK: rapid systematic review of recent UK based research Objective To summarise research on the efficacy and safety of UK physician associates and anaesthetic associates in the context of an ongoing policy review. Design Rapid systematic review. Search st...

Here’s ten of the best papers I published this year (thread).
1. A rapid systematic review of the UK literature on physician associates. With @martinmckee.bsky.social
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Same evidence. Different guidelines.
Not a science problem—a translation problem.

Medicine needs the humanities more than ever.

I’m blogging about why👇
@monabaker11.bsky.social
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
#AcademicSky

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In my latest blog, I share news about @monabaker11.bsky.social and my upcoming book project, 'Beyond the Bedside: Reimagining Narrative Medicine for Knowledge Translation in Reproductive Health', due next year, along with related events @cambridge.org

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Indeed!😅

Brilliantly!!🤩

My brilliant PhD student Hil Vandeskog is defending her thesis today. The thesis - Out of text, out of mind? -explores intertextualities in the domain of “gender” of NGO texts and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Important work! @monabaker11.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

I'm excited to announce the launch of our new Circle U. | Eivind Engebretsen I'm excited to announce the launch of our new Circle U. (European University Alliance) Sustainability Module: Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Sustainable Societal Impact – An Introduction to...

🎉I'm excited to announce the launch of our new @circleu.bsky.social Course:

Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Sustainable Societal Impact – An Introduction to Translational Medical Humanities

#AcademicSky #MedSky

@kevinguillaume.bsky.social

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HOMESICK Project Awarded Major Research Grant - SUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit We are delighted to announce that the research project

🎉Excited to share our new grant on sustainable home-hospital services for immigrants—exploring the boundaries between home, hospital, and hospitality through the philosophies of B Cassin, J Derrida ao. #academicsky @uio.no @uio-oceh.bsky.social @oslomet.bsky.social

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Congratulations!!!🎉🎊

Our new paper ⬇️⬇️

Educating healthcare students in the Sustainable Development Goals: from translational science to translational humanities Healthcare courses typically approach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) education from a ‘translational science’ perspective. Students are taught about ‘evidence-based’ interventions, which are dev...

Our new paper - Educating healthcare students in the Sustainable Development Goals: from translational science to translational humanities in @bmj.com Medical Humanities #AcademicSky #envhum @medicalhumanity12.bsky.social

@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

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My new paper "Beyond the Bedside: Re-imagining Narrative Medicine for Knowledge Translation". I argue that narrative processes are crucial at every stage of translational work, from bench to bedside @monabaker11.bsky.social #AcademicSky

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The Dean's Corner: Open Campus Status – Looking Forward - Circle U. How are we building a more connected, future-ready European university? Read Eivind Engebretsen's take on the latest Open Campus development and future outcomes.

In the «Dean’s Corner» I share the latest developments from the @circleu.bsky.social Open Campus @kevinguillaume.bsky.social @danbanik.bsky.social @beatesjafjell.bsky.social #AcademicSky

www.circle-u.eu/news/2025/th...

How concepts guide policy: an ethnographic study of the meaning making of ‘appropriate care’ in Dutch healthcare Concepts, such as value-based healthcare, patient-centered care and integrated care, are used to guide and govern healthcare structures and services. …

New paper led by my excellent Dutch colleagues Britt Kraaijeveld Sietse Wieringa & Jet Bussemaker

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Postdoc in medical anthropology/STS - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Interacting Minds Centre (IMC), Aarhus Universitet

📣 Come work with us at @interacting-minds.bsky.social to ethnographically explore how the shift from animal to human-based research models shapes science and society.
International applicants most welcome 🤗
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Developing interdisciplinary sustainability modules - Circle U. Sustainability challenges today demand creative, cross-cutting solutions – exactly what Circle U. aims to cultivate through its collaborative education initiatives.

Read about our interdisciplinary sustainability modules for undergraduates across @circleu.bsky.social - incl. @beatesjafjell.bsky.social 's excellent course on Corporate Sustainability Law @kevinguillaume.bsky.social

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The responsibility of health: shifting the focus from individuals to systems Social determinants of health, although widely acknowledged, tend to be poorly translated into policy. Health programme initiatives too often underline individual accountability, which reinforces a fl...

A Circle U.-funded research network just published in The Lancet Public Health! Their work explores social vs. individual responsibility in health promotion. A great example of interdisciplinary collaboration fostered by Circle U. 👏

Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/mpv8fhyy

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The responsibility of health: shifting the focus from individuals to systems Social determinants of health, although widely acknowledged, tend to be poorly translated into policy. Health programme initiatives too often underline individual accountability, which reinforces a fl...

Our new comment, co-authored with @circleu.bsky.social colleagues and inspired by conversations at our summer school: The responsibility of health: shifting the focus from individuals to systems - The Lancet Public Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Missed SDG targets: from ‘trying harder’ to engaging critically with paradox and conflict This article explores a radical hypothesis: that our repeated failure to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) signals something inherently paradoxical within the current approach, sugge...

Our new paper (with @eivinden.bsky.social) just out:

Missed SDG targets: from ‘trying harder’ to engaging critically with paradox and conflict

#medsky #episky #academicsky 🧪

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Congratulations again to @pattyvillarrubia.bsky.social and co-authors for this important article on #plastic pollution and #planetaryboundaries!

Gratulerer med dagen! I dag feires nasjonaldag i hele Sápmi.

Lihkku beivvin! Og med ønske om at staten Norge tar seg kraftig sammen - det har vært en dårlig periode med tanke på respekt for det samiske folkets kultur og rettigheter. www.nrk.no/ytring/gratu...

European Conference on Social Medicine - Institute of Health and Society The organizing committee is excited to welcome you to Oslo, Norway in June 2025 for a conference gathering colleagues working at the intersection of biomedical science and the social sciences and huma...

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