Eugene Richardson, MD, PhD

Climate Change, Loss and Damage, and Habitability • The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute Join Eugene Richardson, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital for a discussion on...

Join us for a seminar on #Climate Change, #LossAndDamage, and #Habitability. Nov 5 at 5:30pm ET @harvard.edu

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Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s As they flew above Yu Suzuki’s innovative, psychedelic 3D landscapes combating space dragons and alien rock monsters, the moving arcade cabinet would physically involve players in the action

Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s

Our new theory of COUNTERADAPTATION
with @juemos.bsky.social

Preprint available here:
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New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year.

Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.

Is "Social Science" an Oxymoron? Will That Ever Change?

Is "Social Science" an Oxymoron?

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Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump

“The most powerful, well-heeled institutions of higher education in this country are cutting deals with the Trump administration that undermine the future of higher education.”

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

#DefendHigherEd

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

Today's good news.

I am proud to have written one of the expert reports supporting the people of Vanuatu.
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Uneven Ground: Inequality and Planetary Health Can we afford the consumption patterns of the super-rich? Or does human and planetary wellbeing require us to drastically reduce inequality?

Uneven ground: Inequality and planetary health

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Nations who fail to curb fossil fuels could be ordered to pay reparations, top UN court rules Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitution

“Nations who fail to curb fossil fuels could be ordered to pay reparations, top UN court rules.
Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitution.” #ClimateCrisis

This July 4, the Ultimate Act of Patriotism Is Calling for Reparations Robert Wood Johnson Foundation head Dr. Richard E. Besser and board member Ryan P. Haygood call for the fulfillment of America’s promise.

This July 4, the Ultimate Act of Patriotism Is Calling for Reparations.

Read @ryanphaygood.bsky.social and Dr Rich Besser’s important OpEd -a call to for America to live up to its promise.

wordinblack.com/2025/07/ulti...

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

The rise of end times fascism. An essay by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery

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Please join me next week for a virtual book talk on THE BIG MYTH at the Harvard Kennedy School:
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

People protest calling for climate reparations

The nations that are most vulnerable to the climate crisis are being offered paltry sums that are disproportionate to both the loss and damage endured and their contribution to the problem.

What would a fairer response look like?
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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor...there is no other way."

Redefining implementation science for global health decolonisation Global health is at a critical juncture due to recent shifts in foreign policies of high-income countries, especially US policies under the new Trump administration. Global health researchers, advocac...

This call for papers misses the mark by not even mentioning #reparations -- No amount of implementation science will achieve global health equity without them. This is what elite capture of the decolonization space looks like.

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The cover of the April 2025 issue of The Lancet Global Health, showing a photograph of two surgeons at work

The April issue is live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Featuring papers on the causes of maternal death www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... and outcomes after surgery in Latin America www.thelancet.com/journals/lan..., plus our must-read Series on clinical trials www.thelancet.com/series/clini...

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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.

If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.

Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity The McGill School of Population and Global Health is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The nomination deadline is Sunday, June 8th, 2025. Paul Farmer, ...

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca

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We're looking for a new Division Chief in Adult ID at Stanford. We have a great ID/Medicine family here and the division has been growing by leaps and bounds. We also have great Pedi ID, Micro, Immunology and Transplant teams. Please share!

Towards Relationality in Infectious Disease Research This perspective highlights the importance of relationality as a methodological framework for understanding the linkages between climate change, colonialis

🧪 Elliott Chemberlin, Kate Duchowny, Jaidyn Probst, @a-punk.bsky.social & Grace Noppert illustrate a generalized concept of relationality, an interdependence of ecological and human health, that is applicable to infectious disease research myumi.ch/QwrXj

dog sitting in burning room meme, but instead of "this is fine" dog is saying "write more grants"

university leadership in the US right now

The End of Progressive Neoliberalism - Dissent Magazine In a moment of political upheaval, it is up to the left to reject the false choices on offer and seize upon widespread discontent to redefine the terms of debate.

The End of Progressive Neoliberalism | Nancy Fraser

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The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note | Sheldon Pollock Like a mob boss, the government threatens to cut off two of the university’s fingers: academic freedom and faculty governance

The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note | Sheldon Pollock

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US exits fund that compensates poorer countries for global heating Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nations

The US has played a big role in causing the climate crisis, but now refuses to be a part of the loss & damage fund which compensates Global South countries

"US, the biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, will no longer participate in the initiative"

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Plundering Africa - Income deflation and unequal ecological exchange under structural adjustment programmes - ROAPE Presenting new research, Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel mount a devastating critique of the impact of structural adjustment in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on recent data on Africa’s materi...

In this new piece we show that as the imperial core imposed structural adjustment programs on Africa, Africans were forced to consume less while their surplus resources were transferred instead out to the capitalist world economy effectively *for free*. roape.net/2025/02/28/p...