Robert Borst

Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

Profoundly important essay

By constantly reacting to Trump’s fascist acts, we are losing our minds

We must instead find passions of our own, imagine a better world, and mobilize & organize

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

American hubris on full display

Sad to see this common framing in many US op-eds on WHO:

1. US the world 'leader' in global health
2. Without US, WHO and everything falls apart
3. US should have 'leverage' and power via WHO
4. US national & security interests are key
5. US should keep China away

Must I Grow a Pair of Balls to Theorize about Theory in Organization and Management Studies? - Ann L Cunliffe, 2022 This essay is a provocation to debate. I argue that work in organization and management studies addressing how to theorize and construct ‘good’ theory is inhere...

"Must I Grow a Pair of Balls to Theorize about Theory in Org and Mgt Studies?"

Attacks prevailing standards about what is a good theory ("ontological blindness, epistemological defensiveness, hegemonic masculinity and myopic self-referentiality").

#academicsky

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A note on AI usage A note on AI usage I genuinely want you to succeed in this class. One of my very favorite things about my job as a professor is when students are succeeding and I feel like I helped. I want you to suc...

hey bluesky, in case anyone's interested, I wrote this for my students about why I don't want them to use anything AI in my classes. It interrupts the course calendar part of the syllabus, coming immediately after the first day there's a writing assignment assigned.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Applications are now open for the Joint PhD Programme for #GlobalHealth from LSHTM & Nagasaki University

This international collaboration connects students with a global community of researchers in the UK and Japan.

Apply by 10 January 2025 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...

A matter of culture? Conceptualizing and investigating “Evidence Cultures” within research on evidence-informed policymaking Abstract. This paper conceptualizes the notion of “evidence culture” in evidence-informed policymaking by surveying existing literature that either specifi

New bibliometric analysis explores cultures of evidence across diverse research. I found diff btwn health evidence culture (focusing on gaps btwn research & policy/practice) & enviro research (focusing on gaps btwn research-policy elites from local communities) fascinating: doi.org/10.1093/pols...

RE: “WHO MADE JOHN SNOW A HERO?” Nancy Krieger; RE: “WHO MADE JOHN SNOW A HERO?”, American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 135, Issue 4, 15 February 1992, Pages 450–451, https://doi.org/10

This is an iconic reading, although not strictly about causality: academic.oup.com/aje/article/... But this one is: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

This is fantastic! Thank you 🙏🏼

One more week to submit an abstract and one-page CV to museum.fk@ugm.ac.id (preferably in English)

When the entire system is built to be reliable, it may not be very resilient. We were witnesses to a rare, severe Shinkansen 🚄🇯🇵disruption yesterday and noted that the train system is not at all designed for this #HSR2024 #healthsystemsresilience #inspiration

Apoliticism is an absolute illusion, dishonest to the inequities and power differences that are there

A, en jij?

Gegeven dat ik geen oproep zal ontvangen is mijn keuze niet belangrijk ;) Ik ben wel benieuwd naar wat (potentiële) gebruikers van deze screening zelf denken.

Wat is de catch? Stel dat je meeweegt hoe vrouwen screening ervaren, er vanuit gaande dat A minder intensief is, dan wordt de 1 extra dode op iedere 1000 vrouwen wel in een ander daglicht geplaatst.

Following the Slido mayhem at #hsr2024 yesterday afternoon, Qs are now being moderated. It was fun while it lasted :) #socialevent

After a disgruntled eXit some time ago, it feels really good to re-join the digital health policy and systems research community. I’ve missed you! #fomo #hsr2024