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Eivind Engebretsen

@eivinden.bsky.social

Dean of Circle U. European University Alliance Ι Professor & Head of the Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT), University of Oslo Ι Medical Humanities Scholar

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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...

16.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

13.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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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

28.12.2025 18:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

21.12.2025 14:01 — 👍 47    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 1
Why Medicine Needs the Humanities - Eivind Engebretsen An IVF case highlights how differing guidelines stem from interpretation—and why medical humanities are crucial for meaningful knowledge translation.

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

eivindengebretsen.com/why-medicine...

26.11.2025 12:48 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
BEYOND THE BEDSIDE: REIMAGINING NARRATIVE MEDICINE FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH - Eivind Engebretsen 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. We often talk about “following the science,” yet our KNOWIT team’s research shows that true knowledge translation goes beyond moving...

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

eivindengebretsen.com/%f0%9d%90%81...

06.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Indeed!😅

21.08.2025 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Brilliantly!!🤩

21.08.2025 19:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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

21.08.2025 09:08 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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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

www.linkedin.com/posts/eivind...

24.06.2025 11:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

www.med.uio.no/sustainit/en...

23.06.2025 09:53 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Congratulations!!!🎉🎊

19.06.2025 21:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Our new paper ⬇️⬇️

09.06.2025 13:42 — 👍 15    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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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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09.06.2025 10:46 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
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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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03.06.2025 15:52 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

24.05.2025 06:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.05.2025 19:49 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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 🤗
health.au.dk/om-health/le...

14.03.2025 20:13 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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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

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

22.03.2025 17:40 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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

#AcademicSky #GlobalHealth​

06.03.2025 10:35 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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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...

04.03.2025 16:39 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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 🧪

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

13.02.2025 17:36 — 👍 21    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

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

12.01.2025 09:58 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

06.02.2025 09:36 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

Sorry, www.med.uio.no/helsam/engli...

04.02.2025 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

No link?

04.02.2025 18:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Circle U. stands with the students and academic community of the University of Belgrade. We strongly support their engagement and the protection of academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Any attempt to undermine these principles is unacceptable.

Read our statement here 👉 tinyurl.com/27ds26br

29.01.2025 14:32 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

Go Nature! Truth to power.

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Follow the leader: How the science of migrating fish can build better communities

Someone wrote about the island in Fiji where my son Rob lives. Conservation of marine environments must be linked to sustainability of local communities (whose livelihood depends heavily fishing).

lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/janu...

04.02.2025 06:07 — 👍 96    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0
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Impacts of Fracking in North & South America: Resources in English & Spanish photo credit: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2017Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses serious health and environmental hazards. These hazards have been documented and explored in hundreds of peer...

Webinar 16 March Impacts of Fracking in North & South America: Resources in English & Spanish organised by Collaborative Health & Environment and featuring contribution by @nvp-tdi.bsky.social healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
@eivinden.bsky.social @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social

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