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Eivind Engebretsen
@eivinden.bsky.social
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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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Same evidence. Different guidelines.
Not a science problem—a translation problem.

Medicine needs the humanities more than ever.

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

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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.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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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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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...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
eivinden.bsky.social
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
August 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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🎉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

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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...
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June 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🎉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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HOMESICK Project Awarded Major Research Grant - SUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit
We are delighted to announce that the research project
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June 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Our new paper ⬇️⬇️
June 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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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

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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...
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June 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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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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June 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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

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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.
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May 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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New paper led by my excellent Dutch colleagues Britt Kraaijeveld Sietse Wieringa & Jet Bussemaker

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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. …
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May 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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📣 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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Postdoc in medical anthropology/STS - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Interacting Minds Centre (IMC), Aarhus Universitet
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March 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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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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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.
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March 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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circleu.bsky.social
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...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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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...
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...
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March 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
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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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...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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beatesjafjell.bsky.social
Congratulations again to @pattyvillarrubia.bsky.social and co-authors for this important article on #plastic pollution and #planetaryboundaries!
sthlmresilience.bsky.social Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · Dec 26
Plastic pollution worsens the impacts on all planetary boundaries.

From accelerating climate change to driving ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, plastic pollution amplifies global crises.

Third place of most read articles in 2024!

Read more: https://buff.ly/3YGfKeV
January 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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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...
Gratulerer med dagen!
I dag feires nasjonaldag i hele Sápmi.
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February 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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circleu.bsky.social
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
January 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Go Nature! Truth to power.
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A Comment article in Nature Medicine argues that clinical research should recruit participants from LGBTQIA+ populations, which requires specific actions and policies to create affirming and welcoming environments. https://go.nature.com/3WILuQi 🧪
Historically underrepresented in clinical studies, LGBTQIA+ people face systemic barriers that perpetuate health inequities and hinder the advancement of medical knowledge tailored to their needs.
February 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
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).

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Follow the leader: How the science of migrating fish can build better communities
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February 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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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...
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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...
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January 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Check out the new blog from Rector Svein Stølen, Vice-Rector Bjørn Stensaker, and me to discover how @circleu.bsky.social and other university alliances are transforming student mobility—and our vision for the Circle U. Open Campus! #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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Mobility in New Ways – Circle U. and European University Alliances - Universitetet i Oslo
Circle U. and other university alliances are paving the way for a new form of European collaboration in higher education, where diversity, flexibility, and student engagement are key elements.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Pleased to announce the panel 'At the Intersection of Reproductive Health and Translation: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Sustainability', convened by Julie Boéri @eivinden.bsky.social and myself has been accepted at the #IATIS8 conference in Oman
January 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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As a Circle U. student, you can now study at multiple top universities simultaneously. Read about the Circle U. Open Campus here #AcademicSky

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This is the Circle U. Open Campus
What is Circle U.? Circle U.
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January 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM