Felix Stein

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Global Health Financing Needs a Reset Bertrand Badré & Johanna Benesty propose ways to rethink aid, as dependence on a handful of budget-cutting donors threatens hard-won gains.

Global Health Financing Needs a Reset by Bertrand Badré, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/EuI6yhs Co-authored by the Boston Consulting group. So I'm guessing the 'powers that be' will pay attention. And @felixundstein.bsky.social :)

Those of us who have tried to research public-private partnerships will, I suspect, read these words by @davidallengreen.bsky.social and say Amen

Britain’s international aid cuts have failed. It’s time to change course Opinion: A systematic analysis of the U.K.'s decision to slash its aid budget one year on shows that none of the original justifications for the cuts stand up to scrutiny.

Britain’s international aid cuts have failed. It’s time to change course www.devex.com/news/britain...

Violent and non-violent death tolls for the Gaza conflict: new primary evidence from a population-representative field survey This first independent population survey of mortality in the Gaza Strip shows that violent deaths have substantially exceeded official figures whereas the demographic composition of casualties aligns ...

The new Lancet study on the genocide in Gaza finds that total deaths were 1.71 times higher than reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health as of January 2025.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

Had to post about this #restorativejustice #videogame..: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point - LSE Impact Data collected on UK universities’ use of social media shows academic engagement with X is at a tipping point with more institutions off the platform than on.

🗣️ "For those with the largest followings on X, it has been universities who are most reluctant to let go."

#AcademicSocialMedia #X

🌏 Celebrating World Anthropology Day 🌏
#Anthropology connects us to the stories, cultures & experiences of people everywhere. At the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology, we make sure this knowledge is open, free, and accessible to everyone!

#WorldAnthropologyDay #OpenAccess www.anthroencyclopedia.com

AI, Accountability, and Civilian Harm Mae Thompson speaks with Prof Luke Moffett, Dr Jessica Dorsey, and Chris Rogers about how artificial intelligence is already reshaping military decision making and what that means for civilian harm, a...

Our new podcast on #AI, accountability and civilian harm in armed conflict with @jessicadorsey.bsky.social Chris Rogers and I reflecting on AI-DSS, LAWS & #CHMR

lawpod.org/podcast/ai-a...

From Oxford University Press:

Our own market research, undertaken with 674 students in summer 2024, found that 94% were using AI to support their learning, a figure that aligns with broader sector data.

This is data from almost two years ago.

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Cultural Practices of Reparation: Aims and Case Studies  — REPAIR Kader Attia coined the famous dictum that ‘reparation is the awareness of the wound.’ Severe destruction and damages, such as those caused by violence, cultural death, natural catastrophes, or global ...

Join us tomorrow, 2pm CET for the #online talk by Prof. Markus Messling on "Cultural practices of #reparations". Prof. Messling runs the Käte Hamburger Centre: Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE). Tune in here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/cul...

The injustice in Chagos continues Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.

A history of #slavery & dispossession: The UK and the US were found responsible for crimes against humanity on Chagos Islands but so far there are no plans of #reparations or #justice for Indigenous people.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Reparative Grammar — REPAIR The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...

Join us tomorrow, 10am CET in person or online for the talk by Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis on "Reparative Grammar" and #reparations beyond injury. Find out more here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology is looking for a new Editorial Team. You can apply here: docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Could you please share this call? @anthroencyclo.bsky.social @aaas.org @anthrofuentes.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @histanthro.org @polar-journal.bsky.social

Ukrainian civilian casualties surged by 26% in 2025, say researchers Exclusive: Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure

Ukrainian civilian casualties surged by 26% in 2025, say researchers with 2,248 killed and 12,493 injured, and 33% more injured or killed in each srike in 2025 compared to 2024 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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The Open Encyclopedia of #Anthropology is looking for a new editorial team. Join us in strengthening #OpenAccess publishing and shaping the future of our discipline.

Applications welcome from individuals or groups.

Please share widely! 🌎🌍🌏

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Dutch anti-racism chief sees hope for reparations under new government The Netherlands' anti-racism chief is hopeful that the new Dutch government will discuss reparations for slavery and colonialism, years after official apologies were criticised by campaigners for fall...

The coalition agreement of the new centre-right Dutch government states that they will "actively promote societal awareness of the country's #colonial and #slavery past and its lasting impact" but does not mention the words #reparations or reparatory #justice.

www.reuters.com/world/dutch-...

Open Access Arguments and Reservations Open access has many advantages, e.g. increased visibility and citation frequency of documents and better findability via search engines.

As you know we're excited about #anthropology and about #openaccess. Here's an overview of arguments why open access (not only for anthropology) is so beneficial to the entire scientific community: open-access.network/en/informati...

Democracy Democracy is a system of governance and a value with a widespread presence worldwide. However, anthropological literature has shown that the transition to democracy articulates practices,…

The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology is #openaccess! Choose your Friday reading 🤓
Perhaps an entry on democracy? Here it is: anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/democr...

Measles Season Is Here. How Likely Are You to Recommend a Vaccine? - Science Politics While vaccination politics are centuries old, vaccine decisions today are treated like a consumer gadget — subject to the whims of brand loyalty and user experience.

This morning in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social Sanjay Basu discusses the past, present, and future confluences around vaccine dissonance. It's worth looking at history to understand opportunities for the future.

sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/06/m...

Join us online or in person for two lectures on #reparations later this month at the University of Amsterdam. Sign up here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures

Insurance companies, climate and health justice
cdn.who.int/media/docs/d... in WHO Bulletin - from a Commercial Determinants of health angle.

Reparative Grammar — REPAIR The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...

Join us for a hybrid lecture on #black #repair with one of the world's leading #reparations scholars: Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis. Wednesday 18th of February, 10am CET, in Amsterdam and online (sign-up below) www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

Reparative Grammar — REPAIR The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...

Join us for a hybrid lecture on #black #repair with one of the world's leading #reparations scholars: Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis. Wednesday 18th of February, 10am CET, in Amsterdam and online (sign-up below) www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

La Réunion : l’Assemblée nationale adopte à l’unanimité une proposition de loi de réparation pour les « enfants de la Creuse » Le texte prévoit la création d’une commission pour la mémoire, l’institution d’une journée nationale d’hommage et une allocation forfaitaire pour les victimes. Entre 1962 et 1984, 2 015 mineurs ont ét...

France adopts a #reparations bill for thousands of children who were forcibly relocated from Reunion island to mainland France between 1962-1984. The bill calls for a remembrance commission, a national day of tribute, and for #compensation through lump-sum payments.

www.lemonde.fr/outre-mer/ar...

Europe has greater responsibility in the WHO without the United States The US’s withdrawal from WHO makes Europe the system stabiliser in global health multilateralism, writes Ilona Kickbusch At the upcoming executive board meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO...

www.bmj.com/content/392/... by Ilona Kickbusch.

Update on Lives Lost from USAID Cuts In this blog, we report on an update to our earlier estimates of the potential mortality impacts of the administration’s aid cuts. A similar approach to our original estimates using financial data to ...

The projected death toll from USAID program cancellations is rising.

New analysis by @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @justsand.bsky.social finds current cuts could cost 1 million lives now, and even more with future reductions. More ⬇️
https://go.cgdev.org/4s0Z8w7