Robert Borst
robertborst.bsky.social
Robert Borst
@robertborst.bsky.social
Global health systems resilience and Science and Technology Studies scholar at Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management. Particular interest in knowledge translation and anything mundane.
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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...
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
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February 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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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
January 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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"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

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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...
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December 20, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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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...
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...
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December 12, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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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...
December 5, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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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...
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
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November 29, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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One more week to submit an abstract and one-page CV to museum.fk@ugm.ac.id (preferably in English)
November 24, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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
November 23, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Following the Slido mayhem at #hsr2024 yesterday afternoon, Qs are now being moderated. It was fun while it lasted :) #socialevent
November 20, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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
November 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM