Op Prinsjesdag draag ik de kleuren van de watermeloen: symbool van solidariteit met het Palestijnse volk. Want terwijl de Koning ons land toespreekt, vindt in Gaza een verschrikkelijke genocide plaats. Kinderen, gezinnen en journalisten worden uitgehongerd en vermoord. Alle ogen moeten op Gaza! 1/3

Excited to be invited to speak at Cambridge Zero's Safer Environments symposium on 6 Nov 🌍✨ I’ll be discussing zoonotic disease dynamics in forced migration alongside other colleagues tackling the intersections of infectious disease and climate - event details 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...

Latest blog highlights how effective prevention and response to zoonoses in forced migration requires a broader, more inclusive, and equitable interpretation of the One Health approach, grounded in evidence, cultural sensitivity, and ethical justification www.cabidigitallibrary.org/do/10.5555/b...

📣 Call for papers! We're inviting submissions for the virtual workshop 'After Sendai: Governing Catastrophic Risks in the Emerging Global Order' (11–12 May 2026) followed by a special issue edited by Kennedy Mbeva, Elena Kavanagh & Reuben Makomere More details here: shorturl.at/EVHGB

More than half a million people in #Gaza are trapped in famine, according to a new IPC analysis. Famine is confirmed when three critical thresholds – extreme food deprivation, acute malnutrition and starvation-related deaths – have been breached. Read more: ow.ly/h3wb50WK7B2

At the #IARC2025, Dorien Braam will explore how evolving legal and geopolitical developments could support expanding international humanitarian law to include nonhuman animals and address interspecies injustices.▶ ar-conference.org/dorien_braam #AnimalRights #AnimalLiberation #AnimalRightsConference

In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Animal welfare, labour migration and zoonotic disease: revisiting the global health risks of interspecies' exploitation from the working paper co-developed with @iom.int migrationhealthresearch.iom.int/migrant-work...

Next week at #ECMN25 @ununiversity.bsky.social: ‘Moving Together: climate change, mobility, and the impact on human and non-human animal health’, as the well-being of species is interconnected, facilitating animals in #climatemobility is critical for #OneHealth www.climatemobilities.network/ecmn25/

“It is a death trap costing more lives than it saves,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini about the US-Israeli aid distribution mechanism in #Gaza. Hunger should never come with a death sentence.

At a time of record displacement and shrinking support, we always choose solidarity over silence. This #WorldRefugeeDay, we honour refugees not just with our words, but with action, empathy and unwavering support.

Kom je ook op 24 juni naar GazaBeach op het Noorderstrand nabij Scheveningen Haven? Meld je hier aan! www.gazabeach.nl/contact

Staffed by armed contractors instead of experienced humanitarians, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s militarized aid model has rightly been condemned by the U.N., Oxfam, and others for violating core humanitarian principles.

As Research Affiliate at the @cser.bsky.social I will be connecting my work on #OneHealth in the context of #forcedmigration and complex emergencies with broader questions around global catastrophic risk and long-term resilience - looking forward to exploring new collaborations!

Local communities are the first responders before emergency services and humanitarian actors arrive after disasters - decolonizing aid needs to support self-determination, hopefully we will see more of this at conference.ihsa.info; a resource list to start: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2022...

On this day in 1933, Nazis looted the Institute of Sexology to then burn what they had taken a few days later. The Institute carried out vital pioneering work RE understanding trans people and supported calls for equality for gay & transgender people and women. More here: hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...

My latest paper is out, exploring the opportunities for applying a more inclusive, holistic #OneHealth approach in #forcedmigration contexts, extending moral concern to non-human lives to guide more inclusive and equitable #humanitarian responses www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...

International humanitarian law excludes animals from protection; as disasters and conflict intensify, it’s crucial to rethink legal & practical frameworks to include animals, ensuring more inclusive, equitable & effective humanitarian responses. #IHL #AnimalWelfare www.alaw.org.uk/blog/2025/04...

Here's a dose of good news for #WorldImmunizationWeek. Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last five decades. Amid funding crises and conflicts, see how we stay and deliver for children. www.unicef.org/take-action/...

All 25 supported bakeries in Gaza have now shut down. As the blockade on Gaza continues for over a month, people face growing risks of severe hunger, malnutrition, and lack of adequate health care. Urgent humanitarian access is critical to resume lifesaving services #ceasefire

Glad to see the inclusion of #OneHealth in the draft #PandemicAccord - and grateful to the Action for Animal Health Coalition for letting us be part of their advocacy efforts actionforanimalhealth.org/wp-content/u...

Palestijnse burgers worden afgeslacht en de Nederlandse regering kijkt toe 💔 Mensen lijden honger en dorst. Hele families worden weggevaagd bij bombardementen. Hulpverleners en journalisten zijn doelwit. We blijven de regering vragen: wat gaat Nederland doen tegen de Israëlische oorlogsmisdaden?

🏥 True Cut: Biopsies from the hidden heart of healthcare Join us for a workshop about making and living with mistakes, with surgeon, educator and writer David Alderson and visual artist Kirsten Lavers Saturday 3 May, 2-4.30pm at the Alison Richard Building, Cambridge Info at buff.ly/s4bpqWi 1/5

Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately. Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i

My review of a great book: 'The Climate Crisis and Other Animals' by Richard Twine (2024) was published today by @cambridgeup.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/awf....

It's such a pleasure being here @nyulaw.bsky.social this week for the interdisciplinary more-than-human life (MOTH) festival of ideas

Exactly. We don’t need eggs. #govegan

The findings of our study on social sciences in global #animal health governance are out, highlighting limitations in scope and effectiveness, requring coordinated investment in truly interdisciplinary networks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @lisaaboden.bsky.social @dsilvaphd.bsky.social

The elite will pretend the climate crisis isn't a problem until the price of chocolate is hit. And even then, it's the poorest that truly suffer. Collective action isn’t just about saving chocolate — it’s about preserving the planet’s capacity to sustain life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“From what I’m seeing, you are not really de-extincting anything. You are creating something else.” (Dr. Clare Palmer, Texas A&M) Efforts focus on vertebrates, which are ecosystems to many other creatures. Many of those creatures went extinct with their ecosystem. 🧪 🌎 e360.yale.edu/features/de-...

📣 Launch event! Join us for the launch of the groundbreaking Engineered Pandemics Risk Management Programme at CRASSH, which will be introduced by co-directors Clare Bryant & Rob Doubleday, and followed by a drinks reception 27 Feb from 5-7pm at Trinity Hall www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45607

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 UNRISD is looking for a Senior Research Specialist for its Environment & Climate Justice programme 🌱🌍 📍 Remote ⏳ Deadline: 9 March Lead research on just transition & help shape fairer policies. 🔗 Apply now:bit.ly/42OcSQW

This is going really well. "Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc seize on Musk’s USAid crackdown - Region’s autocrats join in persecution of agency that provided aid and helped to build up civil society in 1990s"

Experts @harvardchanschool.bsky.social push back at disappearing health data: hsph.harvard.edu/news/as-heal...

No words. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

A Dutch court today ruled that Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s government must ramp up efforts to cut nitrogen pollution in protected nature areas, handing Greenpeace Netherlands a significant legal win.

Hopefully this time we will vaccinate rather than kill www.melkvee.nl/artikel/1187...

Refugees are increasingly starting and leading organisations to advocate for their rights and protection, boldly declaring #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs. We’re working to map the impact of these organisations. Do you want to help us? 👉 loom.ly/Tm_V-b4

Finally got to reading this - highly recommended!

More than 70 percent of California’s dairy cow herds are infected with bird flu. Here’s what to know Nearly 70 people have been infected with H5N1 bird flu as infections continue to emerge around the country

The only thing faster than the Syrian opposition forces' toppling of Assad in recent days has been European politicians promoting hate against Syrian refugees... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Via @refugeestudies.bsky.social - Call for Applications: Women Palestinian Students from Gaza to Study in Canada docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

FMR 74 ‘Financing displacement response’ is now online! How does #displacement response #financing interact with the choices of forcibly displaced people & their communities, with local & global economies & with broader geopolitical events & trends? See: www.fmreview.org/financing-di...

TBT: A fair share? Animal health actors and resources in #OneHealth initiatives: A multisite case study in #Ethiopia and #Pakistan www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10....

Time for institutional and cultural reform to enable interdisciplinary #OneHealth research: sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-fun...

As COP29 concludes, Al Jazeera examines the 359 million weather-related displacements recorded worldwide since 2008 ⤵️

New paper📢 #OneHealth study in Plateau in #Nigeria investigating linkages between pastoral (im)mobility & health: inclusive approaches require better contextualization of underlying vulnerabilities to disease journals.plos.org/globalpublic... @epihammer.bsky.social