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Barbara Prainsack
@bprainsack.bsky.social
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Prof @univie.ac.at @healthy-societies.bsky.social #PrecisionMedicine #Solidarity #DataGovernance #FutureOfWork | Chair #ethicsgroup_eu | @wiko-berlin.bsky.social (Fellow 2023/24)
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Kickbusch, I., @bprainsack.bsky.social , & Holly, L. (2025). New rules are required for #WHO ’s engagement with #BigTech. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 390, r1718. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Just heard Future Tense: “The Truth About AI and Productivity” — sharp reality check on the hype. From skill erosion to smarter regulation, it’s not about AI doing more, but about us being able to choose what and why. 🎧 #FutureTense #AI #Productivity #TechEthics
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The truth about AI and productivity - ABC listen
How real is the link between Artificial Intelligence and increased productivity? Jon Whittle from the CSIRO, one of Australia's leading science agencies, has been examining the latest research. He hel...
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I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology
#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do Artifacts Have Political Economy? - Kean Birch, 2025
Harking back to Langdon Winner's now classic essay “Do artifacts have politics?,” my aim in this article is to ask a very similar question—namely, do artif...
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Really recommend this from two of the most thoughtful writers on these topics. I made time to read it before my day of reviewing and today's reviews are better for it.
Happy to see this out in one of my fave journals - led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social We unpack distinct contributions of PPIE & qual sociology, suggest why they are at times conflated, and why they shouldn't be.
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Happy to see this out in one of my fave journals - led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social We unpack distinct contributions of PPIE & qual sociology, suggest why they are at times conflated, and why they shouldn't be.
Engagement and qualitative sociology in health research: proximal, but incongruent
Engagement and qualitative sociology in health research: proximal, but incongruent - Social Theory & Health
This paper argues that sociology’s distinctive value in health research lies not in amplifying experiential accounts but in analysing the social structures and norms that shape them—a contribution oft...
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Data cosmopolitanism draws and expands on data solidarity.
So take a look at the excellent piece by @bprainsack.bsky.social and Aferdita Bytyqi at DTH-Lab.
"The European Health Data Space: why data solidarity matters now more than ever"
The European Health Data Space: why data solidarity matters now more than ever - DTH-Lab
Imagine a person being treated at a hospital in one EU country while their critical medical information – lab results, prescriptions, diagnoses – remains locked away in databases in another member sta...
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here is a short blog post by Aferdita Bytyqi and myself on the importance of data solidarity and data cosmopolitanism in the context of the European Health Data Space:
The European Health Data Space: why data solidarity matters now more than ever - DTH-Lab
Imagine a person being treated at a hospital in one EU country while their critical medical information – lab results, prescriptions, diagnoses – remains locked away in databases in another member sta...
What does data solidarity look like on a global scale? Jon Rueda and colleagues call for data cosmopolitanism: a framework to ensure digital health data benefits everyone—not just the powerful 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #DataSolidarity #GlobalHealth #DigitalEquity #DataJustice
Data governance must consider the interests of the global community - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine - Data governance must consider the interests of the global community
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What does data solidarity look like on a global scale? Jon Rueda and colleagues call for data cosmopolitanism: a framework to ensure digital health data benefits everyone—not just the powerful 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #DataSolidarity #GlobalHealth #DigitalEquity #DataJustice
Data governance must consider the interests of the global community - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine - Data governance must consider the interests of the global community
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#Technologies & scientific knowledge are all around us. In her recent book, Sarah Davies suggests a #toolkit to navigate this increasingly complex world. The most important strategy: to understand that the way that #technoscience develops is not inevitable, but the result of human choices. ⤵️🥼🧪
Rudolphina Reads | Science Societies by Sarah Davies
Technologies and scientific knowledge are all around us. In her recent book, Sarah Davies suggests a toolkit to navigate this increasingly complex world. The most important strategy: to understand tha...