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02/07/2026

A worthwhile read if you're interested in the relationship between the natural and social sciences: Meren (A. Murat Eren), microbiologist and computer scientist at HIFMB in Oldenburg, tells in his own way — between a Twix melting in the heat and a "Kurt Vonnegutesque ocean sink" — why he decided to build a real bridge between his technical work and the "less tractable" questions about the meaning of what they do as scientists.

The practical outcome of these reflections is HIPP 27 – Human Progress, the new edition of the HIFMB Integrative Postdoc Pool. Five postdoc positions open, deadline July 20, 2026.

Blog: https://merenlab.org/blog/HIPP-on-human-progress/

Call: https://hifmb.de/institute/hipp/human-progress/

The HUMAN PROGRESS project aims to advance research in the natural sciences by drawing on methods, insights, and knowledge from across the humanities and social sciences. In doing so it also offers fresh frameworks of thinking for the humanities and social sciences, and works towards an interdiscipl...

24/06/2026

EASA MAE seminar with Roberta Raffaetà
26.06.2026 | 3 p.m. CET | Online
Health at the Human–Environment Interface: Microbial Entanglements

19/03/2026

Lucilla Barchetta's latest article on "Digital Technoscientific Socialities as an Entangled Commons" is finally out.
The article explores collaborative, data-intensive health research and the sociomateriality of knowledge coproduction.

Check out the full article (open access) here:

In this contribution I examine digital technoscientific socialities through ethnographic fieldwork with Health for All, an interdisciplinary network formed at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. I ex...

03/03/2026

Double event this week:

Thursday, March 5th 14.00-18.00:
Andrea Núñez Casal in dialogue with Antonia Majaca
"Manuals of Immuno(i)logical Possibilities: Embassy, Letters, Biocapital, and the Microbiomisation of Difference" -
https://apps.unive.it/server/eventi/112347/Poster_LearningWith_05.03.26.pdf

Friday, March 6th 14.00-16.00:
Andrea de Antoni, with Roberta Raffaetà (chair) and Matteo Benussi (discussant)
"I is Somebody Else. Inspiration, Affective Creativity, and the Remaking of Selves in Contemporary Okinawan (Shamanic) Possession"
https://www.unive.it/data/agenda/1/112087

12/02/2026

🌟"Friends or Foes: Women Navigating Precarious Academia",

📅25/02/2026, 3.30PM CET

🎓The EASA Mentorship Programme is happy to announce the second webinar in its series “EASA Women in Leadership Development Series: Building Inclusive Academic Allyships,” co-organised by Drs. Sertaç Sehlikoglu (UCL) and Roberta Raffaetà (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
https://easaonline.org/event/easa-women-leadership-webinar-2/

🧭The session, titled “Friends or Foes: Women Navigating Precarious Academia,” will take place on February 25. We are delighted to welcome Drs. Elisabetta Costa (University of Antwerp), Elżbieta Drążkiewicz (Lund University), and Ana Ivasiuc (PrecAnthro/University College Dublin) as guest speakers. The session will be moderated by Dr. Sultan Doughan (Goldsmiths, University of London).

🪢This is the second of a three-part series which addresses the critical gap in leadership development for women anthropologists, with particular attention to intersectional challenges and inclusive leadership practices. The webinar-workshops accompany the one-to-one mentoring process sponsored by the EASA Mentorship Programme but remain open to all, programme members and non-members alike (zoom registration is required).

👉The final session, “Women and Leadership: Allyship, Power, and Graceful Assertion,” will follow later in 2026. Stay tuned for more details!

Join us on 25 February for the the next webinar of the EASA Women in Leadership Development series. With Drs. Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Roberta Raffaetà, Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, Ana Ivasiuc and Sultan Doughan.

20/01/2026

🌿 Microbi e diritti della natura: un intervento da non perdere!

📅 Il 28 gennaio 2026, Roberta Raffaetà terrà un intervento dal titolo "Microbi e diritti della natura: problematizzazione del soggetto e delle forme del conoscere" nell'ambito del Campus "Echoing More-than-Human Voices".

🏛️ Il Campus si svolge dal 26 al 29 gennaio presso il Monastero di San Nicolò al Lido di Venezia, con un evento conclusivo il 30 gennaio (ore 10.00) al Salone di Ca'Bottacin, NICHE - Ca'Foscari, con una conversazione speciale con Helena Gualinga.

🌍 Il Campus offre un'indagine transdisciplinare sul pensiero ecologico, integrando filosofia, diritto, scienze sociali e naturali, e arti. Ispirato all'Ecologia Profonda di Arne Næss, promuove una visione ecocentrica che riconosce il valore intrinseco di tutte le forme di vita e invita a ripensare il rapporto tra esseri umani e natura.

🦋 Attraverso seminari, laboratori e tavole rotonde con studiosi, artisti, giuristi e attivisti, il programma esplora strategie per promuovere i Diritti della Natura e amplificare le "voci più-che-umane" negli ecosistemi del Nord-Est italiano, dalle Dolomiti alla Laguna di Venezia.

🤝 Organizzato dall'area Ecologia di Unione Buddhista Italiana in collaborazione con NICHE – Ca' Foscari e il Global Campus of Human Rights.

🔗 Link e più info: https://www.unive.it/data/33113/26/108041.

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