Carla Rodrigues

PhD, Social scientist & Mom of twins 🤹🏻‍♀️
Researcher @SociologyUvA | Hon Research Associate @BristolUni
Medicines • Self-care • Risk/Trust • AMR • Microbiome

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

The books have finally arrived!! 🥳

#PhDthesis #SocialSciences #Medicines #Trust #Risk #Uncertainty #Mozambique #AcademicTwitter

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

Microbiome Research | Interdisciplinary Funding Opportunity 📢

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) RPA ‘Personal Microbiome Health’ is organising a matchmaking event to connect researchers from different UvA faculties.

Join us on 17 March at Amsterdam UMC

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

One more day to apply!

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

Job opportunity! 📢

We are looking for a student assistant/junior researcher to join our team in a longitudinal qualitative study on health-related practices of families with young children in Amsterdam.

Deadline: 15 Nov.

@UvA_Amsterdam @UvA_AISSR @FMG_UvA

[Bregje de Kok @BregjedeKok]

Interested in socio-cultural, political & economic dimensions of health, illness and care? Critical analysis of structural inequalities in reproduction, sexuality, (global, planetary) health? 6 Nov online info session Med Anthropology & Socio Masters https://t.co/otAj1a7TFx

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

Job opportunity! 📢

We are looking for a student assistant/junior researcher to join our team in a longitudinal qualitative study on health-related practices of families with young children in Amsterdam.

Deadline: 15 Nov.

@UvA_Amsterdam @UvA_AISSR @FMG_UvA

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

Interesting thread on the history of Elsevier - from its origins centuries ago to the highly profitable giant it is today.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

[Nico Gagelmann @NicoGagelmann]

Elsevier is one of the largest, most hated and most influential academic publishing companies in the world.

How it started & how it's going

A thread🧵

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

@A_Andrikopoulos @ucl Congratulations, Apostolos!!

[Rebeca Ibáñez Martín @rebecaibanezm]

It's happening! 2 PhD positions in my ERC project VITALGREENHOUSE. PhDs will conduct ethnographic research into more-than-human relations AND digitalization in Europe's horticultural greenhouses. Spread the word! https://t.co/PZXJP6GvKE
@UvA_AISSR
@STSeasst @UEcologies @KNAWHuC

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

“we should be changing our view of the air … particularly the idea that air at higher altitudes is almost sterile.”

However, “the #dust and #chemicals transported in the air may be more harmful [as air pollution] than the #microbes.” https://t.co/0lZ3AFxj2R

[Else Vogel @ElseVogel]

📢Come work with us! We are hiring a full professor #Anthropology of Health & Health Care @UvA_AISSR #anthrotwitter https://t.co/uctK92zRBg

[Francesca Batzella @F_Batzella]

We are hirining a lecturer in Politics and International Relations! Check it out: https://t.co/GZtNVOHhwT

[Dr. Nancy Olivieri @DrNancyOlivieri]

In 1996 Barry Sherman threatened lawsuits to try to prevent me informing patients re risks of a drug. It got worse from there.
This🔥book @FearLoathingBTX would have provided a guidebook.
My article on the experience of all #whistleblowers: https://t.co/A0bK6r1D7E🙏@TorontoStar

[SOAS Department Of Anthropology @SOASanthro]

We have three exciting positions open in the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action! Join our growing team in establishing this new hub for research and knowledge exchange. They're part time, so you can apply to more than one. (1/4)

[Access to Medicine Foundation @AtMIndex]

Martijn van Gerven, Research Coordinator, is speaking today at the launch of the call for actionable steps to the rising threat of #AMR in the run up to the 2024 UNGA HLM, hosted by AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform. More about our work on AMR➡️https://t.co/4CPdHX1CmV

[Vanessa Castañeda, Ph.D. (she/hers) @castanedaNessa]

Anthropologists and ethnographers: I’m trying to build a methodology course that focuses on collaborative, reciprocal, and community-based ethnography and methodologies. Could you please share suggestions with me? Thank you!

[Catherine Will @will_catherine]

My mum, Margaret Will is going to abseil down the i360 in Brighton to raise money for a brain tumour charity. If you want to donate please look at her fundraising page just look at https://t.co/fydeqnU2dZ.

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

“Scientists refraining from engaging with socio-political issues in a not-neutral world is not neutrality. It is a political position that avoids responsibility to society.” @ukrantgroningen

https://t.co/nuTS9baiJV

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

Wonderful talk by @BethJGreenhough from @UniofOxford about Social science approaches to #interdisciplinary #microbiome research! Thank you so much for visiting us in Amsterdam! @UvA_IAS @UvA_Amsterdam

[Carla Rodrigues @carla_f_rod]

Such sad news! Peter Conrad's work has been a great inspiration to so many of us.

https://t.co/F3e2fsI2zT

[ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health @kcsamh]

How can we meaningfully embed communities in the research that aims to support them?
@theCONNECTstudy uses innovative methods to gain insight into promoting good #mentalhealth among racially marginalised communities

Read about its approach in @PLOSONE
https://t.co/SBuVYPYjbM

[Tanja Ahlin @TanjaAhlin]

I'm thrilled to announce this piece in Nature's Humanities and Social Science Communications journal on how to do good ethnographic studies of AI that's just come out:
https://t.co/ZvTaUxT2Qi
#ethnography #AI #research #digitaltechnologies