Eivind Engebretsen

We need to rethink how we measure pandemic preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a striking gap between how preparedness was measured before the crisis and how countries actually performed during it. Our new systematic review argues that part of the problem lies in the indicators themselves. 🔑 Key takeaways: • Top-down indicators miss what matters…

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. We often talk about “following the science,” yet our KNOWIT team’s research shows that true knowledge translation goes beyond moving data from bench‑to‑bedside—it implies bridging the divide between biological and biographical life and fostering bidirectional interaction among diverse knowledge cultures. In other words, science must also…

Our book, Rethinking Evidence in the Time of Pandmics,  provides a framework for how health officials can develop more effective interventions during public health crises. The policies should engage with the narratives people believe and their reasons for doing so.   Watch a video summary of our book below and read it Open Access here.…

A concise poster overview of our Open Access book, which presents a narrative framework for comprehending and tackling mistrust during health emergencies.

Many medical schools have started to include the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their curricula. Doctors graduate knowing they shouldn’t prescribe inhalers containing greenhouse gas propellants. But they are ignorant of wider aspects of sustainability, including partnership-building, decolonization, and just transformation. The standard approach to teaching the SDGs to undergraduates is to present…