Interview Ärzte Woche: Antibiotika
Interview Ärzte Woche: Antibiotika – Ein Balanceakt zwischen sinnvoll und zu viel Antibiotika sind machtvolle Medikamente. Seit ihrer Einführung in den 1940ern werden sie großzügig verschrieben. Die Medizinanthropologin Janina Kehr und die Allgemeinmedizinerin Susanne Rabady über Mystik, Kitsch und Tragik rund um die Antibiotikaüberversorgung. Interview lesen
Global Hospital Kick-off Workshop
Global Hospital Kick-off workshop From May 26 until May 27, the Global Hospital project team held its kick-off workshop and first scientific advisory board meeting at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Over two days, we discussed how to collaborate as a team, work together ethnographically, and foster synergies across subprojects and (sub-)disciplines. Many thanks […]
Workshop: Hospital Futures
Workshop: Hospital Futures – Radical Politics and Ethical Imperatives From May 23 until May 25, Janina Kehr, Ursina Huber, and Mara Köhler participated in the three-day workshop “Hospital Futures” at the Centre Population & Développement (Ceped) in Paris. The workshop explored the future of hospitals as a possible space of care and justice. Social scientists […]
Symposium on the 18th European Antibiotics Day
Symposium on the 18th European Antibiotics Day On November 18, 2025, Lisa Lehner presented insights from our Less Is More project at the annual Austrian Symposium for Antibiotics Awareness, organized by the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, AGES – Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, and Vetmeduni Vienna. In […]
Lecture at the 18th FH Research Forum: First insights into the “Less is More?” project
Lecture at the 18th FH Research Forum: First insights into the “Less is More?” project On May 8, 2025, Honja Hama presented key findings from our research project “Less is More?” as part of the 18th FH Research Forum at FH Campus Wien. In her lecture, the first qualitative and quantitative results on the topic […]
GPSS Network Webinar
Saying No (?) — Deprescribing and Discontinuing On November 7th, 2024, Lisa Lehner gave an input talk on establishing a “deprescribing” mindset und implementing “deprescribing” strategies in Austria in the course of the “Less is More?” research project. Talking alongside Prof. Hans Hogerzeil, Professor of Global Health at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, who […]
Symposium on the 17th European Antibiotic Awareness Day
Prescribing Practices in General Practice: First Ideas for the Deprescribing of Antibiotics On November 19th, 2024, Lisa Lehner joined the Symposium on the occasion of the 17th European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD – Antibiotikatag) to talk about early results of the “Less is More?” research project, focusing specifically on how antibiotic prescribing might be reducible […]
Symposium on World Hand Hygiene Day
Talking At World Hand Hygiene Day Each year on May 5th, the world and the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day. May 5th, if you showed it with your hands, would have you use all five fingers of both of your hands – emphasizing the importance of hand hygiene. For World Hand […]
Talk at Volks- hochschule Urania
Pharmaceuticals & Society On April 8, 2024, Honja Hama and Lisa Lehner gave a talk at one of Vienna’s Centers for Adult Education (Volkshochschule) on the social aspects of pharmaceuticals. The Social Lives of Pharmaceuticals In a 90-minute interactive talk, the “Less is More?”-team members presented some initial findings from the project, but focused on […]