People living in the Global North might argue that the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is the greatest existential threat to life…
“It is our task to resist the biologicalisation of this disease and instead to insist on a social and political…
The disproportionate impacts of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the UK (both within and outwith…
Experiences of infectious disease outbreaks, such as Foot–and–Mouth disease in 2001, have prepared Edinburgh’s leading veterinary hospital to develop working…
Introduction I would like to offer a sober yet optimistic speculation on the renewal of community and civic solidarity in…
Perhaps Adam Smith knew all along Compassion and economy are words which you rarely, if ever, see in the same…
The Innogen Institute is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the Open University to produce research and support…
The pandemic has prompted countless acts of caring — and compassion will show the way forward after it has passed….
If, like me, you find a measure of solace in comprehension, today’s global pandemic will likely represent a particular kind…
Jonathan Spencer: Introduction The following texts were written by students with whom I have worked this year in a course…
While human medicine takes centre stage, vets, vet nurses and researchers dedicated to caring for our pets and livestock, continue…
In recent months, people’s mobility has been synonymous with the transmission of Coronavirus, and the Covid-19 pandemic has had a…
Why did Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine respond much better than other…
On 27 April 2020, the Students of Medical Anthropology (SoMA), a student-body subgroup of the Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology…
Researchers from the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) in Moray House School of Education and Sport have been…
Our work on previous emerging infectious diseases has built up a wealth of knowledge that we are bringing to bear…
Pseudonyms have been used for all people and places in order to protect the identity and anonymity of individuals “Khulna’s…
One of the striking aspects of the Covid-19 crisis in the UK has been the apparent rehabilitation of the expert….
On 26 March 2020, Dr Luciana Brondi was interviewed by the InterSci Edinburgh team on a Facebook livestream on the…
Medicine Anthropology Theory is an open-access journal in the anthropology of health, illness, and medicine. In January 2020, MAT moved…
