Dörte Bemme

Delighted to share the new special issue on Global Mental Health I edited! journals.sagepub.com/toc/tpse/60/3 ...in which I revisit the epistemic politics of the field in light of its changing agenda, methods, people, and the changing contours of the "gap." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our @ESRC Centre's special issue in @sppejournal on ‘Theorizing the social in mental health #research and action’ was launched yesterday, exploring the social perspective on #mentalhealth and why it matters. 👀link.springer.com/journal/127/vo… @KingsCollegeLon @KingsIoPPN @KingsSSPP

🌏 💡 TOMORROW: Join our hybrid event to celebrate the launch of 'Theorizing the social in mental health research and action', a Special Issue in @sppejournal. 🗓️18 April 🕔 17:00-18:30 📍 @KingsCollegeLon & Zoom 🎫 Book tickets⬇️ tickettailor.com/events/esrccen…

🌏💡 Interested in epistemic justice in mental health research? Join @kcsamh for the launch of 'Theorizing the social in mental health research and action' in @sppejournal. 🗓️ 18 April 🕔 17:00-18:30 & reception 📍 @KingsCollegeLon & Zoom 🎫 Book now ⬇️ tickettailor.com/events/esrccen…

The BMJ Global Health has been attacked for publishing an editorial abt the health consequences of the humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza. Intimidation has no place in #globalhealth! ➡️Add your signature to the open letter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… ➡️Below my own letter in support.

We have great news to share! The new somatosphere website is live! We are launching it today with an exciting set of articles on metabolic thinking. Please check it out:    somatosphere.net   The previous website is still online and all articles are available as archive.

Women in Global Mental Health Research An online launch event of the 'Call to Action on Gender Equality' co-developed by 102 women from 26 countries. Oct 5th, 1-2.30pm (UK time) Contact @KellyRoseClarke @DBemme for joining details The Call: doi.org/10.1177/136346…

💡New publication💡: our @Decolmad team just published an editorial calling for a deeper & more committed engagement with historical research in Global Mental Health as a way to re-imagine illness, healing & their relation to culture, justice & well-being sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It also includes a call to action on gender equity, co-developed by a group 102 women at different stages of their career from 26 countries around the globe. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… @transcultpsych

The Global Mental Health special issue in Transcultural Psychiatry is here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/tpse/60/3 The open-access editorial by our very own @DBemme revisits the epistemic politics of the field, including a critical reflection on the changing contours of the "gap." @kcsamh

“We propose a historical approach that is attentive to how culture has been operationalized ideologically in the geographies of the global south (…)” New, excellent piece by @cultmindcenter’s @anaantic_hist et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmm…

Central to our #research approach is social #theory based on multiple forms of knowledge. In a new CSMH led article, 39 international collaborators have developed a framework to guide mutuality in global #mentalhealth @DBemme @TessNRoberts @KingsIoPPN @GHSMatKCL @KingsSSPP @ESRC

Big up Alex Mohan Morzeria-Davis for their spectacular speech at LLC graduation today !! 🔥🔥

You can't ignore 102 women. Listen up Global Mental Health - time for change! #GlobalMentalHealth #womeninscience doi.org/10.1177/136346…

I learned a lot from working with @DBemme @thewrittenro and many others on this project. Here are our reflections on striving for “mutuality” (and inevitably failing) in the context of global (mental) health collaborations link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We will be in New Delhi next week for the conference on "Shaping the Global Psyche: Colonialism, Transcultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health", organised by DECOLMAD & Ashoka University! The conference is open to the public. You can see program here: decolmad.ku.dk/events/shaping…

It’s out! 📮 "We call for a radical shift towards #funding mechanisms that recognize communities and community-based organisations as active agents of change, and that complement their local experience and knowledge." @LancetGH #globalmentalhealth thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Finally public! My story of how I was sexually harassed, marginalized, silenced, excluded, and gaslighted at/by the @HarvardSTS Program. Join the #MeTooSTS and #WeDoSTS movement to fight together against abuses of power in STS/academia! 🤬😱😲😭😳🤮🤢✊@claudia_gertraud/on-its-20th-anniversary-my-testimonial-on-the-harvard-sts-program-64100f6caac7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@claudia_gertr…

Special Issue 👩‍🎓@DBemme @DPBehague Theorizing the 👥 “social”👥 in mental health research and action WATCH THIS SPACE! 🪂 link.springer.com/collections/ei…

UCU members have voted to escalate action in their fight for decent pay and working conditions and will take part in marking boycotts across the UK Please stand with them in their fight for the future of the sector Staff and students deserve better #OneOfUsAllOfUs