AMR@LAB team members presented their research findings at the Microbial Futures Symposium organized by Ciara Kierans, Jens Seeberg, Gauri Sanjeev Pathak and Eimear Theresa Mc Loughlin. The Symposium was funded by Center for Biosocial Inquiries (BIOSINQ), School of Culture and Society, AU and Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies. It was held at AIAS in Aarhus. 

The Microbial Futures Symposium delved into the intricate connections between microscopic presences and humans and animals. By challenging conventional paradigms, it explored how biological and social phenomena intersect across species boundaries. The symposium focused on themes such as microbial life, antimicrobial resistance, and micropollutants, aiming to deepen our understanding of these dynamics. Scholars from various disciplines engaged in an interdisciplinary dialogue, offering fresh perspectives on the complex relationships shaping our world .

Speakers: 

Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, Marie S. Curie FCFP Senior Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany

Holger Brüggemann, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Denmark

Joshua Evans, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DTU, Denmark

Heidi Fjeld, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo, Norway 

Ciara Kierans, AIAS-PIREAU Fellow, and Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, UK

Eben Kirksey, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, UK

Jamie Lorimer, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK

Eimear Mc Loughlin, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Mark Nichter, School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, USA

Gauri Pathak, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark

Roberta Raffaeta, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Serena Saligari, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, UK

Salla Sariola, Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland

Jens Seeberg, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University, Denmark

Mette Vaarst, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Read Jens Seeberg and Rashmi Upadhyay's abstract here, which drew on ongoing fieldwork to explore antimicrobial resistance in Nepal’s steel industry.

See the whole program here