Anne Kveim Lie presented new research on the history of the disposable glove at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting 2024.

After the Single Use researcher Jeremy Greene presented at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting as part of the panel ‘Sciences of Waste / Wastes of Science’.

Danielle Farrow reflects on CleanMed Europe 2025 explores the unresolved tensions shaping sustainable healthcare: how we balance patient outcomes, budgets, and planetary health, and who carries the burden of driving change. Read the full piece on why confronting these trade-offs is essential for reimagining healthcare’s future.

Reflections on the 2025 European Association for the History of Medicine and Health conference, where project members organised a panel and launched two new books, Bruno J. Strasser introduced The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air and Anne Kveim Lie and Jeremy Greene launched Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine.

At the Medical Anthropology Europe Conference 2025, Alice Street questioned how we might theorise hospitals as more-than-biomedical places and highlighted the environmental damage hospitals cause. 

Akhilesh Bonthu and Nanda Kishore Kannuri presented research on the anthropology of plastics and medical waste at a national seminar exploring anthropology’s role in addressing contemporary global challenges.

Can hospitals reduce their dependence on disposable plastics? Bruno Strasser contributes to a discussion on the history, risks, and trade-offs behind medical throwaway culture.