Dear Colleagues,
Like you, we arrived more or less “in one piece” on the other side of the year end, and so we celebrate this with the first IHP issue of 2026! This issue will update you on the past two weeks – certainly the journals didn’t take a long break, as you’ll notice.
As is our habit, we capitalized on the winter break to enjoy a bit of spirituality (first episode of season 5 of ‘Emily in Paris’ : “total emptiness” : ) ), some wisdom from Habib Benzian (whose global health related Substack posts we recommend very much, eg. When Generosity Has a Calendar – on what seasonal giving reveals about how we manage inequality), heck, we even stumbled upon a philosophy book fit for our dire times. ‘Hopeful pessimism’ (by Mara van der Lugt) was quite a discovery. Written mainly with the planetary emergency in mind, but with ancient roots and old & new role models like Albert Camus and Greta Thunberg, it’s perhaps not everybody’s cup of tea. Yet, many of us can benefit...
