Stuart Blume D.Phil.

About

Stuart Blume, D.Phil., is a professor emeritus of science and technology studies at the University of Amsterdam. Educated at the University of Oxford, he has previously worked at the University of Sussex, the London School of Economics, and in Whitehall. He is the author of Immunization: How Vaccines Became Controversial.

Books by Stuart Blume D.Phil.

Recent Posts

Brain Implants: What Can We Expect?

If I can connect with a computer just by thinking, what about connecting with another person?

Embracing an ADHD Identity

What can you learn from deaf people’s experiences?

Thinking Outside the Box in Public Health

“Social problems are like weeds. If you cut off their leaves but leave some of the roots, they’ll simply shoot up elsewhere.”

New Hope for People With No Sense of Smell

The COVID-19 pandemic might be changing our approach to anosmia, the loss of one's sense of smell.

Progress in Medicine: Balancing Between Hope and Hype

Progress isn’t as straightforward as we like to think.

How Do Science Skepticism and Reliance on Tech Coexist?

What do border walls, dust clouds, and vaccines have in common?

Vaccines Don't Need to Be Limited to Infectious Diseases

Personal Perspective: A COVID-19 vaccine is just the start. Imagine what's in the pipeline.

Learning from Long Covid

"So your muscles ache constantly, you're always tired, and your memory’s playing up? It’s probably nothing!”

How Will We Know When the Pandemic Is Over?

Why do we know so much about how epidemics start, but so little about how they end?

What Exactly Are Side Effects?

"Sorry! That wasn't supposed to happen." Does that help?