Antimicrobial resistance is not just biological — it is shaped by conflict, systems, and shared microbial worlds.
That’s the idea that will be explored in the latest FREE webinar from the fascinating Microbes and Social Equity 2026 Speaker Series, entitled ’Microbial Worlds in Crisis Inequality and the Politics of Resistance’.
The webinar will be delivered by Louis-Patrick Haraoui MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, who will explore how antimicrobial resistance and microbial communities are shaped by social, environmental, and political conditions, particularly in contexts of crisis such as conflict and disrupted health systems.
Drawing on recent work spanning clinical microbiology, environmental research, and anthropology, he will examine how resistant organisms emerge through entangled processes that link infrastructure, inequality, and microbial evolution.
His research also advances the idea of networked or collective microbiomes, where microbial life extends across bodies, environments, and built systems. This perspective challenges conventional boundaries between individual and shared microbial worlds, raising important questions about responsibility, governance, and what microbiome stewardship should mean in practice.
A clinician-scientist working at the intersection of microbiology, infectious diseases, and anthropology, his research focuses on antimicrobial resistance, microbial evolution, and the social and environmental forces that shape microbial communities.
Dr Haraoui combines molecular microbiology with historical and ethnographic approaches to understand how antimicrobial resistance emerges and spreads, particularly in contexts such as armed conflict and global health systems. His work also explores the concept of “collective microbiomes” and the broader implications of microbial life for governance, ethics, and global health.
After the talk, we continue the conversation with an informal social hour. Join us as we chat with the speaker, MSE members, and attendees about research, teaching, our pets, and more!
Programme (Timings are EST)
11:00 Welcome and introduction - Professor Sue Ishaq, Founder and Lead, MSE
11:05 Guest speaker - Louis-Patrick Haraoui, MD, PhD
11:45 Audience question and answer session
12:00 Informal coffee and chat
13:00 Close
’Microbial Worlds in Crisis Inequality and the Politics of Resistance’ runs from 1am to 1pm EDT on 25 November. To book for free, click HERE.
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