Hüseyin Küçükali 🍉
@epi.ist
Public Health Researcher at Utrecht University — preventing chronic diseases through urban environments. Also building @opencausal.org.
#Epidemiology #CausalInference #Exposome #HealthyCities
#Epidemiology #CausalInference #Exposome #HealthyCities
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Today marks the official launch of opencausal.org!
Hüseyin (@epi.ist) is introducing the platform on two events today.
08.30 CET - European Public Health Conference #EPH2025 (Session 5.Y.2)
13.00 CET - Causal Data Science Meeting #CSDM2025
@ephconference.bsky.social @causalscience.org
Hüseyin (@epi.ist) is introducing the platform on two events today.
08.30 CET - European Public Health Conference #EPH2025 (Session 5.Y.2)
13.00 CET - Causal Data Science Meeting #CSDM2025
@ephconference.bsky.social @causalscience.org
Open Causal (Beta)
opencausal.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Today marks the official launch of opencausal.org!
Hüseyin (@epi.ist) is introducing the platform on two events today.
08.30 CET - European Public Health Conference #EPH2025 (Session 5.Y.2)
13.00 CET - Causal Data Science Meeting #CSDM2025
@ephconference.bsky.social @causalscience.org
Hüseyin (@epi.ist) is introducing the platform on two events today.
08.30 CET - European Public Health Conference #EPH2025 (Session 5.Y.2)
13.00 CET - Causal Data Science Meeting #CSDM2025
@ephconference.bsky.social @causalscience.org
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opencausal.org is online!
Open Causal is an open platform to share, discuss and reuse causal graphs. Join now as a beta user, help shaping the future of causal graphs!
Open Causal is an open platform to share, discuss and reuse causal graphs. Join now as a beta user, help shaping the future of causal graphs!
Open Causal (Beta)
opencausal.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
opencausal.org is online!
Open Causal is an open platform to share, discuss and reuse causal graphs. Join now as a beta user, help shaping the future of causal graphs!
Open Causal is an open platform to share, discuss and reuse causal graphs. Join now as a beta user, help shaping the future of causal graphs!
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning.
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
Access to Web of Science will end on 1 January 2026
The university library has decided not to renew the licence for access to the Web of Science citation database (including Journal Citation Reports).
www.uu.nl
September 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning.
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
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We’ll present our research on #advertising of unhealthy products and #publichealth at #EvidenceWeek @senseaboutsci.bsky.social
on 4th Nov:
senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
We "invented" a game for it!
@danaldridgemp.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social @kennethstevenson.bsky.social
on 4th Nov:
senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
We "invented" a game for it!
@danaldridgemp.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social @kennethstevenson.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We’ll present our research on #advertising of unhealthy products and #publichealth at #EvidenceWeek @senseaboutsci.bsky.social
on 4th Nov:
senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
We "invented" a game for it!
@danaldridgemp.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social @kennethstevenson.bsky.social
on 4th Nov:
senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
We "invented" a game for it!
@danaldridgemp.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social @kennethstevenson.bsky.social
Presenting our ontology proposal for geospatial exposome data at the Int'l Society of Exposure Science workshop in Lisbon. Nice to see that it already attracts great interest from other groups, highlighting the need for metadata standards in the exposome field. Feedback is welcome.
osf.io/sy256
osf.io/sy256
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Presenting our ontology proposal for geospatial exposome data at the Int'l Society of Exposure Science workshop in Lisbon. Nice to see that it already attracts great interest from other groups, highlighting the need for metadata standards in the exposome field. Feedback is welcome.
osf.io/sy256
osf.io/sy256
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Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
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Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
Why I gave the world wide web away for free
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
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In an essay for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, SFI External Professor Allison Stanger examines how AI firms are reshaping infrastructure, governance, and power. Her piece draws historical parallels and raises pressing questions about the role of private technology in public life.
The AI Raj: How tech giants are recolonizing power
Just as the East India Company’s success justified new powers, AI firms seek to leverage technical prowess to assume public functions.
thebulletin.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In an essay for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, SFI External Professor Allison Stanger examines how AI firms are reshaping infrastructure, governance, and power. Her piece draws historical parallels and raises pressing questions about the role of private technology in public life.
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The British establishment have all ready covered this new Banksy up.
Can we get it Reposted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes??
Protect the right to protest! Repost!
Can we get it Reposted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes??
Protect the right to protest! Repost!
September 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The British establishment have all ready covered this new Banksy up.
Can we get it Reposted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes??
Protect the right to protest! Repost!
Can we get it Reposted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes??
Protect the right to protest! Repost!
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This message has been spreading online. It is indeed unprecedented to see Utrecht University use the word 'boycott'. Let's see if it entails any changes to current policies. If action can meet discourse, this would be a great step for UU in taking moral responsibility, and an example for others.
September 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This message has been spreading online. It is indeed unprecedented to see Utrecht University use the word 'boycott'. Let's see if it entails any changes to current policies. If action can meet discourse, this would be a great step for UU in taking moral responsibility, and an example for others.
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The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars - the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars - has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
genocidescholars.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars - the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars - has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
Last week, I attended a course on Target Trial Emulation by @miguelhernan.org at @cemfi.es in Madrid.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Last week, I attended a course on Target Trial Emulation by @miguelhernan.org at @cemfi.es in Madrid.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found -
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Millions in EU funds have gone to Israeli defence industry, investigation finds
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
www.irishtimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found -
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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Very happy to see a big paper from my PhD *OUT TODAY*
We explored if there were inequalities in the attendance & effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions in an individual participant data meta-analysis.
See the thread for findings 👇
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
We explored if there were inequalities in the attendance & effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions in an individual participant data meta-analysis.
See the thread for findings 👇
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
Are there inequalities in the attendance at and effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions for adults in the UK? An individual participant data meta-analysis
Objectives Interventions for obesity that require individual behaviour change, such as behavioural weight management interventions, may contribute to health inequalities. We explored if there was evid...
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Very happy to see a big paper from my PhD *OUT TODAY*
We explored if there were inequalities in the attendance & effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions in an individual participant data meta-analysis.
See the thread for findings 👇
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
We explored if there were inequalities in the attendance & effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions in an individual participant data meta-analysis.
See the thread for findings 👇
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
"...thousands and thousands of people queueing every day at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site, even though it is almost certain on any given day that they will be fired upon. The fact they are going there anyway, even though they may not return..."
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Expert comment: Famine in Gaza | LSHTM
An alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on 29 July 2025 has stated that ‘the worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip’.While The IPC
www.lshtm.ac.uk
August 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"...thousands and thousands of people queueing every day at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site, even though it is almost certain on any given day that they will be fired upon. The fact they are going there anyway, even though they may not return..."
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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"but the impact on children is worse. The developmental damage is irreversible"
"The process of development stops, the process of building a brain, of creating neurons that will establish cognitive ability, will stop"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
"The process of development stops, the process of building a brain, of creating neurons that will establish cognitive ability, will stop"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
'No longer able to cry': Inside Gaza's scarily silent clinics
Doctors and aid workers say the world's concern over the aid blockade in Gaza has come too late. Many of the children you've read about probably can't be saved.
www.abc.net.au
August 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"but the impact on children is worse. The developmental damage is irreversible"
"The process of development stops, the process of building a brain, of creating neurons that will establish cognitive ability, will stop"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
"The process of development stops, the process of building a brain, of creating neurons that will establish cognitive ability, will stop"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
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For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the world’s leading hunger monitor said in its strongest warning yet on the rapidly growing starvation crisis.
Famine unfolding across Gaza, says global hunger monitor
The U.N.-developed panel, known as IPC, said conditions “worsened dramatically” in recent months, with food consumption at its lowest level since the conflict began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the world’s leading hunger monitor said in its strongest warning yet on the rapidly growing starvation crisis.
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Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the #Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July.
The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives.
Statement from WHO.
www.who.int/news/item/27...
The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives.
Statement from WHO.
www.who.int/news/item/27...
Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns
Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July – including 24 children under five, a c...
www.who.int
July 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the #Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July.
The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives.
Statement from WHO.
www.who.int/news/item/27...
The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives.
Statement from WHO.
www.who.int/news/item/27...
Stillness and foul air
Together, they dim the mind
Data whispers faint
Our new paper investigated the syndemic effects of air pollution and physical inactivity on cognitive decline.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Together, they dim the mind
Data whispers faint
Our new paper investigated the syndemic effects of air pollution and physical inactivity on cognitive decline.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
July 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Stillness and foul air
Together, they dim the mind
Data whispers faint
Our new paper investigated the syndemic effects of air pollution and physical inactivity on cognitive decline.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Together, they dim the mind
Data whispers faint
Our new paper investigated the syndemic effects of air pollution and physical inactivity on cognitive decline.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Thought experiment: Submit a manuscript to a top journal. Meticulously address all reviewer requests. Once accepted, withdraw and submit it to the next-best journal. You may repeat the process infinitely and never receive a response like: “This is already good enough, I have no further comments."
No endless revision requests
July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thought experiment: Submit a manuscript to a top journal. Meticulously address all reviewer requests. Once accepted, withdraw and submit it to the next-best journal. You may repeat the process infinitely and never receive a response like: “This is already good enough, I have no further comments."