About
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To this day and age, deep-routed, structural inequalities in health have been one of the most consistent and pressing challenges society has faced. Recent events, such as the COVID19 pandemic highlight the urgent need for new research, insights and action to tackle this challenge for future generations. Embracing the COST Mission, the Great Leap takes a unique, multidisciplinary approach from a historical perspective to gain a greater understanding of the roots and drivers of health inequalities across regions and countries in Europe and beyond. To achieve this mission, the Great Leap creates an international, multidisciplinary network that will bundle expertise, techniques, insights and data to create (1) the first international comparable dataset of individual-level historical cause of death data, (2) innovative analytical tools to analyse it, and (3) insights into how this information can be used in current public health policy and practice.
For more information about this specific project, find out more on the COST-Action website.
Events
Summer training school: 'Research on health inequalities using longitudinal demographic data'
Monday 24 June 2024, 9 am - Thursday 4 July 2024, 5 pm
Virtual Launch of the Historical International Classification for Diseases (ICD10h)
Wednesday 24 July 2024, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
News
GREATLEAP Kick-off: A Vibrant Start
- 09 June 2024
Nijmegen, Netherlands, became a hub of excitement and intellectual synergy on May 2-3, 2024, as the COST Action project “The Great Leap: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health
Interview with Tim Riswick, COST
- 25 April 2024
‘I believe team science is the way forward’ – Dr Tim Riswick The first meeting for the COST Action programme, GREATLEAP, will be held on
Workshops IUSSP Panel
- 14 March 2024
In collaboration with the IUSSP Panel Epidemics and Contagious Diseases: The Legacy of the Past three events are organized that are of interest to our Action’s
Calls
1st Call for Project Proposals
- 27 June 2024
Description To be able to have more impact GREATLEAP opens a Call for Proposals for Host Institutes to create a small project for a visiting scholar
1st Call for Thematic Workshops
- 27 June 2024
Description To be able to have more impact GREATLEAP opens a Call for Thematic Workshop proposals to officially co-organise events. This call is open for scholars
Call for Contributions: Special Issue
- 27 June 2024
We are delighted to invite contributions for a special issue dedicated to exploring the patterns and causes of early child mortality (ages 1-4) across Europe during
Call for Papers in ESSHC
- 14 March 2024
The 15th European Social Science History Conference will take place 26-29 March 2025 in Leiden, the Netherlands. We are aiming for a session on ‘Changing diseases
Call for ITC Conference Grants
- 14 March 2024
A call for ITC Conference Grants is from now open for the period April-September 2024. These grants are aimed at supporting young researchers – Early Career
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