WORKING GROUP 4
Coordination of training program and Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs)
Working Group 4 will coordinate the training program and ensure close collaboration with international research schools such as the International Max Planck Research School on Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS) and the European Graduate School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER). Its main aim is to safeguard that YRIs, from ‘Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITCs)’ in particular, are included in all training activities, and to organize a great variety of training events, ranging from STMTs to MOOCs. The emphasis of most of these activities is on exchanging knowledge and best practices regarding how to study inequalities in health using historical and contemporary individual cause of death information, while at the same time teaching the basic building blocks needed from disciplines such as history, demography and epidemiology. The goal is to turn many of the developed training materials into self-study manuals/courses that will be made available open access to the public to guarantee that also scholars without funding can learn how to use the coding and classification system.
Leadership
Dr Vera Slovakova
WG4 Leader
Dr Vera Slovakova
WG4 Leader
- Phone:+420777592189
- Email:slovakove@natur.cuni.cz
Dr Emre Sari
WG4 Co-Leader
Dr Emre Sari
WG4 Co-Leader
- Phone:+4746505003
- Email:emre@norceresearch.no
Dr Liili Abuladze
WG4 Co-Leader
Dr Liili Abuladze
WG4 Co-Leader
- Phone:+3726454125
- Email:liili@tlu.ee
News
Call for STSM Candidate, University
- 22 October 2025
We are offering an opportunity for a Short-term Scientific Mission (STSM) at the University of Zurich with Dr. Katarina Matthes. The focus of the mission will
Call for Contributions: Session ‘Location
- 21 October 2025
The theme of the Society for the Social History of Medicine biennial conference is ‘In/Out’, it takes place at the University of Leeds, UK, 30 June
Call for Applications: Summer Training
- 14 October 2025
Dates: 8-19 June 2026 Location: Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) invites applications for the 2026
2nd Call for Project Proposals
- 18 August 2025
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
2nd Call for Thematic Workshops
- 14 August 2025
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

