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 Emre Sari
WG4 Co-Leader
Ms Anna Lodberg Sparre
WG4 Co-Leader
Ms Gumral Alirzayeva
WG4 Co-Leader
Dr Liili Abuladze
Former WG4 Co-Leader
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Output
Mentoring programme
The mentoring system within this COST action connects young researchers and senior scholars from different countries. Every young researcher will have an international mentor who gives advice on research and future career. At the same time, these mentors can also learn from the mentees. Moreover, young scholars are encouraged to take part in short-term scientific missions (STSM), training schools and seminars organised within this COST action. Scholars interested in the topics related to this COST action are encouraged to participate, even if they are not (yet) members of the action.
Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’
This online lecture series is targeted at students and scholars at all levels interested in exploring major issues related to health inequalities from a historical point of view. This is done in three modules: Module 1 ‘Theory’ (October-December 2024), Module 2 ‘Sources and Databases’ (expected February 2025 – June 2025), Module 3 ‘Methods and Analyses’ (expected September 2025 – June 2026).
