WG4

The first virtual event for future mentors and mentees of the COST Action Great Leap will take place on Monday 26 August 2024 at 15:00 CET. The goal is to give both...

Lecturer: Prof. Jonas Minet Kinge, University of Oslo Content of the lecture/ workshop: This lecture combines theoretical content with active learning to help students understand inequalities in health in a global...

Lecturer: Prof. Isabelle Devos, Ghent University Content of the lecture/ workshop: This lecture combines theoretical content with active learning to help students understand the epidemiological transition theory in a global...

Lecturer: Prof. Tommy Bengtsson, Lund University Content of the lecture/ workshop: The lecture starts with an overview of the long-term mortality decline contrasting underlying period and cohort factors. It reviews the studies...

Lecturer: Dr. Emre Sari, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Content of the lecture/ workshop: This lecture presents the complex mechanisms of nature and nurture in persisting health and health behaviors across...

Lecturer: Prof. Oonagh Walsh, Glasgow Caledonian University (ZOOM) Content of the lecture/ workshop: This lecture uses a history of Irish mental health to help students understand the impact that chronic mental...

Lecturer: Prof. Ivan Miškulin, University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Content of the lecture: This lecture aims to clarify and illuminate the field of Public Health. Many people are still...

The annual international Conference of Young Demographers is held at the Faculty of Science, Charles University traditionally in the first half of February. We welcome submissions from all fields of demography, as well as...

Lecturer: Prof. Tiziana Margaria, University of Limerick, Ireland Content of the lecture: This lecture aims to enable the students to think critically about key issues around data management, situated in the...

Lecturers: Adrià Molina (Computer Vision Center) & Joana Maria Pujadas-Mora (Open University of Catalonia & Center for Demographic Studies) Content of the lecture: The aim of the lecture is to...

Lecturer: Prof. Lars Ailo Aslaksen Bongo, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Content: I will present our lessons learned using the ChatGPT chatbot to assign International Classification of Diseases (ICD)...

Lecturers: prof. Alice Reid, University of Cambridge, dr. Mayra Murkens, University of Groningen Content: The recently launched ICD10h coding system is designed to support historical demographers and historians in coding historical...

Lecturers: Dr. Elena Crinela Holom, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca; Dr. Grażyna Liczbińska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań; Dr. Michail Raftakis, University of Bologna Content: This lecture will provide an overview of available...

Lecturers: Dr. Hannaliis Jaadla, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge Content: This lecture examines the long run patterns of health inequalities, with a focus on the social and spatial patterns...

Are you planning to apply for an individual research grant and wondering how to craft a strong proposal? Join us for an online workshop on 25 June 14:00-15:30 CET, where...

This Summer School is designed for early-career researchers engaged in the study of health inequalities through the lens of historical data. Participants will develop advanced skills in data harmonisation and...

This workshop explores when, where, and under what conditions mortality rates converged during the period 1800–1950 to uncover turning points in the dynamics of mortality decline. By combining insights from...

We are pleased to invite contributions to the GREATLEAP Conference which will take place on 11-13 May 2026 at Babeș-Bolyai University, Centre for Population Studies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.The event will bring...