Virtual Mentoring Event
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...
Thematic Workshop: Tuberculosis: The White Death as a Social Disease
School of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning (University of Sassari) Bastioni Marco Polo 77, Alghero, Sassari, ItalyBackground: Tuberculosis has been a significant public health concern, affecting millions of people worldwide throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and even nowadays in certain parts of the world. It...
Online Lecture 2: Understanding inequalities in health
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...
Online Lecture 1: The epidemiological transition (rescheduled)
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...
Online Lecture 3: Life course determinants of mortality
TeamsLecturer: 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...
Thematic Workshop: Funding Oppertunities for Studying Inequality in Health
ALDEMAR KNOSSOS ROYAL RESORT Limenas Hersonissou, Chersonissos, Crete, GreeceWe are excited to announce the Thematic Workshop: ‘Funding Oppertunities for Studying Inequality in Health’. This will be a dedicated workshop in which participants can brainstorm about funding opportunities tailored...
Online Lecture 4: Intergenerational transmission of health and behaviors
TeamsLecturer: 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...
Thematic Workshop: From Influenza to COVID. Continuity and Discontinuity in the Factors of Inequality
Institute of Economy, Geography and Demography-Center for Human and Social Sciences- Spanish National Research Council (IEGD-CCHS-CSIC) Albasanz Street 26, Madrid, SpainCall for Papers - From Influenza to COVID. Continuity and Discontinuity in the Factors of Inequality In Europe, the average lifespan has increased from around 47 years in 1900 to...