New: Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’

This online lecture series is scheduled as part of the COST Project CA22116 – The Great Leapand is organised in co-operation with the N.W. Posthumus Institute. It is targeted at students and scholars at all levels interested in exploring major issues related to health inequalities from a historical point of view. There are four modules, each module comprises several lectures. The registration for Module 1 is open now. Module 2 will address sources and databases (expected February 2025 – June 2025). Module 3 will address methods and analyses (expected September 2025 – June 2026). Depending on the feedback from participants, modules are repeated or new modules are added to the online lecture series. For each module it will be possible to earn 1 EC.

Module 1: Theory

Please note that registration for this module has closed on 1 October 2024.

Description

Participants will gain detailed knowledge from six expert-led lectures on various key topics. The epidemiological transition lecture will give general knowledge on the change in disease prevalence and mortality statistics across different periods; the inequalities in health session is for understanding the socioeconomic and demographic factors affecting these inequities; and the life course determinants of mortality, exploring the impact of various phases of life on health outcomes. Besides, the series will cover intergenerational transmission in health and related behaviors, drawing on how health and behavioral patterns are passed down through generations. Finally, the series covers, with two separate lectures, the views from both medical and public health perspectives and thus provides a comprehensive understanding of how historical causes have influenced current inequities in health.

General Learning objectives

Upon completion of the online modules, students are able to:

understand how different disciplines approach the study of health inequalities;
outline some of the major debates in the study of health inequalities;
explain and reflect upon important determinants of inequality in health and how they relate to broader processes of change in the period 1800-2024;
reflect on one specific article dealing with inequality in health and present it to an interdisciplinary group of scholars/peers.

Program

4 October 2024 – Professor Isabelle Devos, Ghent University
The epidemiological transition

11 October 2024 – Professor Jonas Minet Kinge, University of Oslo
Understanding inequalities in health

25 October 2024 – Professor Tommy Bengtsson, Lund University
Life course determinants of mortality

8 November 2024 – Dr Emre Sari, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
Intergenerational transmission of health and behaviors

22 November 2024 – Professor Oonagh Walsh, Glasgow Caledonian University
Medical perspectives

6 December 2024 – Professor Ivan Miškulin, University of Osijek
Public health perspective

ECs and Registration

The lecture series is open to everyone, but PhD students who attend all six sessions and present a reflection on a specific article from the lecture series during a final meeting will be entitled to earn 1 EC (European Credits) and receive an official certificate. As co-organiser, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, Research School for Economic and Social History, currently hosted by Utrecht University will issue these official certificates to participants who have successfully participated. Please register via the button below if you would like to follow the lecture series and receive the certificate with 1 ECTS.