Posthumus Conference ‘Epidemics and Social Inequality’, 20-21 May 2021, online (for impression only)
Please note that because of the transfer of the N.W. Posthumus Institute to Utrecht University per 1 July 2021, the original website of the 2021 online Posthumus Conference 2021 is hosted elsewhere. The info displayed below is a copy of this page and intends to give you an impression of the program of this event (mutatis mutandis). Due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, the Annual Posthumus Conference 2021 was held online.
Conference programme – Short Overview
Keynote Lecture
The 2021 keynote lecture was given by Professor Svenn-Erik Mamelund from the Oslo Metropolitan University. In his keynote, Professor Mamelund
- presented results showing that social inequality was a forgotten factor in pandemic preparedness before the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculate why this was the case;
- presented results on the social inequalities in COVID-19 pandemic disease burden and call for more research on the distal and proximal causes of these disparities;
- discussed how we can take both medical and social vulnerability into account in pandemic preparedness to be better prepared for the next pandemic.
Conference programme – in detail
Here (pdf, 1,5 MB) you can find the latest version of the conference programme.
