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Call for Papers:
3rd International ESS Conference: 'Understanding key challenges for European societies in the 21st century'
13-15th July 2016
Amphimax, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Including two open sessions, there are four sessions being organized around health. The two defined health sessions are:
1. Comparative health research: studying health and illness cross-nationally and over time
Session organiser(s): Sarah Van de Velde, University of Antwerp; Veerle Buffel, Ghent University
In this session we focus on comparative research on social disparities in physical and/or mental health, across countries, and across time in Europe. Attention may be paid to disparities by gender, age, family or socioeconomic position. Identifying in which institutional context and/or period, these health disparities occur and exploring their relation with specific social policies (such as family, health care, and labour market related policies) may improve the understanding of the phenomena. Therefore, we welcome cross-national research exploring health inequalities across different institutional contexts at different levels, such as the country and/or the regional level. In addition, we encourage researchers to submit research that additionally incorporates the temporal variation in health. The repeated cross sectional design of the ESS enables the exploration of age trajectories, cohort differences and/or periodical trends in health inequalities. The ESS has seven waves (since 2002 every two years) with information about the general health status, and three waves (wave 3, 6 and 7) with information on mental health.
2. Health inequalities in Europe and their social determinants
Session organiser(s): Courtney McNamara, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Terje Eikemo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology;
In partnership with: Mirza Balaj, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Tim Huijts, Queen Mary University London; Clare Bambra, Durham University
Social inequalities in health continue to be a key public health problem in European countries. They also represent an area of increasing interest to public health researchers, medical sociologists and social epidemiologists. This session aims to assemble top papers which test theories of health inequalities through use of the ESS rotating module ‘Social inequalities in health and their determinants’. This new rotating module incorporates a broader set of comparable European health determinants and more nuanced health outcomes than has previously been available. Papers will be selected so that a range of health outcomes (e.g., mental health, BMI, self-reported diagnoses) and social determinants (e.g., childhood conditions, working environment, psychosocial factors, and lifestyle factors) are considered. Comparative studies as well as single-country case studies focusing on determinants of health inequalities will be welcome. Preference however, will be given to studies which draw on a cross-national macrosociology of population health. An additional objective of this session is to produce a set of papers for an edited book on social inequalities in health. Participants will therefore be asked to submit elaborated papers for discussion.
Deadline for Submission: 17th January 2016
For more information about the Conference and submission process please see here: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/about/3rd-International-ESS-Conference_call-for-papers-with-list-of-sessions.pdf
Jowell-Kaase Early Career Researcher Prize
Researchers at an early stage in their career are invited to submit their paper to be considered for the inaugural Jowell-Kaase Early Career Researcher Prize which will be awarded at the conference. The prize is intended to recognize excellence in the field of comparative social research by a promising new researcher and will be awarded for the best paper presented at the conference by a researcher within three years of receiving their PhD. More information is available here<http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/about/3rd-International-ESS-Conference_JK-Prize-announcement-FINAL.pdf>.
Best,
Courtney
Dr. Courtney McNamara
Department of Sociology and Political Science
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
web: http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/courtney.mcnamara
blog: http://www.healthypolicies.com
twitter: @DrMcNamara<https://twitter.com/DrMcNamara> / @HealthyPolicies<https://twitter.com/HealthyPolicies>
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