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Mid-Term Conference of the Research Network of Sociology of Health &
Illness European Sociological Association
Health and health care in Europe: between inequalities and new opportunities

17-19 June 2020, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Keynote speakers:
Graham Scambler - Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL, UK
Zofia Słońska – PhD, Instytut Kardiologii, Warszawa, Vice-President European
Society for Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS)


Call for Papers
After successful conferences in Lisbon (2016) and Torino (2018), the
Mid-term Conference of the Research Network of Sociology of Health and
Illness, European Sociological Association (ESA RN16) will be hosted by
Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland. In magical Kraków
we will undoubtedly enjoy a fruitful, academically inspiring and engaging
conference. We will have a comfortable conference venue, delicious and
healthy cuisine, beautiful historical monuments, nice hotel base and a
friendly, supportive atmosphere. We plan to make the conference full of
inspiring presentations, relevant discussions and lively networking
opportunities. We are planning a Special Issue of a journal from the
conference.

Health is one of the most important goods for individuals and societies.
That is why discussion about health and health care should be treated as
crucial. The goal of our conference is to gather together scholars who are
conducting research in the field of health and health care. We are going to
tackle problems of inequalities and focus on new opportunities for
addressing them. Sociology has been concerned with inequality from its very
beginnings. Inequality means the uneven distribution of goods. One of the
most important goods is health, but social factors such as education,
employment status, income level, gender, ethnicity, and age influence
health status and access to care.

The task of policy makers is to reduce inequalities, which means giving
everyone the same opportunities to lead a healthy life. But the task for
sociologists is to research and explain what does, or could, cause
inequalities and to propose solutions. We know that education, employment
status, income level, gender and ethnicity and other factors have a great
impact on life expectancy and quality of life. In modern Europe all these
social factors are fueled by migration, political tribulations and the
neoliberal economy. Value crises, risk, and individualism do not help.
Developments in medicine, in medical technology and biotechnology, new
treatments and new procedures, and many other things which become an
opportunity to cure and care, can be a source of further inequalities. That
is why involving social science, in particular sociology, in the discourse
about health and health care is important.

Inviting you to Kraków we offer various activities you may wish to
participate in:

   1.

   *Plenary session. *Graham Scambler and Zofia Słońska will be our keynote
   speakers. The title of their presentations will be announced soon.
   2.

   How to publish? Karen Lowton on behalf of the Journal Sociology of
   Health and Illness will present some tips.
   3.

   Regular session. We plan 18 sessions. If you want to submit an abstract
   for an oral presentation please send your abstract (using the form
   provided) with the session name and other details by the deadline
of 28.02.2020
   to [log in to unmask] For further information please visit our
   website Here
   <https://www.europeansociology.org/research-networks/rn16-sociology-health-and-illness>
   .
   4.

   *Poster Session.* If you want to present a poster please send your
   application (on the form provided
   <https://www.europeansociology.org/research-networks/rn16-sociology-health-and-illness>)
the
   deadline of 28.02.2020 to [log in to unmask]


   1.

   Meet a friend. We plan to organize meetings for all who want to find a
   partner for article or research grant proposal. If you are looking for
   colleague with whom you could write article or prepare a grant application,
   please send application (on the form provided
   <https://www.europeansociology.org/research-networks/rn16-sociology-health-and-illness>)
   by the deadline of 28.02.2020 to [log in to unmask]
   2.

   PhD and Early Career Researchers’ Workshop. The call for papers will be
   launched soon.

   For submitting your abstract please use the appropriate form (attached
   to this email) and send it to [log in to unmask] The address
   of the webpage of the conference will be announced soon. The registration
   of the conference will be made online after the launch of the webpage.

   Local Organising Committee: Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny, Aleksandra Wagner,
   Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik

   Scientific Committee ESA RN16 Board : Ellen Annandale, Ana Patricia
   Hilário, MariaŚwiatkiewicz-Mośny, Francesca Sirna, Guido Giarelli, Trude
   Gjernes, Lia Lombardi, Marta Gibin

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Ana Patrícia Hilário
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<https://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/pessoa/ana-patricia-hilario>
Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
Av. Prof Aníbal de Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189 Lisboa Portugal
+351 217 804 700

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<https://lisboa.academia.edu/AnaPatr%C3%ADciaHil%C3%A1rio> / Scholar
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