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Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

Health and the Environment: concepts, methods, and policy (on-site)

As we are transitioning through a post-pandemic phase, the question of how health and the environment are linked and relate to each other is as urgent as ever. Within IAS, Human Health Complexity and Coupled Human and Natural worlds has been explored and proposed as an approach to understanding and intervening on health, acknowledging complex nature of health and disease and starting a dialogue with the policy world.
Start date
5 June 2023
End date
6 June 2023
Time
10:00
Room
Sweelinck Room

In this workshop, we continue these conversations by bringing in a specific set of questions: How is health linked to the environment? How are the biological and social environment interconnected? How to inform policy on the basis of complex understandings of health and environment? How to complement the widespread evidence-based approach? The transition from concepts to policy is especially delicate, and we will have the opportunity to learn from Prof. Nancy Cartwright, who has been leading the debates around evidence-based approaches to policy.

Programme

5 June

10:00 Introduction by Huub Dijstelbloem
10:15

Presentations 

  • Wilma Waterlander, University of Amsterdam
    "Towards a planetary healthy diet: a systems perspective"
  • Nicole den Braver, University of Amsterdam
    "Environment and cardiometabolic health"
11:15 Break
11:30

Presentations

  • Brian Castellani, University of Durham
    "Air pollution and the Exposome: A complexity perspective"
  • Monique Chambon, RIVM
    "Understanding public perceptions towards sustainable healthcare with broad attitude networks"
12:30 Lunch
13:30

Lecture by Nancy Cartwright, University of Durham
Philosophy, critical perspective on evidence-based policy (title TBC)
14:15

Presentations 

  • Annemarie van Wezel, University of Amsterdam
    Environmental pressures on health (title TBC)
  • Federica Russo, University of Amsterdam 
    "Evidence regimes for interconnected health and environmental challenges"
15:15 General discussion and closing of day 1 
16:00 End

June 6

9:30 Recap of day 1 and introduction 
9:45

Presentations

  • Morten Hulvej Rod, National Institute of Public Health Denmark 
    "Achieving leverage in public health policy and research"
  • Frenk van Harreveld, RIVM & University of Amsterdam 
    "Science versus Politics in Policy Research"
  • Suzanne Gunnik, Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation
    "How can complexity theory inform medical research and decision making?"
  • Mike Lees, University of Amsterdam 
    "POLDER"
11:00 Break
11:30 General discussion, next steps and closing 
12:30 End

The workshop will take place on June 5 (10-16h) and June 6 (9.30-12:30h). It is possible to register for one of the days, or both. 

Register