WHO/Europe has launched an open Call for Experts to establish its new Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), a key element of EPW2 and our efforts to strengthen technical excellence and scientific governance across the Region. The SAB will act as an advisory group to the Regional Director on scientific priorities, help identify key knowledge gaps, and support…
Marija Brujić Discipline : social anthropology Email : marija.brujic@f.bg.ac.rs Organisation: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy Your work: I work as a senior research associate at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a country with strong distrust of political and health authorities, which is why I became interested in vaccine…
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to the launch conference of the network« PharmaGHaSTS : Research Network – Critical Social Science of Pharmaceuticals at the Intersection of Global Health and Science, Technology, and Society ». Date: 12 March 2026 (Thursday)Location: Panoramic Room (4th floor), MSH Paris Nord20 avenue George Sand, Saint-Denis (Front Populaire metro station)…
Kameda Koichi Discipline : Sociology of science (STS), anthropology of global health, intellectual property law Email : k.kameda-de-figueiredo-carvalho@ird.fr Organisation : Sociology of science (STS), anthropology of global health, intellectual property law Your work: Your work: I am a research fellow at the French Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), affiliated with the Center for Population…
Cissé Bakary Discipline : Epidemiology/Biostatistics Email :cybar95@gmail.com Organisation: SESSTIM Your work (vaccine-related): My research focuses on public health, with a particular interest in prevention through vaccination. I am therefore interested in health literacy, vaccination awareness, and vaccine hesitancy.My work specifically examines how health literacy influences vaccination behaviors in various sociocultural contexts. By developing and validating…
Philipp Schmid Discipline : Health Communication Email : philipp.schmid@ru.nl Organisation: Radboud Universiteit Your work (vaccine-related): I am an assistant professor of health communication with a specific focus on misinformation research. I aim to analyse the impact of messages of science denialism on individuals’ health decision-making and to design interventions to reduce their persuasive influence. Science…
Monika Heller Discipline : health psychology, behavioural medicine Email : monika.heller@ehesp.fr Organisation: EHESP Your work : nocebo effect in vaccines; intervention design to improve vaccination uptake in HCP
Lison Merville-Boudjema Discipline : Sociology Email : lison.merville@gmail.com Organisation: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Lyon 1 Your work (vaccine-related): Lison Merville-Boudjema holds a PhD in sociology (URMIS, 2023). Her thesis focuses on the processes of othering experienced by people identified as ‘migrant Roma’ in France in relation to the categorisation of precarious housing (squats, shanty towns…
Ugo Laquièze Discipline : Political Sociology Email : ugo_laquieze@unil.ch Organisme : University of Lausanne Your work (vaccine-related): As part of the sociology of social movements, my research focuses on the biographical consequences of opposition to the health measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 24 November 2025 the workshop “Vaccines & Vaccinations: A Future Agenda for Social Sciences & Policy” will bring together an international group of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. The workshop will explore the political, economic, ethical, and social dimensions of vaccine development and uptake, as well as ways in which the social sciences might more…