Programme & Keynotes

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Piet Bracke

Prof. Piet Bracke

Ghent University

“Beyond Brain, Alienation and Disadvantage: A Population Mental Health Perspective”

>> Piet Bracke, Department of Sociology
Evans-Lacko

Prof. Sara Evans-Lacko

The London School of Economics and Political Science

"Breaking the Structural Barriers That Keep Mental Health Care Out of Reach."

>> Sara Evans-Lacko, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre

Final Programme and Book of Abstracts

You can download the full programme (including detailed information about sessions, workshops, and events) as well as the combined book of abstracts using the links below:

Preconference – Tuesday 18th of August 2026

  • 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Pre-conference Early Career Workshop
    Chair and organisation: Melissa Ceuterick

Day 1 – Wednesday 19th of August 2026

  • 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Conference Registration
    9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.ESHMS Advisory Board Meeting
    1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.ESHMS Hamburg 2026 Conference Welcome
    Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Stéphane Cullati
    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Keynote 1 „Beyond brain, alienation and disadvantage: A population mental health perspective“
    Prof. Piet Bracke; Chair: Liuba Borisova
    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Coffee Break
    3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Parallel Sessions 1
    5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.Coffee Break
    5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.Parallel Sessions 2
    7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Welcome Reception
  • Room 213
    Chair: Karl Krajic    		Combining employment and care for relatives on the workplace level
    Room 209
    Chair: Jelena Epping, Stefanie Sperlich    		Recent developments in health inequalities – is Germany on the right track?
    Room 309
    Chair: Elisa Costantino    		Discrimination and mental health I
    Room 210
    Chair: Stéphane Cullati    		Diverging trajectories and compounding inequalities: cumulative (dis)advantage in health I
    Room 310
    Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma    		Inequalities in preventive practices I
    Room 313
    Chair: Christian Broer    		Temporal misalignment, medicalization, and mental health
  • Room 213
    Chair: Valentina Rotondi    		Inconsistent parenting and mental health
    Room 209
    Chair: Ariane Bertogg, Sarah Schmauk, Enrique Alonso-Perez    		Family diversities in aging societies
    Room 309
    Chair: Anna Makowski    		Discrimination and mental health II
    Room 210
    Chair: Malgorzata Mikucka    		Diverging trajectories and compounding inequalities: cumulative (dis)advantage in health II
    Room 310
    Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma    		Inequalities in preventive practices II
    Room 313
    Chair: Melissa Ceuterick, Alice Scavarda    		Rethinking health-related stigma: lived experiences, structural processes, and the reproduction of new inequalities

Day 2 – Thursday 20th of August 2026

  • From 8:30 a.m. onwardsConference Registration
    9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Parallel Sessions 3
    10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Coffee Break
    11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Parallel Sessions 4
    12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Lunch Break
    12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Creative Workshop (only preregistered participants)
    Alice Scavarda
    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Keynote 2 „Breaking the structural barriers that keep mental health care out of reach“
    Prof. Sara Evans-Lacko; Chair: Olaf von dem Knesebeck
    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Postersessions I and II
    Chair I: Michael Calnan
    Chair II: Katalin Kovacs
    3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Coffee Break
    4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Parallel Sessions 5
    5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.ESHMS General Assembly
    5:45 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.
    (Building N30 on the campus)    		Visit and guided tour of the Medical History Musem (preregistration only)
    7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Dinner
    Location: Blockbräu at the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
  • Room 213
    Chair: Alice Scavarda    		The potential of comics and visual storytelling to improve health narrative
    Room 209
    Chair: Dina Maskileyson, Zaharija Porchu    		Work, mobility, and mental health in times of uncertainty I
    Room 309
    Chair: Elisa Costantino    		Discrimination and mental health III
    Room 210
    Chair: Stéphane Cullati    		Diverging trajectories and compounding inequalities: cumulative (dis)advantage in health III
    Room 310
    Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma    		Inequalities in preventive practices III
    Room 313
    Chair: Veerle Buffel, Amina Yaklaf, Tulya Su Guven    		Migrant mental health and healthcare utilization I
    Room 205
    Chair: Constantin Reinke    		Student mental health and higher education
  • Room 213
    Chair: Nico Dragano, Insa Backhaus-Hoven    		Comparative research on occupational health: new analyses and methodological developments
    Room 209
    Chair: Dina Maskileyson, Zaharija Porchu    		Work, mobility, and mental health in times of uncertainty II
    Room 309
    Chair: Christopher Kofahl    		Critical perspectives on health, knowledge, and society
    Room 210
    Chair: Vladimir Jolidon    		MAIHDA: advances, extensions, and applications in health research
    Room 310
    Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma    		Inequalities in preventive practices IV
    Room 313
    Chair: Veerle Buffel, Amina Yaklaf, Tulya Su Guven    		Migrant mental health and healthcare utilization II
    Room 205Workshop "Publishing and peer-review"
    Liuba Borisova, Tim Huijts, Matthew Smaldon
  • Room 205
    Chair: Elizabeth McDermott, Eleanor Wilkinson    		Social justice and the crisis of LGBTQI+ young people's mental health
    Room 209
    Chair: Jens Klein    		Health care systems and professional practices
    Room 310
    Chair: Siegfried Geyer, Johannes Siegrist    		The role of theory in cross-country studies in medical sociology
    Room 213
    Chair: Wietske DeVries    		Studying medicalization in times of uncertainties
    Room 313
    Chair: Nico Vonneilich    		Work, employment, and occupational health
    Room 309
    Chair: Anna Makowski    		Youth, school contexts, and mental health

Day 3 – Friday 21st of August 2026

  • 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Parallel Sessions 6
    10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Coffee Break
    11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Parallel Sessions 7
    12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Lunch Break
    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Round Table „Social inequalities in mental health in the EU“
    Nico Dragano, Terje Eikemo, Johann Mackenbach, Ingrid Stegeman
    Chair: Alice Scavarda
    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Closing Ceremony / Prizes
  • Room 209
    Chair: Christopher Kofahl    		Family, parenting, and early childhood development
    Room 213
    Chair: Barbara Sena    		Spiritual care
    Room 309
    Chair: Baptiste Brossard    		Trauma in times of uncertainty
    Room 310
    Chair: Olaf von dem Knesebeck    		Social determinants of health and health inequalities
    Room 210
    Chair: Alice Marchesi    		Migration and mental health I
    Room 213
    Chair: Anna Levke Brütt    		Patient and public involvement to co-production in health research
  • Room 209
    Chair: Anna Makowski    		Population mental health and depression
    Room 213
    Chair: Daniel Lüdecke    		Health policy, governance, and public trust
    Room 309
    Chair: Nico Vonneilich    		Loneliness, social relationships, and wellbeing
    Room 310
    Chair: Jens Klein    		Reproductive health, gender, and medicalization
    Room 210
    Chair: Alice Marchesi    		Migration and mental health II
    Room 313
    Chair: Constantin Reinke    		Chronic disease, diagnosis, and epidemiology