UKE - ESHMS 2026 - PROGRAMME & KEYNOTES

Programme & Keynotes

Ghent University

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

The London School of Economics and Political Science

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

You can download the full programme including detailed information about sessions, workshops and events here (PDF file) .

Overview

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

Overview

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

Parallel Sessions 1 (3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Karl Krajic	Combining employment and care for relatives on the workplace level
Room 2 Chair: Jelena Epping, Stefanie Sperlich	Recent developments in health inequalities – is Germany on the right track?
Room 3 Chair: Elisa Constantino	Discrimination and mental health I
Room 4 Chair: Stéphane Cullati	Diverging trajectories and compounding inequalities: cumulative (dis)advantage in health I
Room 5 Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma	Inequalities in preventive practices I
Room 6 Chair: Christian Broer	Temporal misalignment, medicalization, and mental health

Parallel Sessions 2 (5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Valentina Rotondi	Inconsistent parenting and mental health
Room 2 Chair: Ariane Bertogg, Sarah Schmauk, Enrique Alonso-Perez	Family diversities in aging societies
Room 3 Chair: Anna Makowski	Discrimination and mental health II
Room 4 Chair: Malgorzata Mikucka	Diverging trajectories and compounding inequalities: cumulative (dis)advantage in health II
Room 5 Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma	Inequalities in preventive practices II
Room 6 Chair: Melissa Ceuterick, Alice Scavarda	Rethinking health-related stigma: lived experiences, structural processes, and the reproduction of new inequalities

Overview

From 8:30 a.m. onwards	Conference 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

Parallel Sessions 3 (9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Alice Scavarda	The potential of comics and visual storytelling to improve health narrative
Room 2 Chair: Dina Maskileyson, Zaharija Porchu	Work, mobility, and mental health in times of uncertainty I
Room 3 Chair: Elisa Constantino	Discrimination and mental health III
Room 4 Chair: Stéphane Cullati	Diverging trajectories and compounding inequalities: cumulative (dis)advantage in health III
Room 5 Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma	Inequalities in preventive practices III
Room 6 Chair: Veerle Buffel, Amina Yaklaf, Tulya Su Guven	Migrant mental health and healthcare utilization I
Room 7 Chair: Constantin Reinke	Student mental health and higher education

Parallel Sessions 4 (11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Nico Dragano, Insa Backhaus-Hoven	Comparative research on occupational health: new analyses and methodological developments
Room 2 Chair: Dina Maskileyson, Zaharija Porchu	Work, mobility, and mental health in times of uncertainty II
Room 3 Chair: Christopher Kofahl	Critical perspectives on health, knowledge, and society
Room 4 Chair: Vladimir Jolidon	MAIHDA: advances, extensions, and applications in health research
Room 5 Chair: Cornelia Wagner, Katrjin Delaruelle, Sorana Toma	Inequalities in preventive practices IV
Room 6 Chair: Veerle Buffel, Amina Yaklaf, Tulya Su Guven	Migrant mental health and healthcare utilization II
Room 7	Workshop "Publishing and peer-review" Liuba Borisova, Tim Huijts, Matthew Smaldon

Parallel Sessions 5 (4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Elizabeth McDermott, Eleanor Wilkinson	Social justice and the crisis of LGBTQI+ young people's mental health
Room 2 Chair: Jens Klein	Health care systems and professional practices
Room 3 Chair: Siegfried Geyer, Johannes Siegrist	The role of theory in cross-country studies in medical sociology
Room 4 Chair: Wietske DeVries	Studying medicalization in times of uncertainties
Room 5 Chair: Nico Vonneilich	Work, employment, and occupational health
Room 6 Chair: Anna Makowski	Youth, school contexts, and mental health

Overview

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

Parallel Sessions 6 (9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Christopher Kofahl	Family, parenting, and early childhood development
Room 2 Chair: Barbara Sena	Spiritual care
Room 3 Chair: Baptiste Brossard	Trauma in times of uncertainty
Room 4 Chair: Olaf von dem Knesebeck	Social determinants of health and health inequalities
Room 5 Chair: Alice Marchesi	Migration and mental health I
Room 6 Chair: Anna Levke Brütt	Patient and public involvement to co-production in health research

Parallel Sessions 7 (11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Room 1 Chair: Anna Makowski	Population mental health and depression
Room 2 Chair: Daniel Lüdecke	Health policy, governance, and public trust
Room 3 Chair: Nico Vonneilich	Loneliness, social relationships, and wellbeing
Room 4 Chair: Jens Klein	Reproductive health, gender, and medicalization
Room 5 Chair: Alice Marchesi	Migration and mental health II
Room 6 Chair: Constantin Reinke	Chronic disease, diagnosis, and epidemiology