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GREATLEAP COST Action
@thegreatleap22116.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary approach from a historical perspective to understand the roots and drivers of health inequalities.
https://greatleap.eu/
📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞”
🗓 Tuesday, 4 November
🕚 11:00 CET
📍 Online (Microsoft Teams)
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📢 Summer Training School “Health Inequalities: from Sources to Statistical Models”
🗓 8–19 June 2026
📍Barcelona 🇪🇸
Two weeks of hands-on training in historical demography, data harmonization, and R-based statistical modelling.
Apply by 15 January 2026 → jpujadasmo@uoc.edu
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
✨ GREATLEAP pre-conference workshop in Bologna brought together 80+ scholars to explore sources & databases on causes of death (1800–1950). From parish registers to hospital journals, we uncovered the stories behind historical mortality.

Edward Morgan's full reflection: greatleap.eu/news/reflect...
Reflecting on the GREATLEAP Workshop: Uncovering the Stories Behind Historical Deaths
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September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📢 Did you know that all announcements for the Online Lecture Series: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 can be found on the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social website? 🧵⬇️
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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oday, keynote talk is given by Pulitzer Prize winner David Kertzer on Changing Jews into Aryan’s in Fascist Italy #ESHD2025
September 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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#ESDH2025 has started!

Prof. Guido Barbujani is giving the first keynote on the famous human races.
September 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
✨ Today we had the pleasure of opening the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social pre-conference workshop “𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎)”
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Super evening with our @costprogramme.bsky.social @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social colleagues. Stories were told, legends were made and plans were mapped. This is what #COST is about - optimising opportunties for collaboration - this time in stereo! #Synergy #COST22159 #EAHMH25 #COST22116 #Research
September 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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#EAHMH25 was a fab conference with an incredible array of fascinating papers, topics & scholars. Finally met some of my @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social colleagues in person. Event better to team up with my other #COST gang @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social #Berlin #Research
September 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
📢 Call for Papers! Workshops “Transcribing the Past: Citizen Scientists & Automation in Historical Demography”
🖥️ 29 Jan 2026 (online)
🏛️ 26 Mar 2026 (Ghent)
Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 15 Nov 2025
For more information 👉 greatleap.eu/calls/call-f...
Call for Papers Workshops ‘Transcribing the Past: Citizen Scientists and Automation in Historical Demography’
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September 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
📢 Call for Papers!
Workshop Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises & Epidemics
🗓 18–19 Mar 2026 | Barcelona 🇪🇸
Submit 200–300 word abstracts by 10 Dec 2025 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Workshop ‘Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Registration: Everyday Conditions, Crises, and Epidemics
Please submit your abstract (200-300 words) before 10 December here. We expect to be able to communicate everyone before Christmas about acceptance to the workshop. We anticipate that COST-Action GREA...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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This project has been designed with the wonderful Eric Schneider @ericbschneider.bsky.social, Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social, Monica Alexander @monjalexander.bsky.social, and Maarten van Wijhe. Plus, the workshop is generously funded by @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social + @bspsuk.bsky.social! (3/4)
August 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 2nd Call for Project Proposals – Host Institutes! GREATLEAP invites institutes to host visiting scholars (2 weeks–3 months) for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs).
💶 Up to €2,500 support per project
🗓 Jan–Oct 2026 | Deadline: 1 Jan 2026
Details 👉 tim.riswick@ru.nl
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢 Call for Papers!
Workshop Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Over Time
🗓 27 Feb 2026 | Akoesticum, Ede
📝Keynote: Prof. Sean Clouston
⏳Deadline for abstracts (≤500 words): 1 Oct 2025
Submit here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Workshop Application: Socio-economic inequities in health over time
Application deadline: 1 October 2025 Application decision: 15 October 2025 Workshop date: 27 February 2026 Workshop location: Akoesticum, Ede, the Netherlands (in-person only)
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August 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 2nd Call for Thematic Workshops (Co-organised with GREATLEAP) 🚨

We invite scholars to propose workshops that advance our COST Action goals:
➡️ Understanding long-term health inequalities
➡️ Studying cause-specific mortality

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August 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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It was a pleasure to teach our @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social cause-of-death coding course at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne with colleagues joining from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
July 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The 𝐈𝐂𝐃𝟏𝟎𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 was held in Cambridge from July 8–10, organized in collaboration with the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social , the University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.
July 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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In Cambridge, as part of the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social -funded Training Course on Coding Historical Causes of Death, we spent two days—together with @amrcampop.bsky.social , M. Murkens, and E. Garrett—training participants from across Europe in the use of the ICD10h.
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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In Zurich for the @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social workshop 'Analysing Historical Mortality and Cause of Death Data' – a very fruitful two days with researchers from diverse backgrounds and excellent ideas for future work.
June 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🚨 Call for Applications! 🚨

📅 22–23 July 2025
📍 Monash University, Melbourne 🇦🇺
💀 Historical mortality meets digital innovation!

🔹 ICD10h Training Course (22 Jul)
🔹 Digital History Symposium (23 Jul)
Apply by **11 June** ➡️ (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)
May 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
👩🏻‍⚕️ The health platform Ma Clinique Informations médicales published an article "Comprendre les origines des disparités de santé à travers des données historiques", again highlighting the importance of our research.
ma-clinique.fr/comprendre-l...
Comprendre les origines des disparités de santé à travers des données historiques
Au cours du siècle dernier, les inégalités de santé sont passées de la conduite principalement par les maladies infectieuses, les mauvais assainissement et les conditions de travail dangereuses à la f...
ma-clinique.fr
May 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌟 Great news from the GREATLEAP COST Action network!

The News Medical Life Sciences portal published an article titled "Understanding the Origins of Health Disparities Through Historical Data."

📖 Read the full article here:
www.news-medical.net/news/2025040...
Understanding the origins of health disparities through historical data
Over the past century, health inequalities have shifted from being driven mainly by infectious diseases, poor sanitation, and hazardous working conditions to being shaped by chronic diseases, lifestyl...
www.news-medical.net
May 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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What's the difference between writing for scientists and for non-specialists? 🤔 How to transform a scientific article into a press release or newspaper article? 🗒️Great future #COSTaction articles coming up from these Science communication coordinators! @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
📝 WORKSHOP: Writing Individual Grants on Inequalities in Health
📅 June 25 | ⏰ 14:00 – 15:30 CET | 💻 Online

Planning to apply for an individual research grant? Join our interactive workshop focused on crafting strong proposals in the field of health inequalities. 🧵⬇️
May 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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CFP ‘𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬’

#PhD #ECR working on #HistHealth see this @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social event on Advanced Skills in Data Harmonisation & Visualisation of Historical Sources #Prague #GreatLeap #CA22116 #Skystorian #DeathStudies August 2025
April 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM