Climate change, sustainability, and planetary health are global challenges that can only be tackled collectively and on an interdisciplinary basis. The Global Health Day aims to connect scientists from European universities and create a platform for interdisciplinary and international projects in the field of global health.
Under the umbrella of the European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) LMU hosted the second Global Health Day, featuring research and innovations ´from science to society´. Researchers from LMU, the EUGLOH partner universities and beyond are warmly invited to presented their research related but not limited to the following thematic fields: the future of global health; global health and migration; geopolitical implications of global health challenges; innovations in global health education and entrepreneurship; global justice and equality; intersections of global health, climate change, biodiversity, and sustainability.
Additionally, ten different workshops were offered, including excursions in the English Garden on the topics of biodiversity and forest therapy. A poster and art exhibition took place in the Senate Hall, as well as an exhibition of university organizations on the topic of Global Health in the atrium (Lichthof).
The organizing team would like to thank all those involved for two exciting and successful days.
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Program (PDF, 633 KB)
Book of Abstracts (PDF, 1,076 KB)
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On 11 April 2024, LMU hosted its first interdisciplinary day on global health under the auspices of the European University Alliance EUGLOH.
For the first time, an interdisciplinary day on the topic of global health was held at LMU. Over 300 people attended the event to discuss medical, social, economic, and philosophical implications in the field of global health and to work on solutions for various challenges. All faculties of LMU were also given the opportunity to present their expertise and relevant current research findings.
After Prof. Francesca Biagini, Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity, opened the Global Health Day, Prof. Eva Rehfuess delivered the first keynote speech on evidence-based responses to complex challenges in global health. Prof. Laura Edinger-Schons from the University of Hamburg gave the second keynote speech on sustainability transformation in organizations and the role of purpose, participation, and impact measurement.
A total of 17 presentations, 16 posters, 6 workshops, and 8 booths from LMU institutions related to global health were available to visit. Topics ranged from global health problems to sustainability in education and economic aspects of global health. Social issues such as war trauma and its long-term effects or online misogyny were also discussed. In the workshops, participants engaged in constructive global health communication, explored global health in West Africa, or participated in a role-play on climate change.
Additionally, a "BioDiversity Wall Pitch" took place. Eight applicants presented their research projects in the field of biodiversity. The jury ultimately chose the project "Making Diversity of Diversity Visible" by Prof. Joachim Haug from the Faculty of Biology. This project will become the main theme for a publicly accessible installation in the main LMU building, highlighting the scientific connections between human, animal, and environmental health as well as biodiversity. However, other presented projects might also be included in the "BioDiversity Wall" installation.
The event concluded with a concert by the "University Choir Munich" featuring excerpts from the choir program "Animalia!" Thus, the first LMU Global Health Day ended on a lively note with sounds and works about the animal world—diverse, multifaceted, and rich in species. The joint discussions and collaborations have just begun, though. The second LMU Global Health Day is already in planning and will take place on 7/8 April 2025.
Download files:
Program Global Health Day 2024 (PDF, 140 KB)
Book of Abstracts Global Health Day 2024 (PDF, 364 KB)