Special Interest Groups

The EHPS provide many outlets for collaborations based on joint interests

Equity, Global Health and Sustainability

This special interest group (SIG) has grown from EHPS members’ common interests in issues of equity, global health, and sustainability, and the role health psychology could play in contributing to sustainable development. The group has informally started in 2017 with a mailing list and a ResearchGate group (see Get involved and connect). We have become an official SIG at the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) in December 2019.
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Our aims
Organisation of the SIG
Co-chairs of the SIG
Get involved and connect
Expert Directory

Our aims

Our SIG has the following three overarching aims:
Promoting rigorous health psychology research and practice regarding equity, global health, and sustainability.
Uniting EHPS members doing research and working in practice in these fields.
Transferring the outcomes of research on equity, global health and sustainability into policy. To this end, the SIG is closely linked to the EHPS Committee at the United Nations.
Each year, SIG members set specific goals and plan activities to achieve these aims (see Organisation of the SIG).

Organisation of the SIG

Our SIG is organised into task forces related to the three broad areas of interest – sustainability, equity, and global health. All members are encouraged to suggest tasks they think are relevant and important for the SIG to work on, and all members are welcome to join these task forces.
The SIG meets at least twice a year: at the EHPS conference and virtually in the first quarter. A mailing list keeps members up to date on activities throughout the year (see Get involved and connect). We are also considering other formats that could facilitate informal exchanges, such as virtual cafés. If you have any ideas for additional formats, please reach out to one of the co-chairs (see Co-chairs of the SIG). The SIG’s progress is reported annually to the EHPS.

Co-chairs of the SIG

Switzerland

Josianne Kollmann

United Kingdom

Daniella Watson

France

Paquito Bernard

Germany

Carolin Callies

Switzerland

Nadja Contzen

Cyprus

Theodora Fteropoulli

United Kingdom

Lucia Rehackova

France

Claudia Teran-Escobar

Get involved and stay connected

Become a member by signing up to our mailing list. Members receive invitations to members’ meetings, invitations to collaborate in the task forces or in joint projects or papers and can send emails to the mailing list.

Join our ResearchGate project. You can follow the project to keep up to date on publications relating to health psychology research on equity, global health, and sustainability, or join as a collaborator to link your research.

Browse or add to the SIG’s growing measures repository (work in progress).

Follow us on our social media channels “EHPS Equity Global Health & Sustainability SIG” on LinkedIn and Bluesky. There, we share regular updates, both during the conference and throughout the year, including news about our SIG, information on upcoming events, as well as practical and theoretical contributions related to equity, global health, and sustainability in health psychology.

Mailing list

ResearchGate project

Measures repository

LinkedIn

Bluesky

Expert Directory

Looking for insights or collaboration in equity, global health, or sustainability? Our expert directory features SIG members who are open to being contacted for scientific inquiries, media contributions, or collaborative opportunities. Each expert has outlined their key areas of expertise and provided contact details to help you connect directly. Explore the list and get in touch—we welcome opportunities to exchange knowledge and foster new connections.

If you are a SIG member and would like to be included in the expert directory, please send an email to nadja.contzen@eawag.ch