Special Interest Groups

The EHPS provide many outlets for collaborations based on joint interests

LGBTQIA+ Research

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Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, or hold other marginalized sexual or gender identities (LGBTQIA+) often experience notable health disparities due to complex social, cultural, structural, and political influences. Despite these challenges, research within health psychology and related fields have given limited attention to these groups, particularly beyond the context of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. To address this gap, successful roundtables were organized at the EHPS conference in 2023 and 2024 (for the published reports, see below), after which the organizers decided to establish this Special Interest Group (SIG). This SIG seeks to create a network for researchers dedicated to studying these underrepresented groups, enabling them to share ideas on funding, collaborate on proposals, exchange good/best practices, and disseminate job opportunities.

Aims

Set up a collaborative Open Science Framework (OSF) repository of literature and tools to help established and new researchers strengthen their research capacity on LGBTQIA+ questions
Create an overview and network of researchers involved in LGBTQIA+ research (only with their informed consent)
Create an overview and network of research groups involved in LGBTQIA+ research
Create an overview of national and international LGBTQI+ organisations for consultation and collaboration
Send newsletters disseminating new publications, funding opportunities, PhD positions and other job opportunities, etc.
Set up online webinars/presentations/discussions on LGBTQIA+ research
Organise at least one yearly event at the EHPS
Create an overview of all posters and presentations focusing on LGBTQIA+ research at the EHPS conference

Potential future outcomes

Create an international panel of LGBTQI+ advisors (similar to the UK PPI system)
Pre-conference workshops
Overview/state of the art publication in the EHP
Organise a keynote at a future conference about LGBTQIA+ research

How to Get Involved

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Members receive newsletters, invitations to members’ meetings, and invitations to collaborate in the task forces or in joint projects or papers
Browse or add to the SIG’s repository for SIG output, published papers, researchers and research groups, measures, etc (work in progress): https://osf.io/weaj9

Committee Details

Co-chair

Anne van Dongen

University of Twente, the Netherlands

Co-chair

Thomas Gültzow

Open University of the Netherlands, the Netherlands

Committee member

Chantal den Daas

University of Aberdeen, UK

Committee member

Siobhan Thomas

University College Cork, Ireland

Committee member

Udi Davidovich

Amsterdam Public Health Service, the Netherlands

Committee member

Hanne Zimmermann

Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Advisory member

Tessa Dekkers

University of Twente, the Netherlands

Advisory member

Chris Noone

University of Galway, Ireland

Advisory member

Neil Coulson

University of Nottingham, UK

Events and News

TBD

Previous Work

(all materials are freely available in the OSF repository)
Manifesto
Links to all SIG publications
EHPS 2025 – slides from the symposium