BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hochschule_Bochum//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T010000 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e80d4e20bea58e20d925e45e6fb7aab8 DTSTART:20261118 DTEND:20261119 SUMMARY:International Satellite Conference: The Role of Community Rese arch in the Context of Health Crises DESCRIPTION:Some events will also take place as part of the Community Health Konferenz in Bochum on 19 (and 20) November 2026.\n\nOn 18 and 19 November\, the international satellite conference “The Role of Co mmunity Research in the Context of Health Crises” will take place at Bochum University of Applied Sciences.\n\nThe conference brings toget her international academics\, community researchers and activists from Peru\, Brazil\, Canada and Europe to discuss the role of community re search in promoting health equity and addressing health crises.\n\nBui lding on over ten years of international collaboration and community r esearch to combat health inequalities\, in which many of the key parti cipants (Birn\, A.E. 2025\, \;Falge\, C./Betscher\, S.: 2024\,&nbs p\;Hartung\, S.\,/Bär\, G.: 2025) have been involved\, the conference highlights the transformative potential of community-oriented\, parti cipatory approaches to managing health crises\, which have long been e stablished in many regions of the Global South and in Canada.\n\nIn di alogue with researchers\, activists and community researchers from the Global South\, we will explore South-North and South-South exchanges on community research\, community health and health equity (Ventura et al. 2024) and address key gaps in healthcare provision (level of care \, paradigmatic approaches\, accessibility\, sensitivity to diversity/ community participation\, etc.) in European countries. Guided by a non -extractivist and power-critical approach\, international case studies will focus on community mobilisation\, decentralised policy-making an d community-based healthcare.\n\nThe conference offers a space for int erdisciplinary exchange\, networking and practical know-how among part icipants from Peru\, Brazil\, Canada and Europe. A particular highligh t will be the dialogic keynote ‘Dialogue across disciplines and cont inents for health equity’ by researchers and activists Prof. Deisy V entura (University of São Paulo\, Brazil) and Prof. Anne-Emanuelle Bi rn (University of Toronto\, Canada)\, which will take place at KoFabri k Bochum\, a community space for social innovation\, activism and coll aborative work. Another key item on the programme is a visit to the Ci ty Lab at Bochum University of Applied Sciences and the Querenburg Com munity Health Centre\, where participants will gain practical insights into how community research helps to shape solidarity-based health st ructures and work directly with local stakeholders. \; \;\n\nR egistration/Anmeldung\n\nParticipation fees/Teilnahmegebühren\n\nFor enquiries\, please contact: \;Stadtteillabor@hs-bochum.de\n\nOrgan isers: Bochum University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Q uerenburg Community Health Centre e.V.\n\nConference coordinators: Pro f. Dr Christiane Falge\, Bochum University of Applied Sciences &\; Prof. Dr Franziska Satzinger\, Fulda University of Applied Sciences\n\ nThe conference is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)\, th e NRW Doctoral College (PK NRW) and Bochum University of Applied Scien ces (HS Bochum).\n\n[Satellitenkonferenz zur Community Health Konferen z Bochum (CHK) – einzelne Veranstaltungen finden auch im Rahmen der CHK am 19.(/20).11.2026 statt.]\n\n URL:https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/aktuell/?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D= detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=24382&cH ash=cad326a1df50c71c0a4f09c6bae84f95 DTSTAMP:20260604T035700Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR