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:4b9f946525b8fc99573ed7ef8f2918ea DTSTART:20261118 DTEND:20261119 SUMMARY:Internationale Fachkonferenz: The Role of Community Research i n 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. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)\, the NRW Doctoral College (PK NRW) and Bochum Univer sity of Applied Sciences it reflects the recognised scientific signifi cance of community research approaches to health equity.\n\nThe confer ence brings together internationally leading academics\, community res earchers and activists from Peru\, Brazil\, Canada and Europe to discu ss the role of community research in promoting health equity and addre ssing health crises. It offers students and early-career researchers a rare opportunity for direct exchange with internationally recognised scholars and community practitioners from four continents – an exper ience that goes well beyond what academic coursework alone can provide .\n\nBuilding on over ten years of international collaboration and com munity research to combat health inequalities – approaches that are increasingly recognised in international health research as essential complements to biomedical and epidemiological framework –\, the conf erence highlights the transformative potential of community-oriented\, participatory approaches to managing health crises\, which have long been established in many regions of the Global South and in Canada. Ma ny of the key participants\, including A. E. Birn\, A. Kapilashrami an d D. Ventura\, all leading critical public health scholars\, have been centrally involved in this field.\n\nIn dialogue with researchers\, a ctivists and community researchers from the Global South\, we will exp lore South-North and South-South exchanges on community research\, com munity health and health equity (Birn\, A.E. 2025a\, Birn\, A.E. 2025b \, Ventura et al. 2024\, Falge\, C./Betscher\, S.: 2024) and address k ey gaps in healthcare provision (level of care\, paradigmatic approach es\, 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 and community-based health care.\n\nParticular highlights will be the dialogic keynote ‘Dialogu e across disciplines and continents for health equity’ by researcher s and activists Prof. Deisy Ventura (University of São Paulo\, Brazil ) and Prof. Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto\, Canada) and a key note by Anuj Kapilashrami\, which will take place at KoFabrik Boc hum\, a community space for social innovation\, activism and collabora tive work. Another key item on the programme is a visit to the City La b at Bochum University of Applied Sciences and the Querenburg Communit y Health Centre\, where participants will gain practical insights into how community research helps to shape solidarity-based health structu res and work directly with local stakeholders. \; \;\n\nRegist ration/Anmeldung\n\nParticipation fees/Teilnahmegebühren\n\nFor enqui ries\, please contact: \;Stadtteillabor@hs-bochum.de\n\nOrganisers : Bochum University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Queren burg Community Health Centre e.V.\n\nConference coordinators: Prof. 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)\, the NRW Doctoral College (PK NRW) and Bochum University of Applied Sciences ( HS Bochum).\n\n[Satellitenkonferenz zur Community Health Konferenz Boc hum (CHK) – einzelne Veranstaltungen finden auch im Rahmen der CHK a m 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=24743&cH ash=1f2ef26ec726395824fa51050e876430 DTSTAMP:20260616T200228Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR