Join us for a half-day seminar exploring how health equity can be advanced in Sweden and globally. Guided by recommendations from WHO’s 2025 landmark report on the social determinants of health, the event brings together researchers, policymakers, and experts for keynote presentations, panel and group discussions, and a networking lunch.

Programme highlights include:

  • Keynote: Global Launch Highlights & Findings from the 2025 WHO world report on social determinants of health equity, presented by Sudhvir Singh, global lead for Equity and Health, WHO.
  • Keynote: Health Equity in Sweden, Olivia Wigzell, Director General, Public Health Agency of Sweden
  • Panel: Health Inequities in Sweden across the lifecourse and across sectors – what can and should be done? Confirmed speakers include Line Gordon, Professor Sustainability Science and Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Margareta Kristensson, Professor Social Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Linköping University, Mårten Palme, Professor of Economics Stockholm University, and Stefan Swartling Peterson, Professor Global Transformation for Health, Karolinska Institutet
  • Beehive discussions in small groups, followed by a moderated dialogue and open Q&A with all panelists
  • Networking lunch

Practical information

Date: 21 October 2025

Time: 08:30–13:00 (Networking lunch 12:00–13:00)

Venue: Christina Larsdotter, Karolinska Institutet, Berzelius väg 3, Solna (Ground floor in Berzeliuslaboratioriet).

Organised by Stockholm Trio for Sustainable Actions, an initiative of the University Alliance Stockholm Trio (Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Stockholm University).

Registration

Participation is free of charge and includes lunch, but registration is required, sign up via this link. For questions, please contact Tanja Tomson at tanja.tomson@ki.se.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Stockholm Trio for Sustainable Actions
stockholmtrio.org

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