About Stockholm Public Health Lectures
Stockholm Public Health Lectures are open popular science lectures held by leading experts within public health. The lecture series is presented by the Department of Global Public Health together with the Center of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Region Stockholm.
The lecture series focuses on key topics in the area of public health, as well as issues that concern the planning and commissioning of healthcare. Stockholm Public Health Lectures are held twice per semester.
The events are free to attend and targeted to a broad audience. After each lecture, a reception with snacks and soft drinks follows, open to all participants.
Upcoming lectures
Stockholm Public Health Lectures are held twice per semester. See upcoming lectures in the calendar list. When the list is empty, no upcoming lectures are advertised.
Watch previous lectures
2025
- December: Health risks linked to new nicotine products
- March: Impact of climate change on child health from a global research perspective
2024
- 4 December: Health of girls and women across the lifespan
- 19 March: The concurrent increase in violence and psychological distress in youth
2023
- 5 December: Public Health in a time of population aging, What do we know about the health of the oldest old?
2022
- May: Stockholm Public Health Lectures: Agenda for reducing cannabis use and crime in Stockholm County - Rosaria Galanti, Sven Granath, Vania Ceccato, Pia Kvillemo, Jan Jönsson och Johan Franck.
2021
- October: From policy to evidence – catching up with the rapid implementation of COVID-19 response measures - Jacob Burns, Lisa Askie and panel discussion between Jacob Burns, Lisa Askie, Anders Tegnell and Ole Petter Ottersen.
2020
- November: Going from evidence to action - When is evidence enough? - Zili Sloboda och Gregor Burkhart
This lecture is not published and available to watch online, please contact sekretariat.gph@ki.se for access to the filmed version of the lecture.
Download Zili Sloboda's presentation material and the material from Gregor Burkhart's lecture. - February: Using prevention science to guide community action - J. David Hawkins
2019
Watch the lectures from 2019:
- November: Launch of the public health report 2019 ("Folkhälsorapporten") - please note that event was held in Swedish
- September: Social inequalities in health - what can be done to reduce them? - Terje Eikemo, Olle Lundberg, Johan Carlson
- May: Diverging trends in premature mortality in the new world: winners and losers - Amy Berrington de González, Andreas Bergh
- February: Universal healthcare access in an era of migration part 1 - Hannah Bradby
- February: Universal healthcare access in an era of migration part 2 - Dominik Zenner
2018
Watch the lectures from 2018: