Pre-Conference EPC Meeting
Current Challenges in Migrant Health
Silvia Loi, Songyun Shi
Bologna, Italy, June 03, 2026
Location: Room L, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
About
The EAPS Working Group on Migrant Health dedicates itself to the interdisciplinary study of the physical and mental health, wellbeing, and mortality of international migrant populations living in Europe. Today, we know how the health of migrants differs from the health of non-migrants across a wide range of health measures and according to, for example, where migrants were born, how long they have lived in their host county, and their reason for migration. We know less about why the health of migrants differs from non-migrants and what the consequences might be. Given the rising volume, diversity, and visibility of migrant populations across all of Europe, it has become crucial to do just that. By uniting academic experts on migration and health, our working group aims to overcome the data challenges that have come to define the research area, disentangle the myriad complexities and paradoxes that typify migrant health, and elucidate how migrants’ unique health characteristics affect the health of the populations in the countries they move to. Through facilitating and fostering research in this area in Europe, we endeavor to advance scientific knowledge and move the current evidence base forward, identify exciting new research directions, and directly inform public health and broader social policy.
Program
EAPS Working Group on Migrant Health Program (PDF File, 128 kB)
Registration
To be registered as a member of the Working Group, and to register for the first meeting in Bologna please send an email to eapsmigranthealth@gmail.com
Steering Committee
Silvia Loi (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health) |
Matthew Wallace (University of Salford and University of Stockholm) |
Joseph Harrison (University of Salford and University of St. Andrews) |
Songyun Shi (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) |
Claudia Brunori (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Centre D'Estudis Demogràfics – CERCA) | Marina Vergeles (Université Catholique de Louvain and Vrije Universiteit Brussel)