Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in our call for abstracts for EPH 2025-together we are stronger, and it will be a pleasure to collaborate with you. We also invite you to check out the recording of our webinar from 7 March, co-organised with the the European Public Health Association with the aim to foster international solidarity in response to escalating threats to science.

Best regards,
Sofia Ribeiro, Rana Orhan Pees and Damir Ivankovic
EUPHA (PHPP)

Call for Abstracts – 2025 EPH Conference in Helsinki

In preparation for the EPH Conference in Helsinki (November 2025), the EUPHA section on Public Health Policy and Politics (PHPP) invites all members to submit abstracts on new and relevant work related to public health policy, governance, and politics to the section leadership by 13 April 2025.

The section aims to submit several symposium/workshop proposals (each including 4-5 individual presentations) on behalf of the section. If you are interested in contributing to a section-led proposal, please submit your abstract directly to the section leadership. We will review and organise abstracts into thematic draft proposals. More information on abstract formatting and submission can be found on the European Public Health Conference website: https://ephconference.eu/abstract-submission-10.

All contributions related to public health policy and governance are welcome. We particularly encourage abstracts on the following themes:

1. Governance and policymaking in public health
2. The role of evidence in public health decision-making
3. Political determinants of health and health inequalities
4. Public health policy responses to crises and emergencies
5. Intersectoral collaboration and health in all policies
6. Citizen engagement and participatory policy making in public health
7. Regulation and fiscal policies for health promotion
8. Challenges and opportunities in European public health governance
9. Implementation and evaluation of public health policies
10. The future of public health policy in a changing political landscape

Submission Process and Timeline

• 13 April 2025 – Deadline to submit abstracts to the section leadership.
• 14–17 April 2025 – Review and organisation of abstracts into symposium/workshop themes. Feedback provided if necessary.
• 18–30 April 2025 – Finalisation of symposium/workshop proposals. Authors not included in symposia are advised to submit individually.
• 1 May 2025 – EPH Conference individual abstract submission deadline.

Please submit your abstract here by 13 April 2025.

NB: If you submit your abstract to the section, please do not also submit it via the official EPH Conference submission system. We will notify you by 17 April if your abstract is included in a symposium proposal. If not, you will still have time to submit your abstract individually before the 1 May deadline. All symposia/workshops and individual abstracts will be evaluated by the EPH International Scientific Committee before final acceptance into the conference programme.

Webinar recording: “Stands Up for Science” 

On March 7, the European Public Health Association and the Public Health Policy and Politics Section hosted a webinar to support the global “Stands Up for Science”  initiative, rallying international solidarity in response to escalating threats to science in the U.S. Speakers, including Scott Greer, Marleen Bekker, Kit Yates, and Martin McKee, warned of the dismantling of research institutions and public health programs, urging European scientists to defend evidence-based policy. The session called for stronger protections for academic freedom, public engagement to counter misinformation, and European leadership in global and public health. The webinar marked a powerful moment of unity, emphasising that defending science is a shared, global responsibility. Europe must act now.

Webinar recording is available on EUPHA’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S358YBbeBIg