Dates: 8-19 June 2026
Location: Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) invites applications for the 2026 GREATLEAP Summer Training School ‘Health Inequalities: from Sources to Statistical Models’, held in Barcelona as part of the COST-Action GREATLEAP. It is co-organized by the Asociación de Demografía Histórica and HiDo network.
This two-week intensive course will equip participants with the skills to collect, harmonize, and analyse historical individual mortality data, exploring the roots and drivers of health inequalities across regions and over time. Participants will gain hands-on experience with real-world datasets, learn to use R for database construction and statistical modelling, and apply coding systems such as ICD10h developed within the GREATLEAP network.
Through lectures, practical sessions, and collaborative work, you will engage with an interdisciplinary framework that brings together demography, history, epidemiology, sociology, economics, and political science: reflecting GREATLEAP’s mission to connect expertise across disciplines and countries.
Course highlights
- 70 contact hours over two weeks
- Database construction, data harmonization, record linkage
- Statistical modelling (regression, decomposition methods, survival analysis) in R
- Application of international standards and analytical tools
- Opportunities for networking and collaboration with international researchers
More information can be found in the preliminary programme.
Who should apply
PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, early-career researchers, and professionals with an interest in historical demography, public health, epidemiology, or related fields. Basic familiarity with quantitative methods is helpful but not required. Researchers from Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITCs) are especially encouraged to apply.
Funding
Limited funding is available through COST-Action GREATLEAP for participants who would otherwise be unable to attend, with priority given to applicants from ITCs and those without institutional funding.
Application deadline: 15 Januari 2026
How to apply: Submit your application via jpujadasmo@uoc.edu, including a one-page CV and one-page motivation statement, and (if relevant) a request for funding support.
If you have any questions, please contact the GREATLEAP chair Tim Riswick (tim.riswick@ru.nl) or the local organiser Joana Maria Pujadas (jpujadasmo@uoc.edu).