Conference Esarn16 - Roundtables

This roundtable will offer a reflection on sociologists' public involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on health and medicine. The following topics will be discussed: involvement of social scientists in the public health debates and healthcare decision-making within the context of professional biographies, balancing sociology of medicine and sociology in medicine, dynamics between sociology and social sciences more broadly and biomedical expertise, implications for future involvement of public sociology beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speakers: Daniel Benamouzig (Sciences Po Paris), Guido Giarelli (University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro), Ana Patrícia Hilário (University of Lisbon, ICS-UL), Daniel Prokop (PAQ Research)

Chair: Dino Numerato (Charles University)

This roundtable will offer a reflection on sociologists' public involvement during the war in Ukraine. 

This round table will offer a reflection on the impacts of the Ukrainian war on health and healthcare. The following topics will be discussed: access to healthcare, barriers and measures to overcome them, healthcare professionals in hosting countries, expectations of Ukrainian war refugees, the capacity of healthcare systems in hosting countries to manage the unexpected increase in patients and future challenges. The round table is organised in collaboration with the Expert Group For Ukraine from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.

Speakers: Anastasia Riabchuk (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), Elena Tulupova (Charles University), Magdalena Ślusarczyk (Jagiellonian University)

Chair: Marie Jelínková (Charles University)