Vital Waters: Reimagining Planetary Health through Critical Social Sciences
27 april 2026 09:00 – 19:00 Uppsala universitet
What can the social sciences and humanities contribute to the emerging field of planetary health? How can critical perspectives on water-health relationships help address the compounding health challenges of the 21st century?
You are warmly invited to participate in this interdisciplinary symposium exploring how planetary-scale transformations of water — through climatic changes, infrastructural expansion, extraction, contamination, and purification — are reshaping health futures.
This symposium examines water-health connections through infrastructure, governance, and lived experiences, drawing on empirical social science research in an unequal world.
Through cross-disciplinary dialogue, it seeks to reimagine how we conceptualise and respond to water-related health challenges on a rapidly changing planet.
The Vital Waters Symposium is co-organised by the Centre for Health & Sustainability, the Dept of Cultural Anthropology & Ethnology, and UUniCORN with the support from SHIP, Sustainable Health in Partnership.
SHIP
Sustainable Health in Partnership (SHIP) is a transdisciplinary platform that strengthens and accelerates initiatives tackling complex global challenges that impact health. It connects Swedish universities and partners working to advance ecological, social, and economic sustainability for health.
SHIP is driven by Karolinska Institutet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå University, Uppsala University, and Örebro University.