This summer course focuses on urgent topics in global health ethics, equity and justice. With an enthusiastic team of experts from all over the world, the current major challenges and approaches to address these are discussed.
How can we jointly, practically and ethically work towards more health equity and justice worldwide? This summer course focuses on urgent topics in global health ethics, equity and justice. With an enthusiastic team of experts from all over the world, the current major challenges and approaches to address these are discussed.
The summer course focuses on urgent topics in global health ethics and equity. With an enthusiastic team of experts from all over the world, the major current challenges to health equity in the world as well as potential solutions are discussed.
The course program booklet will be available from February 2025 onwards.
"It was really wonderful and I feel so inspired by the participants, teachers, dynamics etc! Even though I came out with more questions, I also feel more motivated to do what I can within my sphere of influence!"
Lecturers of the 2024 Global Health Ethics & Equity summer school are:
This course is open to all with an interest in global health and health equity:
Guest lecturers will provide interactive sessions, alternated by small group work, to address the following learning objectives:
Full-time, one week in Utrecht (the Netherlands).
This course has the following fee options, based on your individual circumstances and application date:
| Registration date | LMIC-based* | HIC-based** |
| Early bird | €475,- | €740,- |
| Late bird | €580,- | €900,- |
The fees include course materials, coffee, tea, fruit, Dutch cookies and a daily (vegetarian) lunch. These early bird registration fees apply until 1 April 2026.
*LMIC are low- and middle-income countries, as classified by the World Bank. Participants can apply for the LMIC fee based on the location of the institution which they are affiliated to. HIC are high-income countries, as classified by the World Bank. Erasmus+ KA107 or KA171 participants pay full fee.
**For participants working in the private sector, late bird HIC-fee applies (€795,-)
If you combine this summer school with other Global Health courses, there is an additional discount of € 30 per course. Please mention this in your application, so we can apply the discount.
The housing costs do not include a Utrecht Summer School sleeping bag. This is a separate product on the invoice. If you wish to bring your own bedding, please deselect or remove the sleeping bag from your order.
For this course you are required to upload the following documents when applying: