Course
Transforming Systems for Planetary Health
A course for academics, professionals, and change-makers, fostering a sense of responsibility and agency to address the pressing challenges posed by the planetary health crisis!
€900
Specifications
Description
This advanced course explores how deeply embedded global systems contribute to the planetary crisis and what pathways enable meaningful transformation. Participants engage with topics such as the exposome, decoloniality, power relations between public and private sectors, and the governance and economic structures that shape both health and ecological stability. In this course, participants will critically examine system-level drivers of the planetary crisis and develop perspectives on how to contribute to equitable and sustainable systems transformation.
Target audience
Designed for participants with prior knowledge or experience in planetary health, sustainability, health systems, or systems transformation. The course is suited for professionals, policymakers, researchers (including PhD candidates), and master's students seeking to contribute to structural change and to deepen their understanding of their role within broader societal and ecological systems.
Aim of the course
By the end of this advanced course, participants will be able to:
- Critically examine complex dimensions of the planetary crisis, including exposome science, decoloniality, and systemic inequities.
- Assess the roles, responsibilities, and interactions of public, private, and civil society sectors in shaping planetary health outcomes.
- Evaluate governance structures, policy mechanisms, and economic systems that influence environmental and health futures.
- Integrate interdisciplinary evidence to propose strategies for systemic transformation toward planetary health.
- Design context-appropriate, equity-centered approaches that address structural determinants and promote sustainable, health-supportive systems.
Costs
- Course fee: €900.00
- Included: Course + course materials + lunch
- Housing fee: €275
- Housing provider: Utrecht Summer School
Registration early bird (LMIC) € 475
Registration late bird (LMIC) € 580
Registration early bird (HIC) € 740
Registration late bird (HIC) € 900
The fees include course materials, coffee, tea, fruit, many Dutch cookies and a daily (vegetarian) lunch. The 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. Please note: scholarship holders (including Erasmus+ KA171 participants) pay full fee.
**HIC are high-income countries, as classified by the World Bank.
For participants working in the private sector, late bird HIC-fee applies
Additional information
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.
Application
For this course you are required to upload the following documents when applying:
- Motivation Letter
- C.V.