ÖGPH Annual Conference 2026
As part of the annual conference of the Austrian Society for Public Health, ‘Unified Health in a Globalised World’, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Ageing and Care Research (CIRAC) is organising a plenary session in collaboration with international colleagues on the topic of caring communities and compassionate workplaces at the end of life.
The plenary session will draw on key findings from the EU-CoWork project: Promoting Compassionate Workplaces. The aim is to demonstrate how a public health-oriented approach to palliative care can help to strengthen care structures within communities and workplaces.
Plenary:
Strengthening Caring Communities and Compassionate Workplaces: Contributions of a Public Health-Oriented End-of-Life Care Approach
Time: Thursday, 17 September 2026, 2.45–4.00 pm
Venue: Steiermarkhof, Ekkehard-Hauer-Straße 30, 8052 Graz
Chair:
Prof. Klaus Wegleitner, Centre for Interdisciplinary Ageing and Care Research & Institute for Pastoral Theology (CIRAC), University of Graz
Keynote:
End-of-Life Care: A Whole-Society Public Health Approach
Prof. Joachim Cohen, Professor at the End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University, Belgium
Presentations:
Talking about Dying: Intersectional Reflections on Ageing and Migration in Caring Neighbourhoods
Dr. Anna Kainradl, Centre for Interdisciplinary Ageing and Care Research (CIRAC), University of Graz
Caring Citizenship and Death Literacy in Communities
Prof. Patrick Schuchter, Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences
Conference: ‘Unified Health in a Globalised World’ (Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Public Health)
Date: 16–18 September 2026
Venue: FH Joanneum and Steiermarkhof