And that’s a wrap on the Essen Health Conference 2026! Huge congratulations to our Best Paper Award winners: 🥇 Hikaru Kawarazaki @hikarukawarazaki.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social for his paper, "The Rotten Apple: Peer Effects of Criminal Exposure in Schools" (continued...)

A fantastic plenary session from Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social on the “Effects of Gender Integration on Men”, where she discussed what happens to male job satisfaction and performance when women are integrated into previously restricted occupations Key findings in the 🧵

Day 2 of the Essen Health Conference begins with new research on opioid policy, healthcare markets, and labor market interventions shaping health and worker outcomes!

Day 1 of the EHC 2026 concluded with a fascinating plenary by Stephanie von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social on 'Health Economics and Genetics' Key takeaway: as access to genetic data expands, accounting for genetic differences is increasingly important in health & human capital research 🧵

As always, we wrap Day 1 of the Essen Health Conference with a historical tour of Essen city, and a stunning sunset over the Baldeneysee — one of the city's finest views!

From preventive care & healthcare markets to gender inequality, environmental health, and labor market dynamics, this year’s Essen Health Conference explores diverse questions shaping discourse across countries. We’re looking forward to two days of insightful discussions!

Kicking-off the 17th edition of the Essen Health Conference with an address from Prof. Dr. Erwin Amann, Dean of Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen. We're also excited to welcome an exceptional assembly of participants and plenary speakers—leading voices in health, education, and labour economics.

We are delighted to welcome the esteemed keynotes of the Essen Health Conference 2026! Melanie Wasserman, Associate Professor of Economics, UCLA Anderson School of Management (@uclaanderson.bsky.social) Stephanie von Hinke, Professor of Economics, University of Bristol (@bristoluni.bsky.social)

📢Notifications for the Essen Health Conference 2026 are now out! (Don't forget to check your spam folders). Many thanks to our scientific committee who had the joy and challenge to select from such an excellent pool of papers

📢Last chance to submit your papers to the Essen Health Conference 2026! 🚨 Submit your work in fields of health, labour or education by 31 January (today)!

🚨 Just two more days for the Essen Health Conference 2026 deadline! Last year's participants presented cutting-edge research on important and niche topics. We look forward to submissions in fields of health, labour and education by 🗓️ 31 January 2026! udue.de/ehc26

🚨Two weeks left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2026! Submit your work in the fields of health, labour or education by 🗓️ 31 January! Further information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc26

Friendly Reminder: The Call for Papers for #ehc26 is out, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social and Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social 🗓️Submission deadline: 31 January 2026 🚨Details here - udue.de/ehc26 #healtheconomics #econ

The Call for Papers for Essen Health Conference 2026 is out now, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social and Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc26

Thanks to your generous support at #EHC2025, HEAL-Ukraine will add 2 key health questions to a national survey this summer—supporting KSE’s frontline research on the war’s health impacts 🙏 Donations still welcome ahead of the Sept wave: 👉 www.paypal.com/pools/c/9f95...

And that’s a wrap on the Essen Health Conference 2025! Huge congratulations to our Best Paper Award winners: 🥇 Lukas Mahler @lmahler.bsky.social, at KU Leuven) : "Efficiency and Equity of Education Tracking" (continued...)

The highlight of any academic conference is learning from our esteemed keynote speakers. This year, we're thrilled to welcome Farzana Afridi (#ISIDelhi) and Mariacristina De Nardi (@mdenardi.bsky.social), sharing insights on health, development, and environmental economics. Summary 🧵coming soon!

As always, we wrapped up Day 1 of the EHC with a thought-provoking tour of Essen city, and a stunning sunset over the Baldeneysee — one of the city's finest views.

Great to have Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert, Rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen (@unidue.bsky.social), with us! She highlighted the university's support for health economics research, with the Essen Health Conference as a prime example

The Essen Health Conference 2025 promises to delve into some interesting topics!

Kicking-off the 16th edition of the Essen Health Conference!

Just 5 days until the Essen Health Conference 2025 kicks off! We're excited to welcome an exceptional assembly of participants and plenary speakers—leading voices in health, education, and labour economics

Call for Applications: DAAD Guest Professorship in Health Economics Spend winter term 2025/26 at CINCH in Essen – collaborate, teach, and enjoy a vibrant research environment. Deadline: May 1, 2025 Questions? Contact @danielkuehnle.bsky.social #healtheconomics #econsky #teachecon

Notifications for the Essen Health Conference 2025 are out now! (Don't forget to check your spam folders). Many thanks to our scientific committee who had the joy and challenge to select from such an excellent pool of papers #Econbluesky #healthecon #econsky #labourecon #EconConf #ehc2025

📢Last chance to submit your papers to the Essen Health Conference 2025! 🚨 Submit your work in fields of health, labour or education by 31 January (today)! Find all information here: udue.de/ehc25

Last day to submit!

Friendly Reminder! 🚨6 days left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2025 ⏰ Submit your work in fields of health, labour or education by 31 January! Find all information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc25

Introducing the esteemed keynote speakers of the Essen Health Conference 2025 - Farzana Afridi, Mariacristina De Nardi, and Uwe Sunde

Call for Papers for the Essen Health Conference 2025 is out now, with an excellent line-up of international keynotes - Farzana Afridi, Mariacristine De Nardi (@mdenardi.bsky.social), & Uwe Sunde 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2025🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc25

Welcome to the Bluesky account of the Essen Health Conference - where Health meets Labour and Education Economics! Watch this space for all information about your favourite annual conference. #Econbluesky #healthecon #econsky #labourecon #EconConf #ehc2025