The 11th Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference*
Harstad, Norway – June 10th-12th, 2026

Program

Wednesday, June 10th
12.00-13.00 Registration and arrival snack
13.00-13.15 Opening welcome
Representative from Harstad and Head of Organizing Committee
13.15-14.00 Health Promotion anno 2026. 40 years since the Ottawa Charter: What now?
Keynote speaker Professor Ilona Kickbusch
14.00-14.15 Break
14:15-15.00 Parallel sessions with Nordic speakers
15.00–15.30 Coffee break & poster sessions
15.30–17.00 Session 1

Four parallel sessions, including oral presentations and a roundtable:

  • Health promotion across the lifespan
  • Policy and the Welfare in Transition
  • Nursing
  • Participatory processes

Each oral presentation lasts 20 minutes  
15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A, with short breaks in between

Thursday, June 11th
09.15-10.00

Health in the Arctic Regions/ Circumpolar Health: Focus on Indigenous populations and the impact of environmental changes on health.
Keynote speaker Associate Professor Sven Hassler

10.00-10.30 Coffee break & poster sessions
10.30–12.00 Session 2

Four parallel sessions, including oral presentations and a roundtable:

  1. Health promotion across the lifespan
  2. Policy and the Welfare in Transition
  3. Nursing
  4. Participatory processes

Each oral presentation lasts 20 minutes  
15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A, with short breaks in between

12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.45 Policy and the Welfare State in Transition

Exploring changes in Nordic welfare policies, their impact on public health, and the historical and ongoing struggle to maintain the strengths of the Nordic welfare model. Professor Karl Ove Moene

13.45-14.15 Session 3

Four parallel sessions, including oral presentations and a roundtable:

  1. Health promotion across the lifespan
  2. Policy and the Welfare in Transition
  3. Nursing
  4. Participatory processes

Each oral presentation lasts 20 minutes  
15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A, with short breaks in between

14.15-15.00

Coffee break & poster sessions

15.15-16.00 PhD/ Public Health Nurse Lise-Marie Bergvoll

Nursing care and health promotion.

Friday, June 12th
09.15-10.00

Participatory processes
The importance of stakeholder participation and cocreation in designing and implementing health research and health promotion initiatives.
Keynote speaker Professor Louise Philips

10.15-10.45 Session 4

Four parallel sessions, including oral presentations and a roundtable:

  1. Health promotion across the lifespan
  2. Policy and the Welfare in Transition
  3. Nursing
  4. Participatory processes

Each oral presentation lasts 20 minutes  
15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A, with short breaks in between

10.45-11.15 Coffee break and poster session
11.15-12.30 Panel debate with Nordic speakers and moderators from the Nordic Network
12.45-13.00 Closing remarks and announcement of the host for the upcoming 12th Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference
13:00 Lunch (wraps) & farewells

*The program may be revised




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