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15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy       To be announced.

15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy

15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy Our EUSPR 2024 co-organisers have provided a handy travel and accommodation guide. Please note that neither the Local Organising Committee, nor EUSPR, take any responsibility for your booking choices, experiences and stay. You are also advised to check with independent review websites before making…

15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy Our theme this year is ‘Prevention in and with Communities’ and our keynotes and special sessions will focus on discussing the challenges and opportunities for prevention science when working in and with community settings and systems. Stay tuned as we announce more speakers in the…

15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy Early-bird fees are available until 30 June 2024. Regular fees are available from 1 July to 31 August 2024 and late fees will be applied from 1 September 2024. Please find the fee structure for EUSPR 2024 below. The conference fees do not include…

15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy Each abstract should be about 250-300 words and have the following subheadings as a structure: Background, Methods, Results, Discussion (except for Pre-Conference Workshop proposals). We invite you to prepare and submit abstracts in the following formats: The scientific committee will make the final decision…

15th EUSPR Conference – 11 to 13 September 2024, Cremona, Italy We are pleased to announce that the EUSPR 2024 Scientific Committee is formed by the following group of experts in prevention research and practice. Please note that the list of committee members will be updated in the following days as more experts confirm their…

Please check our latest publication in the blog of the Early Careers Forum, “The role of compulsive social media use and distraction in adolescent daily social media use”, wittten by Lucija Šutić.

From the EUSPR team, we would like to share with you the latest updates on the Lisbon Addictions 2024. The topic this year will be: Empowering the workforce of the future, and the conference will take place at the Lisbon Congress Centre from 23-25 October 2024. You can find more information on the conference website:…

The European Society for Prevention Research holds its annual conferences in European cities that wish to host a conference dedicated to prevention science. The local conference host is an entity or a consortium of entities (such as, but not limited to an NGOs, a university, a foundation or a public body/authority) who signs as local counterpart for the EUSPR…

My country is not listed in the registration form. Can I participate in this conference? Yes, absolutely. Just scroll all the way down and select “Other”. Countries not listed are considered Level C for registration purposes. My registration is shown as “unpaid” but I have made a bank transfer, is there a problem? Nothing to…

European Society for Prevention Research 2023 Awards Call for nominations  Nominations for 2023 EUSPR awards are now open. The closing data for nomination is Thursday 7th September. This is an important opportunity for EUSPR members to recognise individuals who have made a significant contribution to Prevention Science. Please see the attached information with information about…

EUSPR 2023 Conference Programme

2023 EUSPR Pre-Conference Workshops Workshop 1: Characteristics of games of chance – What are my chances? During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to find out the level of probability of winning money when they gamble. At the end of the workshop, they will get an answer to the question: “Who really wins?” when they decide to…

The deadline for abstract submission for the 14th EUSPR Conference has been extended until July 15th, 2023. Abstract proposals may be submitted through the Ex Ordo platform. All proposals will be peer reviewed and the scientific committee may suggest changes. The 14th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina…

  EUSPR 2023 is being held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in October 5th and 6th 2023, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, October 4th. The chosen venue is the Swissotel Sarajevo, close to the city centre.  Our theme this year is ‘Optimizing Prevention Infrastructures’ and our keynotes and special sessions…

Law enforcement officers (LEOs) have an important role in preventing crime and problems related to substance use. They can help create safer environments, like nightlife areas and schools, by enforcing the law and working to improve the safety of these areas. LEOs should also work with other prevention professionals to give young people the skills…

My country is not listed in the registration form. Can I participate in this conference? Yes, absolutely. Just scroll all the way down and select “Other”. Countries not listed are considered Level C for registration purposes. My registration is shown as “unpaid” but I have made a bank transfer, is there a problem? Nothing to…

European Society for Prevention Research 2022 Awards Call for nominations and expressions of interest to be a member of the judging panel Nominations for 2022 EUSPR awards are now open. The closing data for nomination is Friday 2nd September. This is an important opportunity for EUSPR members to recognise individuals who have made an important…

EUSPR 2022 Conference Programme

EUSPR 2022 is being held in Tallinn, Estonia on 29th and 30th September 2022, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, September 28th. Our theme this year is ‘Prevention – Between Ethics and Effectiveness’ and our keynotes and special sessions, in a hybrid format, will focus on discussing the challenges of being…

For workshop registration, please visit our Ex Ordo website.  Workshop 1: Enhancing GBG and PAX GBG Implementation through Mentoring – Challenges And Benefits  – Wednesday, 28th September, 13:00 – 16:30 GMT+3 Presenters: National Institute for Health Development (Estonia); City of Malmö (Sweden); Linnaeus University (Sweden); Vestigio (Sweden). Location: Radisson Olümpia Blu, Tallinn Liivalaia 33 Teachers…

On the following pages, you will find the candidate statements for the elections for the EUSPR Board 2022-2025. Please click on the relevant roles to read these. The election results will be announced at the 2022 Members’ Meeting.  Selection will be via electronic voting which will take place between 08/07/2022 and 07/08/2022. A reminder of the…

The deadline for abstract submission for the 13th EUSPR Conference has been extended until June 15th, 2022. Abstract proposals for poster or oral poster presentations may be submitted through the Ex Ordo platform (https://euspr2022.exordo.com/submissions/new). All proposals will be peer reviewed and the scientific committee may suggest changes. The 13th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will…

Dear EUSPR Members, Nominations are now open for the elections to the 2022 – 2025 EUSPR Board positions of:  President Elect Treasurer Secretary 6 additional Board members The EUSPR Board plays a central role in the work of the Society and its strategic development. Membership of the Board provides an exciting opportunity to be part of…

Dear EUSPR community, we are pleased to inform you of the upcoming 8th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents. The 8th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents is a scientific meeting where the latest challenges in child and adolescent psychological assessment, psychopathology and treatment are addressed. The…

Dear EUSPR members, due to our affiliation with the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), we are happy to introduce to you the latest EUPHA member benefit: the EUPHA resources module (a short introduction to this new module can be viewed here https://vimeo.com/685380052).  In the ‘Skillsbuilding for National public health association’ folder it is currently offered…

The final printed programme in PDF version can be found here: 2022 EUSPR Conference Programme Printed copies of the programme will also be available in your delgate packs. EUSPR 2022 is being held in Tallinn, Estonia on 29th and 30th September 2022, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, September 28th. Our…

The EUSPR board forwards you this funding call from the European Commission for research proposals for “A Life Course Approach to Common Non-communicable Disease Risk Factor Prevention and Reduction. The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases’ (GACD) call focuses on implementation research. Objectives of the call are very similar to those of our society. Please, find…

The Journal of Prevention is now the Official Journal of EUSPR. We are recruiting new reviewers that will help guarantee the publication of high-quality manuscripts in the Journal.  The “Call for Reviewer” offers an opportunity for Regular Reviewers who are already experts in prevention research and for Early-Career Researchers who wish to start reviewing manuscripts under the supervision of a member…

The official Journal of EUSPR opens a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Climate Change and Population Health, submission deadline 15 July 2022. Guest Editors are two of our distinguished founders, Rosaria Galanti, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Fabrizio Faggiano, Department of Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University…

Dear members of the European Society for Prevention Research,  I wish you all a prosperous and enjoyable new year. Hopefully we are expecting more and more intense encounters. Looking back on difficulties and suffering, we also have experienced and studied emerging, sometimes fierce facets of prevention. The online meetings EUSPR was able to establish showed…

The final version of the online programme of the 12th EUSPR Conference can be found here 2021 Program Schedules are shown in Central European Summer Time (CEST), military time format. Wednesday 29th September 2021 Pre-conference workshops Workshop 1: How to build bridges between agile development, ethics and impact in prevention? 9:00 – 12:00 CEST Workshop…

For workshop registration, please visit our Ex Ordo website.  Workshop 1: Unplugged – Wednesday, 29th September, 9:00 – 10:30 CEST Presenters: Annemie Coone and Johan Jongbloet The workshop is aimed at experienced school prevention trainers from the EU-Dap Faculty network focusing on the implementation of online Unplugged activities for teachers. We also open up to…

The deadline for abstract submission for the 12th EUSPR Conference has been extended until June 30, 2020. Abstract proposals for poster or oral poster presentations may be submitted through the Ex Ordo online platform. All proposals will be peer reviewed and the scientific committee may suggest changes. All presentations will be recorded and made available…

Prevention in a COVID Recovery Society We are pleased to announce that the 12th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will take place online on 30th September – 1st October 2021, with workshops scheduled for the 29th September. The theme this year is ‘Prevention in a COVID Recovery Society’ and the conference will discuss the challenges…

The National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC) edited a representative statement answering “What is Prevention Science”, to reflect the current thinking in the field. It had been endorsed by EUSPR as by many other organisations. Recently NPSC suggested a subtle change which we also endorsed, content with this much needed nuance. Specifically, rather than referring to…

Culture of Prevention, a difficult concept to define but important to protect Public Health. If we have learned nothing else from COVID, prevention should be paramount. Springer recently sent a table of contents alert for Prevention Science Volume 22, Issue 1, now available online. It contains a Special Section: Promoting a Culture of Prevention: An…

Prevention – Between Ethics and Effectiveness Due to COVID-19 measures, we will have an online conference this year. We hope to see you all in Tallinn in 2022! The theme next year is ‘Prevention – Between Ethics and Effectiveness’ and the conference will discuss the challenges of being both effective and ethical in prevention. Different…

For workshop registration, please visit our Ex Ordo page: EUSPR 2020 Pre-conference workshops registration.  Workshop 1: Involving members of the public in the design and conduct of research: developing Public Involvement in Prevention Science (Early Career Workshop) Jeremy Segrott This workshop explores how researchers can involve members of the public in the design and conduct of Prevention…

Due to COVID-19 circumstances, the 11th EUSPR Conference will be presented for in a virtual and open format and the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until July 31 2020. Abstract proposals may be submitted through the Ex Ordo online platform (https://euspr2020.exordo.com/registration). Although different formats are available, we encourage presenters to select poster or oral poster presentations. All proposals…

The EUSPR Board has decided to move its Eleventh Conference and Members’ Meeting and Workshops to an online event. The face to face event scheduled October 7th -9th 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal is cancelled. The decision is taken due to the yet uncertain impact of the corona regulations on international travel and gatherings. The Conference…

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED! Our theme this year is  ‘Make prevention science relevant for all: co-production and impact’ and our keynotes and special sessions will focus on reducing the gap between science and practice in prevention, understanding co-production and the role of policy makers, practitioners, communities and researchers to develop efficacious, sustainable and cost-effectiveness prevention interventions…

The Initiative for Science in Europe calls for support of their Europe-wide petition to ask for a sensible investment in Research, Education, and Innovation.  There is a meeting ahead of the EU Council on February 20 with the Multiannual Financial Framework on the agenda. News from many Member States hint that the contribution will shrink…

European prevention researchers critical about hype on the Icelandic model for youth alcohol use reduction Prevention decisionmakers, influencers and policymakers are enthusiastic about the alcohol and other drug use reduction strategy showing high success rates for youth in communities in Iceland. The Icelandic model has been broadly and commercially marketed and disseminated. Although it is…

A new Board was elected and announced during the 10th EUSPR Members’ Meeting held on 17th September 2019 in Ghent, Belgium. The Board will cover the term 2019-2022.  For details on the current EUSPR Board of Directors please see the following link: About the EUSPR

We are pleased to announce that the 11th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will take place on October 7-9, 2020, in Lisbon, Portugal. The main conference takes place on the 8th and 9th, and pre-conference activities will take place on the 7th. Early-bird registration will open on Friday 6th March, and registration will close on…

Prevention methods using shock tactics are proven to be ineffective. Nevertheless, strategies based on predominantly providing information about the dangers of substance use are widespread in Europe. The European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) is concerned about those so-called prevention strategies. It calls on decisionmakers, influencers and policymakers to use scientific proof of effectiveness as…

Presentations are available below: Plenary session 1 Kristine Sørensen – Looking over or tearing down the wall: Tapping into the unleashed potential of improving health-literacy  Gerard Hastings – Of Marketing and Human Folly: Time to Change the Narrative Sofa plenary 1 Zili Sloboda – Looking Over the Wall—The Future of Prevention Science and Prevention Sofa…

This year we have 3 workshops available in the morning session (9:30-12:30) and 2 workshops in the afternoon (13:30-16:30). *The workshops require a minimum of 10 participants*  For workshop registration, please visit our Eventbrite page: EUSPR 2019 Post-conference workshop registration. Closing date for online registration is 8 September 2019. Post-conference workshops will take place at the Royal Academy of…

On the following pages, you will find the candidate statements for the elections for the EUSPR Board 2019-2022. Please click on the relevant roles to read these. The election results will be announced at the 2019 Members Meeting.  Selection will be via electronic voting which will take place between 08/07/19 and 07/08/19. A reminder of the process can be…

Early bird registration deadline has been extended! Closing date for online registration is 8 September 2019. Early-bird fees are available until 15 July 2019. Full joining instructions will be emailed after the registration closing date. The link to our online payment and registration service (Eventbrite) is at the bottom of this page. Registration is open…

EUSPR 2019 is being held in Ghent, Belgium on 16th and 17th September 2019, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the 18th. Our theme this year is ‘Looking over the Wall’ and our keynotes and special sessions will focus on optimising cross-disciplinary working and improving the ways in which different groups in the prevention…

  We are pleased to announce that the 10th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will take place on September 16-18, 2019, in Ghent, Belgium. The main conference takes place on the 16th and 17th, and workshops and meetings will take place on the 18th. The call for abstracts will open on 11th March, and close on Friday…

Plenary Session 1: Prof. John Toumbourou, Deakin University Cluster randomised trial of Communities That Care in Australia  Prof. Christiane Spiel, University of Vienna Improving the use of evidence in prevention practice Plenary Session 2:  Frederick Groeger-Roth, Crime Prevention Council of Lower Saxony Use of Evidence-Based Prevention Programmes in Communities Dr James White, Cardiff University Co-producing and prototyping interventions Plenary…

Instructions for poster presenters • Posters should be no bigger than A0, and be in portrait orientation; • Hanging materials & poster number allocation will be provided at the registration desk; • Please refer to the online programme for your poster session day • Poster session 1: Please hang your poster at the start of…

In collaboration with the EMCDDA and Lisbon City Council, we are pleased to be able to convene a special day-long event on the 24/10/2018 at Lisbon City Hall. This is aimed at prevention decision -, opinion – , and policy makers, and practitioners working in any area of prevention. The event is free to register,…

We are running a number of pre-conference activities on 24/10/18 for Early Career Forum members. These are free and include lunch for delegates attending the morning session or the whole day. You must be a member of our (free) ECF to participate (join here). You can choose to attend a single session or both, but…

Below you will find the draft conference structure. Please note that we are still waiting for final confirmation on some plenary speakers and so these will be updated soon. Booking for our pre-conference Exchange Forum and Early Career event have now opened: Pre-conference 24/10/18 Early Researchers and Practitioners exchange forum (Lisbon City Hall – all…

Join us at our 2018 EUSPR Conference social meal This year we will be hosted at By the Wine, in central Lisbon. The restaurant is within walking distance of the conference venue. By the Wine is a relaxed restaurant and will give you plenty of opportunity to socialise, network, and to sample the fine foods…

Restaurants in Lisbon Lunch is provided throughout the conference (lunch packs) and we hope that you will also join us for our informal conference meal (at By The Wine, separate booking required). We have some recommendations for restaurants based on our previous experiences. Subterranean Lisbon A bank is probably the last place you’d expect to…

Prevention Technologies – improving the use of evidence in prevention practice   Registration has now ended Early Career Pre-conference workshopsOnline programmeHotels and TravelConference mealThings to do in LisbonMeet our keynotesEUSPR Knowledge ExchangeInstructions for presenters Joining InstructionsConference programme EUSPR 2018 Participants List 2018 Keynote presentations Translating research findings into prevention policy and practice remains a challenge,…

Submitting your abstract via EasyChair The call for abstracts for EUSPR 2018 is now closed. This page is for information only. If you need to update your submission then you can do this by logging into EasyChair 1. Register your account If you have never used EasyChair before you must register a free account. If…

The call for abstracts for EUSPR 2018 is now closed – this page is for information only If you need to update information on your abstract (e.g. author spelling, email address, corresponding author) : Log back into EasyChair and change the submission details. Click on ‘my submissions’ Click ‘information’ Click the relevant option in the…

Here are the plenary talks from our 8th Annual Conference. Please note that these have been converted into PDF, so there may be some formatting errors. What are the consequences of prevention polices? – Dr Kathryn Oliver (University of Oxford, UK) Oliver A fruity story of attaining and maintaining quality in an evidence-based programme –…

Society Treasurer, Andrew Brown, offers a personal reflection* of this year’s EUSPR conference It’s so easy for all the great talks you hear at a multi-day conference like EUSPR’s annual get together to start to blur into each other, and that isn’t fair on the people who have presented.  All of them have carefully thought…

Return to conference homepage The final online programme with oral session and poster allocations can be found here. A PDF of the final printed programme can be found here. Printed copies of the programme will also be available in your delgate packs. Wednesday 20th September 2017 Pre-conference workshops/meetings  Pre-conference events take place in the offices…

If you would like to pay for your conference tickets by bank transfer, then please choose the invoice option on Eventbrite and check out. Then transfer the correct fee (in Euros) using the bank details below. Please note, your transfer must also include the correct bank transfer fees*, we will not be able to process…

Barbara Battel-Kirk, a PhD student at National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), invites you to take part in a survey which aims to evaluate the usage and impact of core competencies on Health Promotion practice and education in Europe between 2012 and 2017. This survey forms the first stage of her PhD research within the Discipline of…

Closing date for online registration is 17 October 2018. Early-bird rates have now ended Full joining instructions will be emailed after the registration closing date. The link to our online payment and registration service (Eventbrite) is at the bottom of this page Registration is open to any qualified worker in a discipline relevant to prevention,…

We are offering 20 bursaries of €300 to Early Career participants to assist in covering conference and post-conference workshop expenses for our 2019 conference being held in Ghent (Belgium) 16th – 18th September 2019, with the post-conference workshops held on 18th September. Please note that bursaries will be paid shortly after the conference. If you…

   

We have just launched a Call for Applications to the Committee of the EUSPR Early Careers Forum at https://euspr.hypotheses.org/523. The term of the current committee is ending this year, and so we are looking for motivated early-career preventionists (researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and other professionals active in the field of prevention) to take over this important…

Quality in Prevention The online programme with oral sessions and poster allocations can be found here. Registration is now closed ProgrammeKeynotesPlenary Talks Over the previous decade, there have been important achievements in the field of prevention science. Our understanding of the development of health and social behaviours, and refinement of new research methodologies, quality standards and…

The call for abstracts for EUSPR 2017 is now open Abstract themes and information You have the opportunity to present during a parallel session, a poster session, or as part of an Early Career session. This year’s EUSPR Conference priority is Quality in Prevention, although we welcome submissions on all prevention science related topics, and…

Workshops Please see below for the PDFs of the presentations from the pre-conference workshops.   1) “Give me the money!”: how to ask for research funding. Full day workshop convened by Kimberley Hill and Angelina Brotherhood, the University of Northampton (UK); University of Vienna (AT) Slides 2) An Introduction to Latent Class Analysis for Prevention…

EUSPR Members and 2016 Conference attendees   Plenary Speaker Presentations Please see below for the PDFs of the presentations from the plenary speakers.   Plenary Session 1 Developmental Approaches to Crime and Violence Prevention: Issues of Evaluation, Generalization and Differentiation – Prof Friedrich Lösel (University of Cambridge, UK; University Erlangen-Nuremberg, DE) This talk is not available…