Conference: What does Preparedness mean today? Health, Climate, and Power at a Crossroads
Preparedness is not a fixed concept—it is shaped by our values, life stages, capacities, and the risks we perceive as most urgent. What we prepare for, and how we prepare, reflects deeper questions about equity, governance, and responsibility. Join us for a conference that critically examines preparedness at the intersection of health, climate, and power.
Bringing together leading researchers and practitioners, the event will explore how global challenges—from pandemics to climate change—are redefining what it means to be prepared, and for whom. Through dialogue across disciplines, we will consider how to build more just, adaptive, and forward-looking approaches to resilience in an increasingly uncertain world.
The result can be a blurring of research priorities, mixed public messages, and a preparedness agenda that is difficult to navigate.
This conference explores what preparedness means today for researchers and society at large at the intersection of health, climate, and power. We aim to unpack the complexities, highlight the gaps, and examine how legal frameworks deal with a shared ecosystem connecting human and animal health, and climate - one in which power dynamics shape both vulnerabilities and responses.