Announcing the International Urban Health Summit (IUHS) in April 2025

"The Role of National Academies in Promoting Urban Health" is a project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the Leopoldina in collaboration with the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, supported by the Volkswagen Foundation.

As part of the project, the International Urban Health Summit will take place from 9 to 11 April 2025 at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover. International experts, young scientists, political decision-makers, heads of non-governmental organisations as well as interested citizens (initiatives) and schoolchildren will come together there to engage in dialogue. The aim is to jointly discuss how the global network of national science academies can contribute to developing and implementing solutions to the challenges of urban health. Topics such as nutrition, sport, mobility, climate, mental health, architecture, art and culture and many more will be considered.

The programme and information on registration will follow soon.

To know more about the Travel grants available to attend the IUHS read here.

The Role of National Academies in Promoting Urban Health

Jointly we want to develop and implement solutions for the challenges of urban health.

Over 4.4 billion people worldwide live in urban areas: The urban population is expected to grow to 6.7 billion by 2050, accounting for 70 per cent of the world's population. The speed and scale of urbanisation pose social and environmental challenges that will have a profound impact on health and well-being, particularly for socially and economically disadvantaged citizens. The complexity of urban life makes the holistic promotion of urban health difficult. It is therefore crucial to develop strategies together with science, business and politics that take into account the different needs of city dwellers in terms of well-being and health. The Urban Health project focusses on the comprehensive implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and aims to understand urban health holistically.

This is a project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) in cooperation with InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the U. S. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.