Building Healthy Societies SIG – Michaelmas 2026
All Clare Hall members are warmly welcome to attend the meetings of the Building Healthy Societies SIG this Michaelmas term. The full schedule can be found below.
This SIG is focused on building healthy human societies – whether through healthcare, environmental conservation, urban planning and architecture, infrastructure, or economics. It can be a safe space at our college to discuss topics related to population health and global risks, and to develop skills in design thinking and system dynamics.
The meetings take place on Tuesdays at 5pm, followed by supper at 6pm. After supper, participants are encouraged to stay for the college colloquium.
For any questions, please contact the SIG leads Dr Nikolai Kazantsev (nk622@cam.ac.uk), Dr Elizabeth Garnsey (ewg11@cam.ac.uk), or Emma Kühnelt (ek659@cam.ac.uk).
Michaelmas schedule:
20 October (Doshisha Room): Professor Mary Dixon-Woods (Director of THIS Institute, Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge) – Building the evidence for high-quality healthcare
3 November (TBC): Oliver Backhouse (Biopharma and Life Sciences Executive, AstraZeneca) – TBC
10 November (King Room): Professor Hugh Markus (Clare Hall Professorial Fellow; Professor of Stroke Medicine, Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust) – Preventing dementia by modifying our internal dn. external environment
24 November (King Room): Professor Theresa M Marteau DBE FMedSci (Research Professor Emerita of Behavioural Science, Honorary Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge) – Eating healthy diets that protect our planet: who stops us and who can reverse this?
