6th European Summer School in Evidence-Based Public Health 2026

History

The idea for this Summer School was conceived during an international workshop on “Evidence-Based Public Health: Concepts and Methods“, held at the LMU Munich in November 2010. Following on from direct and indirect feedback during this workshop and through consultation with international colleagues working in public health and evidence synthesis, a distinct requirement for training in evidence-based public health was identified. In response to this, the European Summer School in Evidence-Based Public Health has evolved as a collaboration between the LMU Munich (Prof Eva Rehfuess) and the University of Liverpool (Prof Daniel Pope). Following the first Summer School in Liverpool in 2014, the Summer School has been taking place in Munich.

This Summer School is ideal for:

• Researchers and professionals wishing to embrace and implement a complexity perspective in their public health activities;
• Researchers planning to undertake systematic reviews of public health interventions, involved in the development of public health guidelines or working on other aspects of evidence-based public health;
• Mid-career professionals working in public health institutions; and
• Students undertaking a PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology or related fields and wishing to embark on a career in evidence-based public health.

The objectives of the Summer School are:

• Understand the principles of evidence-based public health and complex interventions
• Be able to apply logic models in public health research and practice
• Be able to critically read a systematic review
• Know about and select appropriate evidence synthesis methods
• Be able to evaluate systematic review protocols, inclusion criteria, and search strategies
• Be able to undertake screening of articles against defined inclusion criteria
• Know about meta-analysis and other synthesis methods
• Understand Risk of Bias (RoB) tools and the GRADE approach in systematic reviews
• Know about the current role of AI tools in enhancing systematic reviews
• Know about critical steps in public health guideline development
• Be familiar with the role of evidence-to-decision frameworks and be able to apply selected criteria
• Be able to identify and apply selected knowledge translation (KT) strategies
• Understand the importance of stakeholder engagement in knowledge production and translation

The Summer School includes:

• Interactive lectures from experts in the field of evidence-based public health.

• Practice sessions and small-group exercises related to logic models, formulating questions, selecting the right review types, screening, interpretation of meta-analyses, evidence-to-decision frameworks and knowledge translation.
• Policy and practice insights covering a variety of public health topics delivered by eminent experts.
• Social activities including a guided Public Health walk through Munich and a summer school dinner.

Evidence-based public health (EBPH) is the development, implementation and evaluation of effective programmes and policies in public health through application of principles of scientific reasoning, including systematic uses of data and information systems.

Programme and Speaker 2026

EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL in EVICENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH

The programme and speakers are currently TBD.
Please check back soon for updates.

Thank you for your interest in the 6th European Summer School in Evidence-Based Public Health.

Registration is open from 15th January 2026. Please register using this registration form.

Costs

• Early bird registration: 750 EUR
• Normal registration: 950 EUR

Registration dates

• By 30th April 2026: Early-bird booking ends (registration received)
• By 29th June 2026: Late-booking ends (last date for payments)

The fees include the summer school academic programme as well as participation in the Munich Public Health Walk and the summer school dinner. Please note that accommodation is not included in the Summer School fees.

Registrations for the Summer School will only be confirmed once the full fee has been received. We kindly ask that payments are made promptly to secure your place, as spots are limited. Please note that the payment includes a non-refundable registration fee of €150.00. The remainder of the payment is, in principle, refundable but becomes non-refundable after 31 May 2026.

Please send the completed registration form to ebphsummerschool@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de.

Venue

The Summer School will be taking place at the Kardinal Wendel Haus.

Kardinal Wendel Haus
Mandlstrasse 23
80802 Munich

(Transport and local information)

Accommodation

We highly recommend that you book a room at the Summer School venue. Alternatively, there are ample opportunities for accommodation in Munich, which cooperates with the LMU. We can provide a list of suitable hotels upon request. Please note that participants are responsible for booking their own accommodation.

Please contact us for any further information regarding the Summer School, accommodation or payment under  ebphsummerschool@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de