2022

»We are the stories we tell ourselves. Through these narratives we perceive and understand the world around us. Any change we propose on public health issues will be much more powerful if it has a story behind it, inviting us to rethink our behaviours and take the political actions necessary to make those changes happen.«

Víctor Cruz, Regisseur von ‘Taranto’

Taranto

Topic: Planetary Health

The closure of the largest steel plant in Europe, due to pollution, splits a southern Italian city. The German premiere of Taranto by Víctor Cruz confronts us with one of the greatest dilemma of our time: do we have to choose between the economy and the health of the population?

Guests of the discussion:

Dr. Josef Cyrys, Head of Research Groups, Environmental Exposure Assessment, Helmholtz Zentrum München

Prof. Eva Rehfuess, Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research, LMU Munich

Katharina Wabnitz (Moderation), Research Assistant, Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research, LMU Munich, Center for Planetary Health Policy

Alcohol – The global high

Topic: Commercial Determinants of Health, Alcohol Industry

Every day 40 people die as a result of alcohol consumption in Germany. It is clear how harmful alcohol is. It is also known what measures would help. However, the alcohol industry prevents stricter rules by all means. Why do we allow for this as a society? In alcohol – Global High, director Andreas Pichler answers the questions of what alcohol does to us, why we drink at all and how strongly the alcohol industry influences society and politics globally.

Guests of the discussion:

Dr. med. Karin Geffert (Moderation), Research Associate, Pettenkofer School of Public Health, LMU Munich

Maria Neufeld, World Health Organization

Prof. Mark Petticrew, Professor for Public Health Evaluation, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Andreas Pichler, director

Never Rare Sometimes Certain

Topic: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Guests of the discussion:

Derya Binışık, Department for Sexual Self-Determination and Reproductive Justice at the Gunda Werner Institute of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Valentina Chiofalo (Coderator), Research Assistant, Department of Law, Free University of Berlin

Kristina Hänel, specialist in general medicine

Dr. Ruth Horn, Deputy Head, Ethics of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Associate Professor at Ethics, University of Oxford

Prof. Heidi Stöckl, Professor for Public Health Evaluation, LMU Munich, Professorship of Social Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine