Volkswagen Stiftung

Workshop

"Nature exposure as an equitable,
global public health intervention tool"

Rachel Oh & Aletta Bonn, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

September 26th – 28th 2022

Castle Herrenhausen
CC-BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)

Workshop Program

 19:00 – 21:00

Get together at the Oscar’s Bar (this is optional and at own cost).
Address: Georgstraße 54, 30159 Hannover, Germany

AM chair: Rachel Oh; PM chair: Aletta Bonn

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

Address: Schloss Herrenhausen
Herrenhäuser Str. 5, 30419 Hannover, Germany
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome; Introduction & Workshop Agenda + Housekeeping
Rachel Oh and Aletta Bonn
09:10 – 10:30 Introduction round
All participants
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:40 Lighting talks

  • Talk #1: Jill Litt
  • Talk #2: Masahi Soga
  • Talk #3: Max Nawrath & Rachel Oh
  • Talk #4: Michael Eichinger
11:40 – 12:20 Breakout session #1
Reflective: What are key challenging/persistent research questions that remain
unresolved in the biodiversity-health space?
12:20 – 12:30
(10 mins)
Group summaries from breakout sessions
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:20
(50 mins)
Breakout session #2
Reflective: What are some exemplar/innovative studies (or larger projects) that
have used transdisciplinary approaches in the nature-health space?
14:20 – 14:30 Group summaries from breakout sessions
14:30 – 15:15
(45 mins)
Priortise ideas from breakout sessions 1
All participants
15:15 – 15:45 Tea break + Group Picture
15:45 – 16:30
(45 mins)
Priortise ideas from breakout sessions 2
All participants
16:30 – 17:00 Day Recap
All participants
17:00 – 18:00 Group nature walk (Palace Gardens)
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 – Informal chats – we encourage participants to have informal chats to get to know
each other and their work better, to develop and/or strengthen relationships.
8:55 – 09:00 Recap + Day plan
Rachel Oh and Aletta Bonn
9:00 – 9:30 Lighting talks

  • Talk #5: James Fullam
  • Talk #6: Carolina Klett-Tammen
  • Talk #7: Kathrin Wolf
9:30 – 10:10 Breakout session #3
Synthesis: How do we progress from here?


How can the identified approaches be used to answer the research questions?
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Plenum: Reports from breakout sessions
All participants
11:30 – 12:30 Breakout Session #4
Prospective: What is going to be a main challenge in the nature-health space
over the next 5 to 10 years?

  • What have we missed?
  • Where is each field moving?
  • What are the upcoming advances?
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Manuscript outline and discussion
Rachel Oh and Aletta Bonn
All participants
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Writing manuscript sections in sub-groups
All participants
17:00 – 18:00 Plenum – Review manuscript draft
Assign writing responsibilities
18:00 – Dinner
08:45 – 09:00 Recap + Day plan
Rachel Oh and Aletta Bonn
9:00 – 9:30 Finalise manuscript outline/draft
9:30 – 10:30 Breakout session #5
Collaborative opportunities to move forward

  • What are some opportunities for continued collaboration after workshop?
  • How can we conduct multi-lab studies to strengthen evidence base for cross-cultural applicability?
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Plenum: Reports from breakout sessions
All participants
11:30 – 12:30 Wrap-up and farewell
Rachel Oh and Aletta Bonn
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – Departure