The 9th Annual CeFH Symposium
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Welcome to the 9th Annual Symposium with the Centre for Fertility and Health in Oslo, Norway!
We will host our 9th Annual Symposium on May 18-19th, in Oslo, Norway. The symposium gathers researchers from Norway and abroad with an interest in using our rich national data to understand causes and consequences of changing fertility and family patterns. We aim at arranging a symposium with good opportunities to connect and establish new collaborations.
Register your attendance here.
CeFH’s mission is to create a research atmosphere that results in fruitful collaborations across disciplines and to incentivize research that allows a better understanding of fertility patterns and health outcomes than what each discipline can do alone. Our research team consists of experts in disciplines such as epidemiology, demography, genetics, statistics, economics and medicine.
The program for the 2026 symposium features speakers and topics that reflect the broad range of areas of scientific inquiry that CeFH’s researchers engage in. Topics cover various life stages, including perinatal issues, childhood and puberty, entry into parenthood, and consequences of parenthood.
Next to presentations from CeFH, the symposium will host these speakers:
Confirmed keynotes:
Astrid Würtz-Rasmussen (Århus University): The Causal Effect of Children: Fertility and the Economics of Family Life
Andrea Ganna (University of Helsinki): Disease prediction using nation-wide health data and genetics
Confirmed talks:
Gina Potarca (University of Liverpool): The Digitalisation of Intimacy: From Online Dating to AI Companions
Martin E. Andresen (University of Oslo): Fatherhood in the 21st century
David Burgner (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute): Determinants and consequences of early life inflammation and infection
Luzia Bruckamp (London School of Economics and Political Science): The effect of shorter education on family formation: Evidence from Ontario’s removal of Grade 13
Niamh MacSweeney (University of Oslo): Adolescent hormonal contraceptive use, brain development, and mental health
Dorte Rytter (Århus University): Mapping Endometriosis: Socioeconomic, Clinical and Economic Insights from Denmark
Stay tuned for program updates on this website!