When: 5th-6th December, Monday-Tuesday (9am-4pm)

Where: Newlands, Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Boundary Road

What: This two-day workshop will help to create a platform to share research in urban Global South settings that may affect our interpretation of the current dominant paradigm for factors shaping health and health-seeking behavior in these settings. Through this workshop we hope to seek common ground to develop a multi-country research initiative/proposal related to the interpretation of the social, environmental, policy and epidemiological conditions that contribute to transition toward healthy behavior.

Sponsored by: Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC), the University of Cape Town and the Universidad de Antioquia

The RISC Consortium was established in November 2007 when the directors of socially conscious research institutes from Europe, North America and South America met in Luxembourg to participate in a conference on “Social Cohesion in Europe and the Americas.” Since that time, the consortium has expanded its membership into Africa and consolidated its scientific activities through annual international conferences, a book series, a new scientific journal, thematic workshops/symposia and grants for young scholars. The RISC Consortium plans to support policy-relevant research and training in the near future.

Hosted by: The Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town (and member of the Chronic Disease Initiative in Africa)