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This workshop aims to foster a reflexive, interdisciplinary, and forward-looking dialogue among social scientists working on vaccines and vaccination. Emerging from a network of 17 scholars from 16 countries across all five continents, the workshop will explore how the social sciences can better contribute to tackling current and anticipated challenges to vaccination efforts.

Please sign up to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vaccines-vaccinations-a-future-agenda-for-social-sciences-policy-tickets-1895649541809 

Speaker: Dr Samantha Vanderslott, Oxford Vaccine Group

For a long time, the concentration has been on attitudes to vaccination by those who are in opposition (the ‘anti-vax’), neglecting the majority who are supportive.

In this talk, Samantha Vanderslott, author of Pro-vax Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials, aims to reconsider vaccination as a phenomenon from the perspective of those who are ‘pro-vax’, who actively support and vocally promote vaccines.

Using historical research, qualitative analysis, and accessible storytelling to explore how these vaccine advocates influence public attitudes, shape health policies, and inspire community action, Professor Vanderslott will not only highlight their underappreciated efforts but also provide practical insights for healthcare professionals, public health advocates, and academics striving to build vaccine confidence.

The talk will be followed by a drink’s reception, all welcome.

The inaugural workshop on ‘Vaccines and Society: Crossing policy, online, and public lines’ had a diverse line-up of speakers covering topics spanning: different policy levels, social and mainstream media, public attitudes and engagement.