Today’s health inequalities have deep historical roots that are not fully understood. My project adopts an innovative comparative approach to the study of determinants of health inequalities in the port cities Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Glasgow in the period 1850-1950. The analysis of unique individual-level data on diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, and cholera will provide new knowledge on the causes of inequalities in health. It will enable the study of how and why health disparities emerged. By shedding light on the past, it will offer new insights into why some health inequalities persist today.
Unravelling Health Inequalities
The Historical Roots of Inequality in Death and Disease during the Epidemiological Transition in West-European Port Cities, 1850-1950
- Duration
- 1 January 2025 until 30 September 2028
- Project member(s)
- Dr T.G.M.W. Riswick (Tim)
- Project type
- Research
