Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mit dieser Mail darf ich Sie zu dem *am 28.1.2019* bei uns *in der GÖG* stattfindenden *Colloquium* zum Thema „*Economic growth, uncertainty, (ir)rational behavior and their impact on health and health equity*“ erinnern und Sie herzlich dazu einladen! Als *Vortragenden* konnte *Dr. Nikolaos Antonakakis* gewonnen werden, ein renommierter Gesundheitsökonom und kritischer disziplinen-/sektorenübergreifender Denker. Das Thema des Colloquiums ist facettenreich und weist, neben dem deutlichen Link zur Chancengerechtigkeit auch zahlreiche Anknüpfungspunkte an andere Fachbereiche (z.B. Gesundheitsökonomie) sowie aktuelle gesellschaftspolitische Themen auf. *Nähere Informationen zur Veranstaltung sowie einen Link zur Anmeldung* finden Sie unter dem folgenden Link bzw. untenstehend: https://goeg.at/index.php/Health_Equity Wir freuen uns auf die Veranstaltung und Ihr Kommen! Mit herzlichen Grüßen, Joy Ladurner für die TF-SÖD Diese E-Mail in Ihrem Browser öffnen <https://mailchi.mp/e439bdb67c06/invitation-gg-colloquium-economic-growth-uncertainty-irrational-behavior-and-their-impact-on-health-and-health-equity-28-january-2019?e=47a9f28e71> *Invitation GÖG-Colloquium* Dr. Nikolaos Antonakakis, PhD, MSc, BSc, Webster Vienna Private University will give a lecture on: *Economic growth, uncertainty, (ir)rational behavior and their impact on health and health equity* Monday, 28. January 2019 | 17.30-19.00 Uhr Gesundheit Österreich GmbH Entrance: Biberstraße 20, 1010 Wien Registration <https://goeg.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dccc57dc83f3543c2450e911&id=ab62893e4f&e=47a9f28e71> The standard models of human behavior in economics, which assume that people are well-informed economic agents striving to maximize a set of consistent preferences, frequently produce patently faulty predictions. Moreover, typical measures of economic growth, such as those based on GDP, focus on material wellbeing (wealth), rather than on health (equity), education and the environment. Policies based on distorted measures of wellbeing lead to distorted and unintended policy outcomes. *Dismissing the inter-disciplinary discrepancies by arguing that economic agents often behave “as if” they were rational is no longer plausible, given the important prediction failures that result. It is imperative for policy makers to account for the intersectoral impact of (economic) policies and the uncertainty associated with these.* To put things into perspective, several current topics, issues and developments, such as recent economic crises, the Brexit, migration crisis, rise of populism and other EU-developments will be examined under that prism, as well as the different approaches used to alleviate these, and their potential impact on health and health equity. *Dr. Nikolaos Antonakakis *is Associate Professor of Economics and Head of Department of Business and Management at Webster Vienna Private University, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Portsmouth. Fotocredit: Webster University He previously held a position of Assistant Professor of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) and at the Johannes Kepler University in Austria, and was Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance at the University of Portsmouth. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an MSc in International and Financial Economics from the University of Strathclyde, as well as a BSc in Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). Nikolaos Antonakakis is an interdisciplinary researcher with a focus, among others, on International Macroeconomics and International Finance, European Integration, Applied Econometrics, Health Economics, Energy Economics and Tourism Economics. *Welcoming, hosting and moderation:* Joy Ladurner Head of Taskforce Socioeconomic Determinants of Health (TF-SÖD) Gesundheit Österreich GmbH We look forward to welcoming you at GÖG and ask you to register by latest 27 January 2019. zur Anmeldung <https://goeg.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dccc57dc83f3543c2450e911&id=239747c140&e=47a9f28e71> *Copyright © 2019 Gesundheit Österreich, Alle Rechte vorbehalten.* Sie erhalten diese Aussendung, weil Sie sich dafür angemeldet oder durch die bisherige Zusammenarbeit Interesse bekundet haben. 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