2-Day Online Research Workshop on Religion, Spirituality and Health with Prof. Harold G. Koenig and European experts

Preceding the conference there will be a 4-day Pre- Conference Research Workshop with Prof. Harold Koenig from Duke University. He is one of the world's leading experts in Religion, Spirituality and Health (RSH) research. Prof. Koenig is also known as the senior author of the “Handbook of Religion and Health”. The workshop is open to all interested in doing research on religion, spirituality and health (accepting participants of any educational level or degree, including theologians, chaplains, physicians, nurses, psychologists, pastoral counselors, public health specialists, epidemiologists, or other potential researchers).

Topics discussed by Prof. Harold Koenig:

• Previous research on religion, spirituality and physical as well as mental health
• Strengths and weaknesses of previous research
• Highest priority studies for future research
• Designing different types of research projects
• Developing an academic career in this area

 

Topics discussed by the European Experts:

• Theological Reflections on Religion and Health
• Longitudinal Studies in RSH-Research
• Overview on Qualitative Methods
• Physiological Measures in RSH-Research
• Strengths and weaknesses of religion and spirituality measures - European Perspective