X Workshop on Immigration, Health and Wellbeing

Keynotes and research presentations on immigration, health and wellbeing at Nova SBE, Carcavelos. Free participation.

The X Workshop on Immigration, Health and Wellbeing brings together researchers working on migration, health, labour markets and social outcomes for a day and a half of keynotes and paper presentations at Nova School of Business and Economics. Participation is free; registration is required for catering. The workshop closes on the afternoon of 18 November with the public round table "Who Trains, Who Retains? Attracting and Keeping Health Workers Across Borders" (separate registration, or tick it in this form).

Tuesday 17 November 2026

• 08:45 Registration
• 09:15 Opening and welcome — Carolina Santos and Giovanni Righetti (Nova SBE)
• 09:30 Keynotes — Catia Nicodemo (Brunel University London / University of Oxford), "Immigration, Health and Labour Market"; Cristina Tealdi (Heriot-Watt University), "Gender gap and Immigration"
• 10:45 Coffee break
• 11:15 Session 1 — Alexandre Touw; Luigi Boggian
• 12:45 Lunch
• 14:00 Keynote — Cátia Batista (Nova SBE), "From Destination to Origin: Experimental Evidence on the International Spillovers of Migrant Integration"
• 15:00 Session 2 — Kokou Adossi; Cecilia Daneo
• 16:30 Coffee break
• 16:45 Session 3 — Carlos Vargas-Silva; Jérôme Valette; Valentina Di Iasio
• 18:15 End of day 1

Wednesday 18 November 2026 (morning)

• 08:30 Registration
• 09:00 Keynote — James Avoka Asamani (WHO African Region), "Addressing health worker migration in Africa"
• 10:00 Coffee break
• 10:20 Session 4 — Giovanni Cerase
• 11:05 Session 5 — Barbora Onderisinova; Nicolás Rodríguez
• 12:05 Closing of the scientific programme — Pedro Pita Barros (Nova SBE)
• 12:15 Lunch
• 14:30 Public round table (see the round table event)