Introduction to Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

ISGlobal offers a new online elective course for the EIT Urban Mobility Doctoral Training Network titled Introduction to Health Impact Assessment (HIA). The course, taught by ISGlobal researchers Tamara Iungman and Georgia Dyer, targets doctoral candidates and includes 30 hours of lectures, readings, and assignments. It will run on 1, 3, 4, 9, and 11 December 2025, with sessions held 10:00–13:00 CET.

The course introduces the principles and methods of Health Impact Assessment, a tool to evaluate how urban policies and projects affect population health. Participants will examine urban environmental exposures—such as air pollution, noise, heat, and lack of green space—and learn how these contribute to disease and health inequities. The course covers risk assessment frameworks, exposure–response functions, comparative risk assessment, and practical tools including AirQ+, HEAT, and the “Healthiar” R package. Guest experts will present mobility-related HIAs and advanced modelling approaches.

Through lectures and a group case study, participants will learn to design and critically assess HIAs, interpret epidemiological evidence, identify uncertainties, integrate equity perspectives, and communicate results effectively to policymakers, communities, and technical audiences.
A five-day programme covers:

• Day 1: HIA foundations, urban health, participatory processes
• Day 2: Risk assessment and exposure–response methods
• Day 3: Comparative risk assessment and practical tools
• Day 4: Mobility-related HIAs and advanced modelling
• Day 5: Communicating HIA results and preparing the final report

Participants must attend live sessions, actively engage, and complete assignments. Trainers will provide meeting links by email. For cancellations or questions, participants should contact Corinna before the course starts, or the trainers once the course is underway.

To attend the course, please register here.